[Ramius]

Honestly, I don’t mean to talk down to you but this reads like a high school term paper. One I might have written myself back then. And no... I didn’t have fully formed arguments either.

One thing you’re getting wrong is that the label we apply to something (fetus, baby, child) actually has some meaning to the essence of that thing. It doesn’t.

I was me and you were you the day before birth just as the day after. Or the day before that... Or the day before that.

If an arbitrary line is to be drawn for “human-ness” it would be better to make it about one year after birth. Give mommy plenty of time to decide whether she “wants” this one. If not she can, anytime she wants, just swing the little darling by its ankles and smash its brains all over the sidewalk. It’ll clean up with a hose.

That, at least, would be more honest.

:-)

[50mm]

Post-birth abortion has already been suggested:

Peter Singer suggests trial period for babies

I think it's the direction we're headed. That's why electing those who respect life is important. What do you think?

[Semper]

If an arbitrary line is to be drawn for “human-ness” it would be better to make it about one year after birth.

I don't agree with that premise. There is only one very clear point in human development and that is birth. All other transitions are indeed arbitrary.