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Ah, a follower of Frege and Russell - there are some major flaws in this theory. It's what I wrote my thesis on Sadly, it has nothing to with women's rights in Alabama, as interesting as it all is

I agree that the point at which life begins is not a fact but the argument that all pro-choicers make is that life happens at some point between conception and birth and that there's no ethical inconsistency between being anti-capital punishment and pro-choice. That's not the same thing for...

There's an easy answer to that one: pro-lifers claim that life is from conception; pro-choice argue that life is only when a child can support itself outside the womb or when there's a heartbeat. So,you can be anti-capital punishment on the grounds that you don't want to take human life and be...

I'm a bit surprised that a smart lawyer hasn't picked up on the idea that a foetus is a human life and argued that if a foetus is legally a child, then the mother should be able to claim child support from conception. I really don't see how that can be argued against, I'm rather amazed that...

I'd take talk of "the sanctity of life" a bit more seriously if states that introduced these anti-abortion laws then abolished the death penalty. I find it hard to reconcile a belief that all human life is sacred with a belief in killing people.

Huh? Who mentioned race?