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Originally Posted by PhoenixAlive
So you don't see the potential for human life as important? Because if that fetus were not aborted it would undoubtedly become a person (even if you don't believe that it is a person in the womb, you can't deny that). That's where I find your argument so difficult to understand.
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The belief is that the potential for life is not more important than a life that has already been realized. It's not that the potential person isn't important it's just not at the same level as the mother. To me it makes perfect sense for a realized life to have more rights than a potential one.
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