George Fields on Whether a Fetus is a Person or Not

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"...I contend that whether the fetus is a person at any given moment of pregnancy is a non-issue, since, whatever it is now, it will, in fact, become a person. Therefore, to abort the fetus now is to annihilate the person that fetus would have naturally become.

Abortion has the same quality as all forms of killing. If I were to kill someone, I would have fundamentally transformed the nature of the universe from one with this person to one without it. The evil of murder does not derive from the fact that a death has occurred, for death comes to all. All murder does is expedite an inevitable event. The evil of murder, rather, is in the fact that the world has changed for everyone else who keeps on living. A hole has been made in the tapestry of life; Christmas dinner now has an empty chair. So it is with an abortion."1

Courage and Godspeed,
Chad

Footnote:

Live Action, Snopes and Planned Parenthood's "Prenatal Care"

A Brief Defense of the Pro-Life Position

Resources for Discussing Your Pro-Life Convictions

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