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#4,286 Whether they are inside the mom or outside the mom doesn’t change the essence of what they are.
NFBW: Of course the essence of a human being at the not-viable human organism stage on the human life span continuum does not change.
I am a human being and American by virtue of being born here which grants me freedom of conscience to believe as a human being and citizen that my moral and civic duty is to have respect for all human beings that are born.
My conscience and the science that weighs in on that matter of personal decisions tell me on the matter of abortion that my duty and responsibility tells me that our duty as human beings to all other human beings extends to those having been born.
Pregnancy is a private matter until such time as the fetus practically may have a decently normal natural birth and live outside the womb. That milestone was 28 weeks in 1973 and I would agree based on medical advances to go to 24 weeks or even 22.
As you know personally, and in my personal life, I believe abortion other than to save the life of the mother is wrong, even briefly after unborn viability.
But that is what my conscience dictates to me, and has from an early age, but I do not assume the right to force my conscience on everyone else who is doing no harm to other human beings that have passed mile stone of being born, or at least viable enough to be born.
You can comment on that or walk away. It really makes no difference to me. I have no reservations or guilt about the conclusion I have reached on the policies with regard to abortion.
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