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Old 11-27-2007, 02:19 PM
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Default Re: Texas Court: Fetus Death Can Be Murder

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Originally Posted by KnightOfSappho View Post
I understand your logic, but as you said, we disagree.

The 'intent to gestate' does not make the unborn a person. It does not gain that status, legally, until a certain stage of development.
Personhood is an abstract human/legal construct, not a "stage of development". Personhood is conferred to corporate entities and human beings alike.

Tell me...exactly when does the fetus cross this threshhold and become a person? At what point in gestation does the fetus suddenly have personhood aside from that conferred by someone else?

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