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Professor Robert P. George is one of the most influential scholars, for me and many others, on the abortion issue.
As an example of moral and rational clarity, see: "Defending Unborn Life in Political Action: We Must Continue the Struggle for the Soul of Our Nation." It's brilliant and compassionate.
Here's a quote from George.
"Are unborn babies persons? As a matter of moral fact, they are. That is because the offspring of human parents, from the earliest embryonic stage of their development forward, are — and are undeniably — distinct, complete, albeit dependent and developing, living members of the species Homo sapiens: human beings. And all human beings are persons — that is, creatures whose nature is a rational nature. Like human beings in the infant stage, human beings in the fetal and embryonic stages of development do not yet carry out characteristically human mental activities; yet embryonic, fetal and infant human beings are organized precisely to develop the immediately exercisable capacities for precisely such activities. That is their nature."
If anyone wonders why I am so concerned about this issue, please read George's article.
If you want to contact me and talk about this essay, please do so. johnpiippo@msn.com
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