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djm: If anything, this is a good argument FOR abortion. If the mother had known the fetus was damaged, she could have had an abortion and prevented the birth of a girl with learning disabilities.
man: it's a good point because people with learning disabilities have little or no value and should be exterminated before taking their first breath - if only the mother knew!
You miss the point. Until sometime after birth there is no "people" present. To use religious terminology, a fetus is purely flesh, it has no spirit. It has no mind. The mind begins to develop at birth. Before birth, there is no "person" to kill, just spiritless flesh. A fetus that is damaged should be terminated before it develops into a damaged person.
The whole anti-abortion argument is based on the lie that a mindless, spiritless fetus is a person.
