This puts me in an uncomfortable spot w/regards to abortion. My go to argument was always 'the lights aren't on yet'.
If I'm understanding correctly they might be, albeit dimly, and each day getting brighter.
If I'm understanding correctly they might be, albeit dimly, and each day getting brighter.
I'm not looking to continue this discussion, but I'm glad you're thinking about this.
I used to support abortion, but more and more I'm sliding towards being maybe against it, because (some of) the anti-abortion side arguments are logical too. No matter how you draw the line based on some argument, you can use the same logic to kill adults. That includes viability, lack of pain, etc.
On the other hand, our technology is at the level where you can turn any cell in your body into sperm:
https://phys.org/news/2016-04-scientists-skin-cells-human-sp...
So if you're against abortion based on the "viability", every time you scratch your nose, you commit genocide.
It's a hard question.