On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:06:51 -0600, Tim Williams wrote:

"Richard the Dreaded Libertarian" wrote in message
news:2yxbj.4047$1q4.2802@trnddc06...
It's like this: one person, one pregnant person, one VERY pregnant
person.
*THE MIRACLE OF CHILDBIRTH*
Poof! Two people!

It's really quite simple.

Alright, so having established that, what, physically, is different
between the fetus, one second before birth, and the baby, one second
after? Two seconds have passed, and it's still the same physical
entity. How did it suddenly gain your empathy?

By being born. Are you incapable of grasping that simple fact?
As long as it is contained entirely within her body it is her
property to do with as she wishes. That's the _REAL_ right to
life - the life of the _born_.

999 times out of 1000, if the woman has let it get that far, it's
probably because she wants to have the baby, so abortion isn't
even a consideration.

But until it exits and exists on its own it is tissue. You can not
endow it with personhood without stripping its mother of hers.

Of course, the pro-lifers never believed women to be equal to
themselves in the first place - they've always considered women
to be property.

Hope This Helps!
Rich