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sounds_sound · 4664 days ago · link · · parent · post: At 11th hour, Georgia passes "women as livestock" abortion bill.
The arbitrariness is unsettling. It just turns into a numbers game that people can sway depending on what side they lobby for. Remember Jon Kyl's [http://youtu.be/rAryQP_Iz9A](90%) claim? People start arguing over numbers as a point of fact and it gets us nowhere. Speaking broadly about when life begins, I prefer Canada's definition: At first breath.
First breath sounds reasonable. Obviously, you have to define life as starting somewhere. First breath seems to take away some ambiguity with respect to the other arguments that lawmakers try to go by here, such as, can the fetus feel pain?, is it "aware"?, etc.