(10-12-2017 07:05 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  

(10-12-2017 04:58 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(10-12-2017 04:52 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Why are people pretending like if they can prove that conception is when life begins, that they've won the game?

Life can absolutely be taken away from someone, morally and legally, in certain circumstances. For example, if a person is sentenced to death for a crime they've committed, their life can be taken from them. That is morally and legally correct.

Likewise, just because an unborn baby has life, does not automatically make it immoral and illegal to take away that life. And that is correct.

The person who was sentenced to death for a crime has committed an act against humanity.

An unborn baby is not guilty of any crime.

Legal does not necessarily = moral.

Agreed that the fertilized egg is not guilty of a crime. The reason I brought that up is that it disproves the broadest claim that human life should never be taken away. I’ve proven it can, and even should in some circumstances.

That said, it can still be morally and legally correct to take away life, in certain circumstances.

Actually, I did not say that a human life should never be taken away. In fact, I am a firm believer in capital punishment.

So, yes, of course it can be both moral and legal to end a human life in certain circumstances.

My contention was that though ending an unborn human life is legal it is not necessarily moral.