This argument about abortion has completely veered off the main topic, but anyways, I shall give my opinions about it. I am no expert on US politics (I don’t live there), so I’m assuming ‘pro-life’ is regarding the debate about abortion, correct me if I’m wrong.
IMHO, I’d rather have a young mother abort a child, than forcibly bring it up in a poor or abusive household. If she doesn’t have the means or time to bring up a child, she shouldn’t be forced to. She should be free to make a choice. And I think you’re doing the unborn child a huge favor by not letting it being born into a household thats inappropriate for raising a small kid. Better to have a couple of dead cells than bring a person into this world only to add to the lines at the unemployment office or maybe the prisons.
As to your argument, a foetus is simply a bunch of cells that is absorbing the nutrients it needs from the surrounding blood, just like each and every cell of the body. It isn’t really breathing or feeling, but yes it does need food and drink, and can grow into a human being one day. But that definition holds true for sperm cells as well, and maybe even stem cells (I’m not very current on their research). Sorry for all the kids here, but every time you masturbate, you also kill millions of sperm cell! So by your definition, they should outlaw masturbation, blow jobs and all the other things that result in the killing of a bunch of cells that need food and drink like a human and will one day grow up into humans?
So quit playing with words like that, coz thats a game two can play. Its time we stop with all the stupid definitions of ‘life’ and ‘equality’, because there is no correct definition of them. I always feel that if a woman is having second thoughts about a baby, its better to abort the baby and be safe than sorry…
My 4 cents (sorry for ramblin on so long)