At 05:22 PM 7/27/2005, steve v wrote:
Question: Is it POV to say that a fetus is a "human life," and by terminology, thus entitled to universal "human rights" and societal "personhood" status?
This has been debated by philosophers for centuries, so yes, it is POV. This question is much deeper than the current US American pro-life/pro-choice debate. For example, Thomas Aquinas and René Descartes were on opposite ends of this debate (Thomas - no, Descartes - yes), even though they were both devout Catholics.
Chl