[WikiEN-l] NPOV: Fetus personhood

[Chris Lüer]

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