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What makes killing an undeveloped human life so wrong and different to killing an animal?
It's clear that there are completely different moral views on this subject - and it is a fairly even split, if not more people (not necessarily on this website) who think it shouldn't be made illegal; therefore, the people who think it is wrong should just not have abortions. There is no need to force people who believe differently to you to abide by your rules and beliefs cough the crusades and every other war based on religion cough
Speaking as a scientist though, I do not have a completely neutral viewpoint - I think that abortion is absolutely fine morally - up to a certain point in the pregnancy. (Even after the 24 week legal limit) People say that the foetuses can feel pain - so can many animals. The difference between a foetus and an animal is just the potential for intelligence. People have sex every day - this potential isn't exactly lacking. When a child is born and later when it can learn is when I personally consider it a true human being. I see a foetus'/baby's/child's development in 3 stages:
1. When it is just a functional group of cells - perhaps it can feel pain
2. When it is able to survive outside the womb without any machines or unnatural human intervention (obviously breast feeding is natural human intervention)
3. When it is able to learn and become a true human being with our amazing characteristics such as logical thinking (some people on this debate seem never have developed that) and compassion for others (not just instinctive).
I wouldn't say it is BAD but I think that students should be able to wear what they want within reasonable guidelines. So obviously not revealing clothes that actually would distract people (read "boys"). Some students might wear amusing costumes for a period of time but in the end they'd probably get over it and just wear normal clothes. Some people argue that it protects poor families from abuse over the quality of clothes but the prices for school uniforms seem to reflect the complete opposite. Really, it depends what you value more: students that look smart and probably don't feel completely comfortable, or students that feel comfortable and relaxed and are able to concentrate on their learning, and are wearing casual clothes.
Not in the UK: Technically; the 'baby' (you should really be calling it a foetus because it's only a baby when it's born) has NO RIGHTS whatsoever and is not considered a person.
Source: http://www.abortionrights.org.
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