I don't have a video of Rand herself addressing abortion, but I think this fellow from the Ayn Rand Institute does a clear job of summarizing in about 1 minute. Video cued to just before he begins.
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Dred Scot was a ‘potential person’, depending on geography, I guess.I would guess that a significant majority of people disagree with the statement that, "a fetus is not a person, it is a potential person".
lol, and what do you base that "significant majority" off of ?I would guess that a significant majority of people disagree with the statement that, "a fetus is not a person, it is a potential person".
Isn't that the whole argument in a nutshell, close anyway? Since the majority is pro-choice I would think the majority agree with the quote, at least up to x number of weeks.I would guess that a significant majority of people disagree with the statement that, "a fetus is not a person, it is a potential person".
You don't agree that a fetus is a potential person?I would guess that a significant majority of people disagree with the statement that, "a fetus is not a person, it is a potential person".
Nobody know who the hell you are talking about is my guess.I'm surprised nobody is commenting or voting on this.
You don't agree that a fetus is a potential person?
I have 2 kids and have been around other peoples kids and it doesn’t seem like this happens until age 5I think that rights should begin around the time the fetal brain becomes active, so I do not completely agree with Rand.
Does a person drop their ‘potentiality’ at some measurable interval? Or is it entirely a function of geography?You don't agree that a fetus is a potential person?
I have 2 kids and have been around other peoples kids and it doesn’t seem like this happens until age 5
Lol…says a minority rule guy.I would guess that a significant majority of people disagree with the statement that, "a fetus is not a person, it is a potential person".
"Potential person"? What else will a fetus potentially develop into if not a person?
Reading comprehension not your strong suit?Uh, you realize a significant number don't develop into anything, right. They are miscarried, they never actually develop and a woman has her next period, they start to develop in a fallopian tube and kill the mother (well, in states that went back to the 1880s). There are many things that happen to fetuses that don't involve being born. So yeah, "potential" person is a pretty good description.
I don’t think a fetus is a person. Guess I’m in a “significant” minority.I would guess that a significant majority of people disagree with the statement that, "a fetus is not a person, it is a potential person".
Not even at 30+ weeks? That’s the position the AR gentlemen appears to be taking. I don’t think that’s mainstream.I don’t think a fetus is a person. Guess I’m in a “significant” minority.
That’s odd because I believe it’s exactly the opposite of that. The vast majority of our laws also align with that sentiment as well.I would guess that a significant majority of people disagree with the statement that, "a fetus is not a person, it is a potential person".
At what point do you think the transmogrification takes place?I don’t think a fetus is a person.
Third trimester-ish? I’m really no one to ask since as a man my opinion shouldn’t mean jack squat.At what point do you think the transmogrification takes place?
Whatever the hell it wants to "Identify" as obviously."Potential person"? What else will a fetus potentially develop into if not a person?
When they can keep their room clean and do their chores.At what point do you think the transmogrification takes place?
Most Stone Age human societies routinely practiced infanticide, and estimates of children killed by infanticide in the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras vary from 15 to 50 percent. Infanticide continued to be common in most societies after the historical era began, including ancient Greece, ancient Rome, the Phoenicians, ancient China, ancient Japan, Aboroginal Australia, Native Americans, and Native Alaskans.When they can keep their room clean and do their chores.
Or, when they leave home and go out on their own.
Whichever comes first.
Are you assuming a man can’t have a baby?Third trimester-ish? I’m really no one to ask since as a man my opinion shouldn’t mean jack squat.