>>because the court determines such..... you >>aren't a full fledged rights >>having citizen in the US >>unless you are 18..... > >dunno about that. are there not >SOME rights you have prior >to that (the whole "free >speech" thing, for example)
some..not all....
>in this instance i'm not sure >if we're talking about the >"totality" of rights....i thought were >were simply talking about rights >in the context of who's >"rights" take precedence if an >unborn chil is determined to >even have any
which brings me back to this: what rights can a fetus possibly have?!?
>>....a fetus also cannot exit >>without help outside the mother's >>womb...the rest of what you >>mentioned were all possibilities of >>born individuals.... > >but now you're adding criteria. i >thought the qualification(s) were voting >and the ability to "survive >on it's own" (and by >the way this was the >criteria you gave for "person-hood" >anyway, not just criteria for >rights -- which you also >brought up later to tie >back into the whole "right >of a fetus" thing)
I qualified my answer based on your reply in order to (hopefully) make it as clear as possible...