Exactly right, Bardan!
There is ample proof that unborn babies exhibit awareness of their environment, and react to it quite early in pregnancy. Abortion isn't just removing an appendix, it's
killing. (Insert obvious references to the film showing the baby reacting to the abortion tool and attempting to flee...)
The question isn't even about the dividing line about when an abortion should be allowed or not, that's just an excuse to drive a wedge in to justify the abortion. The obvious cutoff point is at the time of conception; any other time is just too subject to interpretation or just plain abitrary.
Catholics go even further, you can't officially use contraceptive devices!
edit>Hunter, consider this - though a young child is independant of the mothers body after birth, a child still won't survive without many years care from the parents. (unlike many species of animal). Arguing that the unborn child is dependant on the mothers' body doesn't really prove anything.
[ 02-08-2003, 11:34 PM: Message edited by: Sir Krustin ]