Science is the best way to go, but we must always be aware that it is a blunt tool. If science told you tomorrow that an 8 week old foetus can feel pain, would you change your view?
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Yes. If everything we know about the central nervous system and brain turns out to be wrong & 8 week old embryos can feel pain and awareness, it would be wrong to abort them.
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Not, though, if you are the sole owner of your body. That's the distinction in our philosophies - and though we agree now, with the known science - we would be in total opposition.
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