[Johnj]

Originally Posted by SoLiDUS

Based on what you've written, it seems that the law gives rights to the foetus, correct ?

In one case yes, in another, no.

Originally Posted by SoLiDUS

How can a potential being possess rights ?

This depends on your definition of "potential being". It's a "potential being" while your talking in a bar. It's a "potential being" while your making out at the park. I think it is a "potential being" right up untill the sperm joins the egg.

Originally Posted by SoLiDUS

If it does, we have a serious problem: if it doesn't, there's a double-standard in place... and that is even worse.

I don't see where giving a fetus a reasonal right to life is a problem, and you have to know that there is a double-standard in place..

Originally Posted by SoLiDUS

What I tried to communicate is that we need to correct these problems. The man killing his pregnant wife has not killed two beings: only one.

But he would be charged with two counts of murder.