Your Baby is a Person

That's a baby in there. A real, live human person. I guess (I hope really) that's where the confusion starts. Because if there's no argument on that point, how can you justify an abortion?
Well, the truth is that some people will justify it anyway. But for now, I'm willing to assume most people really, truly believe that "fetus" does not equal "baby."

Is a fetus the same thing as a baby or not? I mean, we've got to have some definitions here. What is a fetus? What is a baby? What's a person? It can be confusing. But it doesn't have to be.

Here's the problem. If you believe that abortion is OK because it's not really a person in there, then tell me - when does a person begin? You're a person. I'm a person. When did we start being people? When did we start having the same rights as everyone else?

Was it when the cord was cut?

Was it when your head entered the birth canal?

Was it the instant that the C-section incision was complete?

If it was none of these instants, then when? Where do you draw the line? We're not talking about a machine here. We're talking about an organism that is changing and growing at every instant. You can't say "exactly between steps j and k, the fetus is now a person with all the rights and protections of a U.S. citizen." Just saying it out loud sounds ridiculous, which is, of course, why certain people are careful to dance around it and never say it out loud at all.

If you have comments on this one, I beg you to share them. I honestly want to hear what people think. When does a person become a person? I mean, a real human person who's life cannot be ended with any more justice than yours or mine. Where does that start?

Think about it. Your baby is a person. You can try to draw a line, but if you really think hard and are honest with yourself, you will recognize the warning signs. Because we all know what it's like trying to justify something that's wrong. We've all done that and we know what it feels like. But here, it's not just about an extra piece of cake or all that time on Facebook at work or even something you "borrowed" from that guy down the street two years ago. If one side of the argument is right, then this is something deadly. People are dying.

Your baby is a person. And if your baby could hear you and understand the question "do you want to live?"... your baby would say yes.