What do you think is special about being human? We are clearly separated from animals by something. Even if you don’t believe in any God, it’s clear to see.
It says in the Bible that “Man was made in God’s image”
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“For you created me In my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. I know that full well.”
Psalm 139, 13-14.
We may not always be a good image of God, but we all started out in the image of God. What is man’s goals? To become more creative, to become more knowledgeable, to have more power. To become more like God. The very fact that humans can talk about our origins, where we came from and where we are going, what our purpose is, and if we are made in the image of God - proves that we are a special race. Animals do not ask these questions.
More on that here:
YouTube Skip to 26 minutes into it. He talks exactly about what we are talking about right now.
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I ask again - why does the woman’s legal rights to control a body that isn’t hers take precedence over the child’s right to life?
No matter how much the child’s life depends on the mothers life, no matter how much it systems are intertwined with the mother systems, does not dismiss the individual life of the child. What happened to the sanctity of human life?
Why is dependency used as a moral compass for what you can do and what you can’t to do in this case?