Originally Posted by tore

My point is the embryo might die naturally in the womb, or the person it becomes might be mentally retarded to the point where he or she won't ever have the rights of a healthy adult. Basically, a number of scenarios can play out and so the point is you shouldn't have to morally treat the fetus as if it is a healthy adult human being when you don't know if it ever will become one. Assuming the embryo will one day become, unless aborted, a healthy adult human being; that is the assumption I'm talking about.