tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post2601314136333843927..comments2023-08-10T14:58:46.329+07:00Comments on Authority!: GOP Abortion Hypocrisy TrapTimothy J Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10634355920003282809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-25787022586208970562016-04-07T06:09:27.727+07:002016-04-07T06:09:27.727+07:00Exactly. Take it a step further. If you believe ...Exactly. Take it a step further. If you believe a fetus is a person, then an abortion is a conspiracy to first degree murder. The woman has delivered up the victim and rendered passive assistance in the crime. Generally, the law provides penalties for such crimes nearly or as severe as those for the active partner in the conspiracy. Arguing for a special definition of conspiracy in the case of the woman requires a legal distinction between a fetus and a small child, for example, who is delivered to a murderer while the woman watches the crime, thus undercutting the original argument that a fetus is legally equivalent to a child. You just can't have it both ways. That an otherwise clearsighted libertarian such a Napolitano makes this error is explainable by the peculiar compartmentalization often found in, though hardly confined to, the religious.Scott Semansnoreply@blogger.com