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3 Post author: NancyLebovitz 24 October 2014 03:27PM

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Comment author: ZankerH 24 October 2014 07:04:01PM 3 points [-]

I always thought this was a pretty straightforward issue from a rationalist perspective - we have the technology to figure out whether the foetus has an active brain and can meaningfully perceive pain. That should be the cutoff point.

Comment author: blacktrance 24 October 2014 07:13:28PM 10 points [-]

Maybe it's straightforward to discover when the fetus can feel pain, but it's not straightforward that being able to feel pain should be the cutoff point.