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Old 10-09-2019, 09:17 AM   #25
Undertoad
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I think they are persons at birth, but only because it is a convenient place to draw the line.
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There is no fixed point.
I think this is all true; I personally draw the line at where their brain has developed to the point where consciousness is even *possible* - and I believe that happens at about the sixth month in utero, when neocortical brain activity begins to ramp up.
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