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To: Solon who wrote (78445)	11/4/2003 5:50:34 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) of 82486

You miss the significance of the physical separation at birth into a separate entity. It already is a separate entity before birth even if there isn't physical separation, just like conjoined twins are separate entities. In the case of conjoined twins they are separate entities even if they could not survive separation. Considering birth to be the critical dividing point treats the fetus as if it where not a separate entity even if it could survive separation. The main point was that judging the legal "personhood" of a fetus through developmental differences is capricious, at best... I agree that it isn't a perfect standard but find it a better one than the standard of whether the fetus/baby has passed through the birth canal or not. To the extent that development is a capricious standard it would lead me to look towards the first moment where there is a separate entity which would be conception. Tim

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