LeftyGunner
Sharpshooter
One other thing. The priority that people of different worldviews makes a lot of difference in how one view's the other side of the argument. I'm sure Chip thinks you are overstating the risks of pregnancy and trivializing the rights of the unborn. So do you think you have any greater moral authority to claim he's overstating the importance of the unborn while trivializing the risks inherent in pregnancy, than he has to say you're overstating those risks, and trivializing the importance of the life of the unborn.
No, none at all. I was trying to illustrate the vey point you make, but you did it better.
Is the risk to the mother zero? No. Is the importance of the unborn zero? No. I think it's unreasonable to claim either. And I think we could infer some things about the opposite end. Is the risk of the mother everything? Is the importance of the unborn everything?
In one of my earlier posts I explained my discomfort with black-and-white legislation of gray area issues. Your post explains the gray of this issue quite well.