Potential Arguement

I check the National Right to Life website every so often. I like to find out about new scientific findings and new legal arguments. For instance the new arguments that an unborn baby can feel pain. Every day I hope that some scientist or lawyer will finally find the key that will lead to the ending of legal abortions. I have seen many good arguments defeated. This can cause one to fret. But, I will not loose hope! Actually there is an argument that I have never heard discussed and I wonder if it is valid at all. Someone else has probably entered this argument into a discussion. I just haven't heard it yet. But, I was thinking about it today. Actually a bumper sticker that I saw ignited this line of thinking.

The bumper sticker: If it is not a baby, then you are not pregnant.

Catchy phrase. Makes one think. But, does it have legal ramifications as well. Let's for argument sake give the pro-choice debaters their say. Let's assume that this baby is fetal tissue. I cringe to even suggest we allow such a lie to enter our psyche. Yet, still follow my reasoning. Let's say for a moment that this fetal tissue is not yet a human being. Therefore, not needing of protection from our government. This following statement, therefore, does not pertain to them. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Now insert this argument. This fetal tissue has the potential for life. This fetal tissue if properly nurtured will indeed become a baby, then a child, then an adult, and so forth. Doesn't this potential for life give it some legal standing. I know that I am biased because I am pro-life. It is easy for me to see how this argument is rational. This statement may hold no water in our legal system. Never the less it has its merit and might cause the pro-choice argument to falter a little. But, I think at the heart of the matter I would hope another argument leads to the eradication of abortion. I don't think we can assume that a baby is ever fetal tissue. That means we will never repent as a nation. We won't face that we killed babies.