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1. Fetus is alive

on this we agree.

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2. If fetus has 47 chromosomes,

not being a scientist or a doctor, I will have to take your word on this.

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2. If fetus has 47 chromosomes, fetus is human. This means human life. Not plant life, not reptile life...human life.

so just because it has 47 chromosomes means that is human life? I'll grant you it is turning into a human, but is it a human yet? That is still the question.

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3. Fetus has done nothing wrong by existing; therefore fetus is innocent.

agreed.

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3. Abortion- aborts fetus. Ends fetus' life. Therefore kills fetus because it used to be alive.

agreed.

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4. Since fetus=innocent human life and abortion=end of innocent human life, abortion= murder.

this would be true if your point number 2, "If fetus has 47 chromosomes, fetus is human. This means human life. Not plant life, not reptile life...human life. " were true. But how are we to know for certain?

We know for certain because the child at ANY stage has every body part it will ever have, and has a DNA sequence that is separate and distinct from the mother.

Per one of my previous posts, human life should not be measured as a point of development within a species, it should be measured by being a member of a species. Trying to ascribe rights to someone based on a measure of their physical abilitiy, their iq, etc is dangerous because it would open the way to governments trying to deny rights to people who are in comas, or who have Parkinson's disease, or MS, or whatever.