ras11 as the blob of 4 cells still has no defined gender,
But it would soon have one
you cant say that well it could be a woman and so both have the same rights... A woman should have control over her body, and have the ability to choose and control her reproduction...You, the pope, the imam can't tell a woman what she can or can't do with HER BODY!!!
It not a question of telling her what to do with her body. I see what you call that blob of cells as deserving of human rights as an adult.
Most men that are against abortions, are so because deep inside they are aware that they do not have the power of reproduction, and since the situation is like that, they want at least to control this power by not giving women the freedom to decide what she wants to do..... voaaalaaa , this is one of the reasons of Patriarchy....
What other men think is frankly none of my concern. My reasons for being against abortion have nothing to do with wanting to control the woman and her body. If I did I would have been against contraception like Papa Ratzinger. I am against it (in normal circumstances) as I believe that one human should not have the power over life and death of another human. And to me the zygote stage is when human life starts. Naturally if the woman's life is in danger or it has no chance of surviving for long after birth, or perhaps in the case of rape, abortion should be considered.