Word: bernstein
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bernstein said the central issue in the abortion debate was whether an individual should live altruistically or egoistically...
...Bernstein argued that only the mother's rights should be considered in the abortion debate...
...Bernstein said a fetus is not actually a human being...
...fetus is a tiny chunk of protoplasm,' Bernstein said. "It is a biological growth in the body of a host organism. To be a human being requires organically formed individuation.... The fetus lacks biological individuality...
...Bernstein blasted anti-abortion activists for "rely[ing] on a fallacy of equivocation." He said they fail to distinguish between "the potential" and "the actual" human being...