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The document discusses different perspectives on personhood and abortion. It outlines common pro-life and pro-choice slogans, and explores assumptions behind these slogans. It also examines points in development that personhood may be attained, such as conception, birth, or after birth. The document references arguments that killing disabled infants or fetuses with disabilities is not wrong and can increase total happiness. It questions at what point a fetus or newborn becomes an individual capable of having a life of its own.
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