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You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!

You: How do you feel about abortion?

Stranger: well, i'm not against it

You: y not?

Stranger: Because i don´t look at it like killing a person.. and some girls just can't raise a child

You: What about really late-term?

Stranger: i think it isn't allowed

You: Should it be?

You: (FYI, it varies by jurisdiction if late-term abortion is legal.

You: )

Stranger: i don't think so.. If someone want´s an abortion it should be done as quickly as possible, not as a last resort

You: Some moms don't find out they're pregnant until very late.

Stranger: hmm, i don´t know then

You: Have you seen the show I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant?

Stranger: nope, i havn't

You: It's a series on TLC.

Stranger: I'm not from the us

You: Okay.

You: Basically, all these women tell their stories of how they gave birth after having no idea they were pregnant.

Stranger: ah, well.. there's a word for that ;)

Stranger: a sentence*

Stranger: Shit happens

You: Some women have period-like bleeding while pregnant.

Stranger: didn't know that

You: So it apparently happens enough for a series.

You: Anyway, should she be allowed to kill the infant she didn't want?

You: She had no chance for an abortion.

Stranger: not if it's too late, then it should be adopted

You: Why is it too late?

You: It's not that hard to kill a newborn.

Stranger: i mean, if the fetus is almost ready... Sorry i couldn´t find a better way of putting it out (English is not my native language)

You: What do you mean by "ready"?

Stranger: umm.. sec, trying to find a word for it

You: You can say it with more than one word.

Stranger: If it's a person

You: It's not a person before?

You: Someone that's not a person can become a person by growing older?

You: Or is it birth?

Stranger: umm..

Stranger: if it has grown, nerves and brain and stuff..

You: Well, "nerves and brain and stuff" come much earlier than 8 months.

Stranger: i'm no doctor..

You: The brain is the first organ to appear, at 2 weeks and 4 days

You: But it's the same person at any point along the developmental spectrum.

You: It's not like we're ever "done".

You: We continue development until we die.

You: Whether that be at 15 or 115.

Stranger: thats true

You: If there's any point it can be said we're "done", it would be puberty.

Stranger: yeah

You: I don't think anyone would say a 5-year-old can be shot because she hasn't bled yet.

Stranger: well, it was an interesting conversation.. i have to go now, my friend is coming and i have to get ready

You: You got email?

Stranger: i do

You: ok could u email me?