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Ironically, because at least up through Aquinas and Augustine, the standard for “ensoulment” was the “quickening” around (give or take) 14 weeks.

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That's interesting. The comments section here is wonderful because I commonly learn stuff that I did not know before.

Also: "There can be only one!"

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Oh damn, I did not know a new Highlander was dropping

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I mean it’s not that they were exactly co-signing abortion before that phase, but it was considered a much lesser transgression. There were shifts back and forth in the Middle Ages depending on the pope (i.e., kind of like now).

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