I just read this letter in the most recent National Review; it was also published a few days earlier in an Impromptus:

Nordlinger cited the old feminist slogan “A fetus in a woman’s womb has no more standing than a hamburger in her stomach.” That slogan would not be usable today. As we all know, thanks to the fine folks at PETA, “meat is murder,” whereas, of course, abortion is not. Interesting to note how, on our side, the positions are reversed.

These are some of the same people who proclaim the evils of Big Tobacco and in the next breath shout, “legalize marijuana!”

It’s hard to say, though, where Senator Kerry fits in. Given that he believes “life does begin at conception,” that gives a fetus more standing than a hamburger. But he also says, “that’s not a person yet.” Thus, a living human is… not a person. Is it murder if you kill a human who isn’t a person?

Ramesh asks the obvious question, “When does Kerry think personhood emerges?”

Ask me if I care.

Apparently, a new human life in Kerryworld has about as much standing as a waffle in his mouth. You can breed them, but you should never acknowledge their existence.