This is circular and unhelpful
The purpose of the debate is to determine what the law ought to be.  An appeal to the law is attempting to justify the law on the basis that it is the law.  This could equally well be used to justify any law, as if the law where changed, that, then, would be what the law was.
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Abortion »Abortion
Definition of Person »Definition of Person
A person is defined by external factors »A person is defined by external factors
A person's life begins when the law determines so »A person's life begins when the law determines so
This is circular and unhelpful
Current laws and legal definitions are not irrelevant »Current laws and legal definitions are not irrelevant
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