Yes, we can.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Of course the ENTIRE abortion debate is about whether or not the unborn is alive or not.

I disagree. If you posed the question of what an embryo or fetus is as "animal, vegetable or mineral," you would have to answer "animal." Having answered that question, you have to answer the moral question of what dominion you have over that animal and under what circumstances it is necessary, reasonable or simply permissible to end its life.