Rubio: Life begins at conception

[Brownshoe]

(08-09-2015, 09:14 AM)Beaker Wrote: A tapeworm lives off a host as one part of its life cycle. It exists outside the host just fine, using the host to complete its life cycle and lay eggs. A fetus depends on the mother for both nutrition and oxygen transferred to it via her blood through the placenta. A fetus cannot exist on its own until it reaches a certain age. Therefore, a fetus does not exist as an independent human until it can handle all its own life functions. Which answers the life support question. The human on life support has existed independently as a human prior to being put on life support, and in doing so has already earned their rights. Plus, even though they have rights, we give their family members the right to remove them from life support. Kinda the same as the mother making the decision to remove the fetus from life support (her).

Why does the fetus have to be able to live as an independent human to have rights? It's still alive, and it's still a human. Why and take the life of a human being just because it's a burden on someone else?