08-10-2015, 09:15 AM
(08-10-2015, 01:35 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Until the third trimester a fetus can not survive outside the womb no matter how much it is cared for.
Get it now? "Impossible" is not the same as "possible".
It can not be given individual rights if it is impossible under any circumstances for it to survive as an individual.
(08-10-2015, 01:39 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Because only the mother has the right to make decisions about her own body.
It is the same legal reason you can not be charged with vandalism for destroying your own property. The mother has the right to make the decision if the fetus is allowed to grow into an individual, but no one else can.
She's not making a decision solely about her own body. There is another life involved, regardless of whether you believe that it deserves no rights or equal protection under the law.
