08-12-2015, 01:03 PM
(08-12-2015, 12:58 PM)PhilHos Wrote: They are NOT a part of the mother's body. Every cell of the unborn child is genetically distinct from the mother, heck there are many times the unborn baby's blood type differs from the mothers! The unborn child is not independently generated by the mother. It is possible for the unborn baby to die while the mother lives and vice versa. When an embryo is implanted in the lining of the mother's uterus, it emits a chemical which weakens the mother's immune system so as not to be rejected.
Need I go on? Or will you accept that SCIENCE says the unborn child is NOT a part of the mother's body. Yes, it is dependent upon the mother for basic functions for a time, but even after born, a child is still dependent on someone else for slightly less basic functions like feeding and clothing and shelter.
The unborn baby can not survive without the host mother until the third trimester.
That is a fact. You can not change it. Until that point the baby is not an individual that can survive outside of the mothers body. If the mother becomes brain dead they can not remove the fetus from the mother. Instead they have to keep the mothers body functioning with artificial life support.
It is not an individual human until it can survive without the mothers body.
