05-14-2019, 03:49 PM
(05-14-2019, 11:58 AM)Aquapod770 Wrote: When the fetus is viable outside of the mother? Sure, I can see that point of view, but we have the medical ability to keep premature babies alive who wouldn't normally be able to do so on their own. Why bother if it's still just a clump of cells at that point?
That is why we currently draw the line at the beginning of the third trimester in abortion law.
I have repeatedly pointed out that when we have the ability to grow a fertilized egg outside of the mother's womb then the law should change, but we can not do that now. Until we reach that point the mother is in control of what happens with her body.
You talk about the "individual rights" granted in the Constitution, but if the fetus can not survive outside of the womb it is not an "individual". As long as it is dependent on the mother to survive then the mother's individual rights control.
BTW life does not begin at conception. Both the sperm and the egg are alive before conception. The question is when is a fetus an "individual" entitled to "individual rights".
