09-29-2015, 02:35 PM
(09-29-2015, 11:42 AM)PhilHos Wrote: I love how the fact that a fetus is dependent on his or her mother is somehow a reason FOR abortion.
I love how people try to ignore the fact that it is possible to keep a human child alive outside of the womb, but it is completely impossible, even with all assistance possible, to keep a fetus alive outside the womb.
The entire question comes down to balancing individual rights of the mother against individual rights of the child. Until the fetus becomes an individual then it is not entitled to individual rights greater than those of the mother.
It is a legal argument about the rights of an individual. Not a philosophical argument about when life begins.
The fetus is not entitled to any individual rights until it is an individual. And as long as it is impossible to live without the host mother it is not an individual.
