10-16-2020, 03:07 PM
(10-16-2020, 11:03 AM)Mickeypoo Wrote: I'm just pointing out their "my own body" argument is silly.
No it is not silly. It is actually the legal basis for individual rights in the United States.
At some point in the future technology will advance to the state where a fertilized egg can be removed and gestated outside of the mothers body. But that is not possible now. Since the fetus can not survive without the mother it is still her decision. You can not give individual rights to some thing that can not survive as an individual.
Since the fetus is usually viable after the second trimester that is why the courts do not allow an abortion after the second trimester except in extreme circumstances..
