leroy
Well-Known Member
My answer is simple, common sense. The apple is a part of the tree.
Is the worm that lives inside the apple also part of the apple? Or is it a different organism?
I'd like to invite others to weigh in on the topic of whether an unborn child is a part of its mother.
By the same logic, the fetus can also make the same argument, from the point of view of the fetus the mother (part of her) is also inside his body and he is sharing the environment (womb) with her mother.
The fetus has its own DNA (different from the mother) this means that by definition it´s a different organism.
You position goes against “common sense” for example, what happens when a doctor has to take the fetus out of the mother due to a medical procedure, and the put it back inside the womb?........does the baby becomes a new organisms outside the womb, and then it becomes part of the mother? How does that work?
We the “pro choicers” have the benefit of the doubt , unless you show conclusively and beyond reasonable doubt that the fetus is part of the mother, we should play safe , treat the fetus as an independent human, and don’t abort.
--- and about the law---
According to the law, if you hit a pregnant woman multiple times and you end up killing the fetus you will get a greater punishment than if the fetus doesn’t die. Is this law absurd? (by your logic YES this law is absurd)
If a father forces her daughter to abort, that is also a serious crime, (and I am assuming that you agree with this laws)…. but if he forces her daughter to have a haircut, that wouldn’t be considered a crime, why? By your logic the fetus is part of the woman just like it´s her hair, so by your logic none of those should be considered serious crimes.
So my point is that by denying that the fetus is an independent human , you would have to agree in changing a bunch of laws that ironically are laws intended to protect the woman (and the fetus) you would have to conclude that these type of laws are absurd.