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- #21
I guess the question is how does the right to life only apply after you are born when a fetus is alive in the womb and birth is an arbitrary date: many preemies are born MONTHS before their expected date yet once born, magically transition from mere fetus to living person just because they were born early.
Birth has long been defined as the beginning of independent life, of rights, etc. Conception is just as arbritrary.
The point of viability is changing but at this point 21 weeks is the earliest surviving preemie. Prior to 24 weeks many that survive end up with severe life long conditions related to being premature. So, if 21 weeks is the earliest, then a cut off of 16 weeks shouldn't be unreasonable.
Birth is the one consistent factor here, including born early.
Prior to that why should it have greater rights to the mother's body?
Yes, it does, because the baby is not wholly seperate or it could be removed and continue to live. Or, it would not die when the woman died.How does giving birth or having an abortion affect the "integrity" of one's body since the baby is wholly separate from and self-contained from the woman's body?
If true then we are all slaves to the government anyway, made so by the Covid vaccines.
That is just ridiculous.