Andy,
You're sinking like a stone here, I have to assume you're smart enough to be aware of it.
You wrote:
Not any more "crash and burn" that some of the arguments I've heard here that were anti abortion. The intent of what I said is that the embryo or fetus shares the life functions of the mother - in that way thhey are toed together as one.
Firstly, we are not speaking of any of the bad anti-abortion arguments out there. There are many, of course, as there are with any heated topic. However, to excuse your own bad arguments by saying "well the other side has bad arguments too" is juvenille. You're argument is poor, admit it and move on, rather than pointing fingers at other people...their bad arguments don't excuse yours...especially since you seem insistent on clinging to it.
To continue, the fetus does not "share life functions" with its mother...it lives within its mother, a seperate life, that is dependent upon its mother for providing nutrition and environment. The baby at a very early stage has its own heartbeat, its own bloodflow, its own brain functions...it moves without its mother moving, sleeps when its mother is awake, produces waste and gets rid of it without the mother doing the same...its an organism feeding off of the nutrients its host provides, living in the habitable environment the hosts body provides, but it is certainly not the same as the host.
Additionally, unlike a tumor, a cyst, a polyp, a knot of lactic acid, etc. a baby (or fetus if it makes you more comfortable) can not be created by the woman's body alone. No matter how hard she tries, no matter what drugs she takes, foods she eats, pills she ingests, etc. etc. she can not MAKE a baby without the help of another person (whether he be present during conception or whether he simply donates the needed portion of himself). A woman cannot produce the fetus/baby growing within her by herself, it requires the combonation of two people to make a completely unique and seperate third. That third is in NO WAY, just an extention, like an extra organ, of the woman. Sorry...no matter how hard you wish it, its just not going to make it so.
Sigh, Andy...its a terrible argument...I'll continue to argue with it if you wish, but considering that medical science and simple, provable, biological fact (i.e. a fetus's genetic composition and actions working completely seperate from its mothers) have proven you wrong...I really think it would be better if we just moved on.
A challenge for you: You obviously feel very strongly about supporting a woman's right to abortion...tell me why without arguing that a baby is not a person with less rights than another person because they aren't as developed.
