(November 2, 2016 at 9:47 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:Neo-Scholastic Wrote:Is a fetus part of a woman's body or is it a distinct organism? I think it is hard to argue that fetuses serve any necessary biological function of a woman, similar to the way spleens or lungs do. As such, fetuses are not in fact parts of pregnant women's bodies. Therefore the argument that a right abortion is grounded in the woman's ownership of her body is a complete non sequitor.
One would think that for it to be a complete non sequitor, the fetus would have to be outside of the woman's body....
Is or is not a fetus a body part?