So many words, always the same things...
zigote/embryo, whatever it is, it is a human parasite of it's host (aka, mother).
The parasite has human DNA, different from the host/mother.
Until a given number of weeks of gestation (~20), without the host, the parasite dies.
Until some 30 weeks, it's not guaranteed to survive out of the host.
Abortion is a natural self-protective instinct that mothers have when the situation shows no promise of available resources for the adult and the young. The young are expended, in favor of the adult which can fend off the dire situation and breed some other time.
In humans, this instinct also exists, however the reasoning for aborting isn't always about scarcity of resources...
I'm not saying it's right or wrong...
I'm saying, some people have the need to do it, for whatever reason.
Some reasons might be stupid, others are more than reasonable... I lean to think that most women who have chosen to do it throughout history did have reasonable arguments for it.
Whatever reason, I think governments shouldn't forbid it. They may forbid it after a given number of weeks of gestation, say 15 or 20, for that would be the "age" at which it could survive in a non-parasitic state.
Before that stage, the woman should the allowed, or better, shouldn't be prosecuted for terminating her pregnancy.
The discussion of whether the zygote/embryo is human or not is, in my view, pointless. It's an attempt at rationalizing the thing, but, as cafish is showing, leads only to a discussion where each side becomes ever more polarized and eventually one just gives up arguing.
A fetus is a fetus, a proto-human, a human-to-be, a human-parasite.
zigote/embryo, whatever it is, it is a human parasite of it's host (aka, mother).
The parasite has human DNA, different from the host/mother.
Until a given number of weeks of gestation (~20), without the host, the parasite dies.
Until some 30 weeks, it's not guaranteed to survive out of the host.
Abortion is a natural self-protective instinct that mothers have when the situation shows no promise of available resources for the adult and the young. The young are expended, in favor of the adult which can fend off the dire situation and breed some other time.
In humans, this instinct also exists, however the reasoning for aborting isn't always about scarcity of resources...
I'm not saying it's right or wrong...
I'm saying, some people have the need to do it, for whatever reason.
Some reasons might be stupid, others are more than reasonable... I lean to think that most women who have chosen to do it throughout history did have reasonable arguments for it.
Whatever reason, I think governments shouldn't forbid it. They may forbid it after a given number of weeks of gestation, say 15 or 20, for that would be the "age" at which it could survive in a non-parasitic state.
Before that stage, the woman should the allowed, or better, shouldn't be prosecuted for terminating her pregnancy.
The discussion of whether the zygote/embryo is human or not is, in my view, pointless. It's an attempt at rationalizing the thing, but, as cafish is showing, leads only to a discussion where each side becomes ever more polarized and eventually one just gives up arguing.
A fetus is a fetus, a proto-human, a human-to-be, a human-parasite.
Quote:Dr. House: Don't worry. Many women learn to embrace this parasite. They name it, dress it up in tiny clothes, arrange playdates with other parasites...
