(May 26, 2014 at 11:48 pm)Losty Wrote:(May 26, 2014 at 11:33 pm)Heywood Wrote: Embryos have a cellular body that contains organelles that work together to carry on the various processes of life.
Well you will die too if the beneficial bacteria are removed from your gut. You are not viable as an individual.
But really...embryos do engage in cellular homeostasis. Embryos meet the text book definitions of organisms.
I'm not talking about removing anything from myself or a fetus' body. No amount of love, breast milk and diaper changing will keep a fetus alive if it is not hooked up to an independent life form (a human being). It cannot engage in homeostasis on its own.
A fetus is a non-sentient living being with human DNA. It cannot think or feel, and it is not aware of its own existence.
Is it okay to shoot someone who is hooked up to a heart/lung machine? Those people aren't viable either.
Viability as a rationale for deciding which human beings can be killed and which can't is silly.
