(October 2, 2014 at 6:54 am)Chas Wrote:(July 20, 2014 at 3:18 pm)Losty Wrote: Well, what I mean is that whether or not a fetus is a person is not the issue here.
It is the central issue.
(July 20, 2014 at 3:23 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Exactly right: if a fetus is a person it doesn't have the right to attach itself like a remora to another person to sustain their life, making personhood arguments moot from the get go.
That is an absurd argument. It has nothing to do with 'rights', it is a biological fact of development.
The fetus isn't choosing to do anything, it isn't exercising its rights.
I don't think you're getting it. I didn't say a fetus is a person. I said it doesn't matter if the fetus is a person or not. People do not have this right so a fetus (regardless if whether or not it's a person) does not have that right either.
