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Originally Posted by Advocatus_Diaboli87 First of all, I never said it was a "lifeless ball of cells". I know that it is alive, and growing. |
Yea, I know you didn't. I believe it was lizardbreath who shared that divine relevation for us. But that seems to be the general feeling of a fetus in it's earlier stages, before it hits the 'magic point of reaching humanhood.'
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A woman has a right to use her bodies resources as she wants.
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This is where I strongly disagree. The situation is unique, no doubt. The growing fetus depends on the mother for survival, yes. That it is inside her, obviously. But, that it is a seperate, individual human being is without question. Is it connected via umbilical cord and living inside her womb? Yes. I cannot say you are wrong here. But this isn't the case of a woman deciding to get her ears pierced or a tattoo. We are talking about a seperate life, one that has its own rights.
It is my strong opinion that the
fact that the fetus is a human being, a seperate individual from the parents that gave it life, is that it has a
right to life. I do not deny that a man cannot know what it is like, however I really do not see that as what is most important. What is important, is that the fetus is a human being, that its place in the womb is perfectly natural and understood by a woman who is sexually active.
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Her choice is what to do with her body and with what ever is living in it. If she doesn't want to give birth, then fine, it's her call. But she can't just stop nurturing it, so she has to abort it.
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So that brings us to this. Does a woman have a right to choose if the fetus lives or dies? Is it her call that she can end the existance of the child inside her? I would say no, though that does not mean I advocate "forcing a woman into pregnancy."
I believe she has a choice, just as her male partner has a choice: To have sex. That is the all important "choice." "Are we going to ****? Are we going to have sex, even with protection that might fail?"
That's her call. Once that call has been made, the rest is set into motion. Will her egg be fertilized? If it is, a human being, with all the rights it is entitled to, has been created. It has an undeniable right to life.