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Originally Posted by GGG
I don’t like this argument because it ignores any discussion of ethics and morality. It is a reasonable response in the light of groups trying to create heart beat laws but it misses the moral/ethical question that exists.
If a fetus is a bundle of cells no different from a 6th finger then you are absolutely correct.
If a fetus is alive than society has a duty to protect those that can’t protect themselves.
It certainly fine to argue that bodily autonomy trumps and a parasite has no rights therefore if you think abortion is wrong don’t get one is all that matters.
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But “protecting” the fetus means you’re restricting the rights/needs of another, also very much alive, human being who’s carrying the fetus. Protections for the fetus are automatically stripping rights from the carrier. The rights of the carrier have become secondary to the rights of the fetus.