Abortion

good points

woiyo-There are a number of issues. No one can say that what is in a pregnant woman's body isn't life, but is it human life? IMO it is a potential, but in the early part of pregnancy is simply a parasite growning in the mother. Before I get jumped on, I think that this definition expresses what I am driving at:

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parasite

n.
Biology. An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host.

I think that one has to agree that an embryo, and early fetus, qualifies for the definition of a parasite, under the aforementioned definition.

Once the fetus reaches viability, then IMO the rules change. Even so, in the case where the life of the mother is at stake, a partial birth abortion is a sad, but sometimes necessary option. I think that most would agree that if a choice needs to be made, the life of the mother trumps that of the fetus.

An acorn may be a potential oak tree, but it is no tree!

Legally, the fetus ..... has no rights of its own until it has been born.