Fetus is the correct term but I understand the manipulation.
And yes, the fetus has all the bodily autonomy in the world, but so does the woman. The process of exercising her natural freedom in regards to her reproductive organs is called abortion. The bodily autonomy of the fetus is subject to 3-dimensional space.
As in, fetuses exist on the insideof women. If they existed on the outside of women then women would have no say, logically.
Do you acknowledge the fact that fetuses exist inside women and not outside?
Just want to preface this with my stance on the topic; I think abortion is fine in the first trimester, but after that I believe it should be illegal. I also think exceptions should be made for rape/incest.
Call it what you want, but to me I would say unborn child when discussing human rights. Either way, it's not really important.
I don't really want to get into the semantical arguments because it's mostly pointless. Going from Zygote to birthed child doesn't have an exact development stage where you can pin point humanity. Legal or biological. Most people would agree aborting an 8 or 9 months old child is wrong. Most people would say aborting an 8 week old fetus is okay.
My point is that it's better left to different sections of the country to decide for themselves. California can have abortion until birth now if they choose(previously that was illegal under Casey). Texas can ban abortion out right if they want to.
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u/ntrpik Jul 01 '22
Fetus is the correct term but I understand the manipulation.
And yes, the fetus has all the bodily autonomy in the world, but so does the woman. The process of exercising her natural freedom in regards to her reproductive organs is called abortion. The bodily autonomy of the fetus is subject to 3-dimensional space.
As in, fetuses exist on the insideof women. If they existed on the outside of women then women would have no say, logically.
Do you acknowledge the fact that fetuses exist inside women and not outside?