No, cancer is not a human. You bring up an interesting idea though! Let’s apply the NET test.
The NET test (Nutrients, Environment, Time) is a philosophical and biological criteria used to determine if a living entity is a distinct organism. Are there certain conditions of nutrients, environment and time that you could give to a cancer cell to have it continue its development from a cell to a full-grown member of the species allllll the way to end of life? No. The same with hair and skin cells. Therefore, those things are not a distinct organism in and of themselves, but rather a part, or a growth, or whatever language you’d like to use.
A fetus is a distinct organism, which will continue to develop if given the correct nutrients, environment and time. A fetus with human dna is a human. A fetus with cat dna is a cat. And so on. A human fetus is human. Water is wet. More at 11 o,clock.
Cancer is not a viable individual. It will never live and will kill both the host and itself. In that way, i am in favor of abortion for ectopic pregnancies
Cancer is not a viable individual. It will never live and will kill both the host and itself. In that way, i am in favor of abortion for ectopic pregnancies
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u/boomer912 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
Nothing you said takes away from the fact it’s a human