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Originally Posted by sachem
Aristotle or is it Thomas Aquinas? The fetus is not an individual. My blood supplies the placental blood (you are correct that they do not co mingle, I never said they did.) Are you denying that the placenta exists and I need something published in a scientific journal to prove that it does? Are you denying that the fetus grows within a woman's womb? Are you denying that a woman has to carry the fetus inside that womb in order for it to develop? As long as I/my body has that task, what happens to the fetus is my decision. You saying otherwise doesn't make it so.
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I would imagine from their writings and desire to get to the truth of any matter they explored, had they known then what we know today with regard to developmental biology, thier writings would be quite different.
Of course the placenta exists. It belongs to the child.
And I am denying none of those things. I am saying, however, that because you reside inside of a thing, or depend upon a thing (even for your very life) you are not necessarily a part of that thing. If you want to claim that the child is a part of its mother's body, then you are going to need to substantiate that claim with some credible science.
As far as constitutionality goes, your rights end at the point you become a real and present danger to someone else.