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Originally Posted by naturemomma
Pretty much sums that up, a fetus is not an indivdual, thus has no rights.  |
" A zygote is the beginning of a new human being. Human development begins at fertilization, the process during which a male gamete or sperm ... unites with a female gamete or oocyte ... to form a single cell called a zygote. This highly specialized, totipotent cell marks the beginning of each of us as a unique individual." Keith L. Moore, Ph.D. & T.V.N. Persaud, Md.,
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 6th ed.(Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company), 2-18.
"Often,this morula is inaccurately referred to as a ‘fertilized egg’ because the blastomeres remain inside the female parent’s oocyte outer cell membrane. That is an incorrect characterization, because the 23 -chromosome oocyte no longer exists; all the cells within the morula have the unique genome—46 chromosomes and a complement of mitochondrial DNA —of the newly conceived individual life." The Developing Human, Moore and Persaud, 6th ed., (p. 43)
"It is the penetration of the ovum by a spermatozoan and resultant mingling of the nuclear material each brings to the union that constitues the culmination of the process of fertilization and marks the initiation of the life of a new individual."[U] Human Embryology & Teratology [/u]Ronan R. O'Rahilly, Fabiola Muller, (New York: Wiley-Liss), 5-55.
Now do feel free to provide some credible evidence that suggests that the child is part of its mother's body and therefore not an individual. Being inside of, or attached to a thing does not mean that one is part of that thing. Byt you made the claim that it is not an individual, so prove it.