Jamber,
Have you ever read a legal definition of homicide? It is my understanding that, for example, California Penal Code Section 187 defines homicide as "the. unlawful killing of a human being, or a fetus, with malice, aforethought." Does not this language establish that, at least in California, an unborn child does have at least one right: the right not to be killed unlawfully? (If I misunderstand the language here, I hope that a member of the bar will correct me.)
Also, by your logic, babies born prematurely or with special needs who could not survive without medical intervention could be subject to termination.
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Originally Posted by jamber97
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Not at all. A right is a moral sanction to freedom of action in a social context. Rights only apply to human beings, because only human beings survive by the use of reason. A fetus has no rights, as it does not need freedom to take any actions, but survives on the sustenance of its mother. The only rational action it must take is nothing, it just waits for itself to develop using the nurishment provided by its mother.
You're a human being. A fetus is not a human being unless it can be supported outside its mother. Its a potential human being.
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