First, the fetus is the same type of organism as the mother. Parasites are different organisms which latch on to another species, causing it harm. Second, parasites are not where they belong, but the preborn child is precisely where it is supposed to be. The natural changes that take place in the woman’s body to make room for this new little human do not damage her body. Although there may be challenges in being pregnant, they are in no way legitimately comparable to the damage and harm a parasite does to another organism. Fetal stem cells are known to travel to sites of damage or injury in the mother, and mothers with a weakened heart, for example, get fetal stem cells which travel to their hearts and turn into cardiac cells, helping strengthen the mother’s heart. In contrast, the parasitic latching on to another organism does not help the host and there is no mutual sharing of benefits. Who taught you a baby in utero was “parasitic?” Because they were wrong. |
+1 Yup. It’s not viable and can’t live without “its host”. It’s not a standalone person. |
That’s what this is all about. Not “life”. They just want control. |
At a cost of many weeks in the hospital, the emotional toll, potential lifelong medical issues, and a LOT of money and time spent by parents. Are you planning to foot that bill? Unless you are, you need to shut your damn mouth. I had a friend deliver their baby at approx. 24 weeks. It was no walk in the park, let me tell you. Until you have seen it, you do not get to require people to undertake that experience. Period. |
I deleted your unsourced Life News bull short. And do you know how a fetus gets nutrients? Do you know the fight between the fetus and the woman’s immune system? |
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This issue is too serious for these stupid semantic debates. Women should never be forced to carry unwanted pregnancies. Period. |
Placental immune response and its tropism for specific viruses and pathogens affect the outcome of the pregnant woman’s susceptibility to and severity of certain infectious diseases. The generalization of pregnancy as a condition of immune suppression or increased risk is misleading and prevents the determination of adequate guidelines for treating pregnant women during pandemics. There is a need to evaluate the interaction of each specific pathogen with the fetal/placental unit and its responses to design the adequate prophylaxis or therapy. The complexity of the immunology of pregnancy and the focus, for many years, on the concept of immunology of pregnancy as an organ transplantation have complicated the field and delayed the development of new guidelines with clinical implications that could help to answer these and other relevant questions. Our challenge as scientists and clinicians interested in the field of reproductive immunology is to evaluate many of the ‘classical concepts’ to define new approaches for a better understanding of the immunology of pregnancy that will benefit mothers and fetuses in different clinical scenarios. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00836.x Citation Mor G, Cardenas I. The immune system in pregnancy: a unique complexity. Am J Reprod Immunol 2010 |
No but it is a person. People who are helpless and dependent on others for life should be defended and cared for. Your toddler is dependent on you for nutrients, too. |
+1 The fact is that Republicans don’t think of women as people. If you’re willing to force the use of someone else’s body for your own religious beliefs, you don’t think of the life of the person from whom you’re stealing as worthy. It’s un-American on multiple levels. It’s certainly inhuman. |
Lol. That doesn’t even claim what you said it did, forced birther. |
Women are people. But so are babies. I never will get the way people discard babies in utero like they are enemies of the state and monsters. Especially when 99% of women seek abortion of convenience and have not been raped. Even then, the baby isn’t the rapist. The baby is innocent. He or she had no role in any crime and is being unjustly sentenced to death for the crime of another person. |
What have you done to expand access to health insurance? Have you gotten age appropriate comprehensive sex ed into your local schools? Do you tell your representatives that you want free and very accessible birth control options? You support gun right reform, obviously. You surely let Donald Trump know that his kidnapping migrant children was an appalling crime against humanity, didn’t you? And you must be an ardent supporter of Build Back Better since it will grant massively improved quality of life for millions, but especially for diabetics who need insulin. |
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Your comment make the PPs point, exactly. You think of women as secondary or not relevant at all. It's all about "the baby." Even in the case of rape, which is unimaginable to think you would force another person to carry the result of a violent, traumatic personal invasion. |