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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it ends the discussion, even though I might disagree.

What I do think is that the parasite argument simply does not stand alone as an argument.  In fact, I think it is a stupid argument that makes this poster seem illogical and a bit wacko.  If the fetus is simply a parasite, then the poster is recognizing that it is a separate entity from her, with its own being, DNA, heartbeat, thought processes, pain, etc.  This directly contradicts the argument that the fetus is just like tonsils, a mole or an appendix, unwanted tissue in a womans body.  Either it is a parasite (a completely separate being living off the host) or an unwanted mole (part of mom, just as any of her own tissue that a doctor might surgically remove).  It can't be both.  That is an illogical argument.  Either one has merit, or the other.  Both cannot.

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I can't speak for the 20:30 PP (I'm 16:06/9:00), but my argument is that we don't know whether a fetus is a separate being or an appendage (or at what point (if ever) it transitions from one to the other).  But it doesn't matter, because even if a fetus is a separate life (even a separate human life), abortion still cannot and should not be outlawed, because doing so would give more rights to the fetus than we give to born humans.  After all, we don't force you to donate the use of your body to another born human, even if (as I described above) you're the reason you're in that situation in the first place.[/quote]

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