But it's nowhere near developed enough to merit legal protection of any kind
Why does anyone merit legal protection of any kind?
they are viable: they're not attached to someone else's body for sustenance, nor will they die if they are disconnected.
Aside from being an arbitrary and subjective standard, it's also dumb and false.
We all depend on someone else's body for sustenance. Where do you think food comes from? 410 farm workers died on the job last year in the USA. Farming is one of the deadliest jobs.
Why does anyone merit legal protection of any kind?
I assume because I am more valuable than a clump of cells.
We all depend on someone else's body for sustenance. Where do you think food comes from? 410 farm workers died on the job last year in the USA. Farming is one of the deadliest jobs.
And they provide this voluntarily. There's no one person you can point to and say that you depend on that person.
If you did though, would that mean that this individual is in bondage to you, that he has to perform unpaid services to ensure that you stay alive? I'd say only if this is what you chose.
I assume because I am more valuable than a clump of cells.
You are a clump of cells.
And they provide this voluntarily.
That wasn't part of your argument. In any case, the vast majority of pregnancies that are terminated are the predictable and avoidable consequence of voluntary behavior. Nobody considers obligations incurred in such a manner to be "bondage".
Why does anyone merit legal protection of any kind?
Aside from being an arbitrary and subjective standard, it's also dumb and false.
We all depend on someone else's body for sustenance. Where do you think food comes from? 410 farm workers died on the job last year in the USA. Farming is one of the deadliest jobs.
I assume because I am more valuable than a clump of cells.
And they provide this voluntarily. There's no one person you can point to and say that you depend on that person.
If you did though, would that mean that this individual is in bondage to you, that he has to perform unpaid services to ensure that you stay alive? I'd say only if this is what you chose.
You are a clump of cells.
That wasn't part of your argument. In any case, the vast majority of pregnancies that are terminated are the predictable and avoidable consequence of voluntary behavior. Nobody considers obligations incurred in such a manner to be "bondage".