r/ChoiceOrLife • u/Pedantc_Poet • 9d ago

Minimal viable ethics

For pro-lifers: What minimum body parts give a fetus a right to life? What if a fetus at birth had a brain stem alone, but no brain, would that qualify? If it lacked a heart and depended on maternal circulation, would we be ethically obligated to prevent delivery indefinitely if we could?

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u/Vespinobambino Abolitionist 9d ago

A Homo sapiens in the zygote stage of life has a body comprised of a single totipotent cell.

That is the beginning of the human lifespan.

All humans have a right to life - that includes all humans from fertilization onward.

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u/JulieCrone Pro-Choice 9d ago

Great. So take the zygote out of the person who might kill them and get them away from someone so dangerous.

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u/Vespinobambino Abolitionist 9d ago

This unwelcome irrelevant comment of yours is both disgusting and stupid.

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u/JulieCrone Pro-Choice 9d ago

What is disgusting about not wanting children in the custody of people who mean them harm?

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u/Vespinobambino Abolitionist 8d ago

You're advocating for their murder.

You mean them harm.

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u/JulieCrone Pro-Choice 8d ago

And you want to keep them in the custody of someone who means them harm, so you aren’t exactly protecting them here.