The Fetus is a Human Being, the Woman is Not


The uproar against required vaccinations reveals something in the U.S. psychic. It is that people here do not want the government giving them orders about their own personal bodies. The most aggressive resistance to vaccinations has been from the political right. It is exactly the political group that wants to take over the bodies of pregnant women.

I've seen Christian sites that explain why it is the fetus must be treated as human being and the woman not. It is because women who want abortions are bad and fetuses have not sinned. What a minute. Doesn't the Bible say we are born sinners? And, is not a fertilized cell the birth of a sinful human being? Maybe a little background in logical thinking would help clear the fog of those in abortion prohibition.

I have never read an abortion prohibition explanation of the rights of pregnant women. The only "right" pregnant women have is to increase the risk to their lives by giving birth. 

Taking over the bodies of pregnant women is the inevitable result of abortion prohibition. If women can be put in jail for having an abortion how much risk is she allowed to take with her behavior during the pregnancy? Will she be allowed to continue working at her job, or, when will she be required to stop working? Of course many women already have other children. Child care is something studied in universities and to be licensed in the field certain requirements are standard fare. Why not have all pregnant women pay for the same child care training required of day care businesses?

When a pregnant woman is substantially overweight there are some added risks. Maybe overweight women will be incarcerated so their diet and exercise are regulated and recorded by law enforcement.

Our country has had experience with non-human beings. This was slavery. Now we are considering abortion prohibition which will create another category of non-humans, pregnant women. 

To differentiate between two versions of government taking over human bodies, anti-flu shots and abortion, is splitting hairs. Regardless of what the Supreme Court rules I don't see abortion prohibition in the long term.  

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  1. Matt NoahNovember 30, 2021 at 8:57 PM

    Our secret society is planning a takeover of women's minds at 2 am on 12/26/2021. We will target those who are depressed about their pregnancy, not knowing how to work, go to college, go to bed, get prego (did that happen with Tommy?), and THEN get offers of help for diapers, baby formula, a car seat, a crib, baby powder, baby ointment, baby blankets, etc I think it is called human kindness. That's us, the Kindness patrol.

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  2. Jon LindgrenDecember 1, 2021 at 6:31 AM

    Matt--Too bad the "kindness" does not extend to considering the woman a human being.

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  3. little helperDecember 1, 2021 at 7:09 PM

    re. title; "... the woman is not". Damn, what did I marry? A womb bat?

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