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Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by dragonwriter on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:04PM (#28471200)
> A zygote, an embryo, and a fetus are genetically fully human, and are distinct individuals from the mother

Define “genetically fully human” and “distinct individuals” and provide an argument as to why each is ethically relevant.

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Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by AnimalMuppet on Thursday September 09, 2021 @01:03PM (#28471912)
"Genetically fully human": having 2x23 chromosomes with the full complement of DNA that normal human cells contain; that is, not haploid like spermatozoa or ova.

"Distinct individual": Genetically different from the parent, and not just different with a transcription error.

Why it's relevant: Because "it's her body" and "it affects nobody else" aren't relevant arguments when it's not just her body, when there's another individual there. Now we have to have a real moral/ethical discussion, and we can't short-circuit it with dismissive strawmen.

But I'm fairly sure you knew all of that. I suspect that you just want to keep using the strawmen to avoid having the actual ethical/moral discussion.

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