A fetus is not a fully-formed human being; it is not sentient, and it acts in a parasitic way upon its human "host." Ergo, no, it does not get the same rights as a child, a baby, or an adult.
Further, even if we accept that a fetus is a "person," there is no reason to suggest that the adult woman should be required to fully and completely support said "person" for nine months, risking her own life for it (and before you say that childbirth is "safe," think about the fact that the U.S. has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the developed world). That is against her human rights.
Essentially, what anti-choice activists want to do isn't give the fetus the same rights as anyone else -- they want the rights of the fetus to trump the rights of the woman, to the point that survival and continuation of the fetus is more important than the rights and life of the woman. I call bullshit.
You can't make a law mandating that you have to die and donate your heart to your sibling if they have a heart condition. You can't make a law mandating that you have to donate your kidney while you're still alive. Even if a fetus is a "person," the woman has no obligation to support it and continue to let it exist inside of her.
But that's all moot, as a fetus is not a "person," and I'm not really inclined to continue arguing that particular point to someone who has said before that attempts to educate them are comparable to sexual assault.
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Further, even if we accept that a fetus is a "person," there is no reason to suggest that the adult woman should be required to fully and completely support said "person" for nine months, risking her own life for it (and before you say that childbirth is "safe," think about the fact that the U.S. has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the developed world). That is against her human rights.
Essentially, what anti-choice activists want to do isn't give the fetus the same rights as anyone else -- they want the rights of the fetus to trump the rights of the woman, to the point that survival and continuation of the fetus is more important than the rights and life of the woman. I call bullshit.
You can't make a law mandating that you have to die and donate your heart to your sibling if they have a heart condition. You can't make a law mandating that you have to donate your kidney while you're still alive. Even if a fetus is a "person," the woman has no obligation to support it and continue to let it exist inside of her.
But that's all moot, as a fetus is not a "person," and I'm not really inclined to continue arguing that particular point to someone who has said before that attempts to educate them are comparable to sexual assault.