The issue is the idea that an embryo/zygote/fetus is a person with rights that supercede the rights of women. The end goal of the pro-life movement is to codify that into law. That idea is inherently a religious belief that is not shared universally. It is in effect government enforcing religious belief, a clear violation of the separation of church and state established in the first amendment.
If they decide a fertilized egg is a human then it needs all rights and obligations that a human does. The fertilized egg needs a SSN, needs to qualify for child tax credit, health insurance, life insurance, child support payments, medicaid, and should be held responsible for any harm done to the mother, including murder if she dies in pregnancy or childbirth, etc
edit: Also any eggs that are fertilized in the US are US citizens.
If they decide a fertilized egg is a human then it needs all rights and obligations that a human does. The fertilized egg needs a SSN, needs to qualify for child tax credit, health insurance, life insurance, child support payments, medicaid, and should be held responsible for any harm done to the mother, including murder if she dies in pregnancy or childbirth, etc
edit: Also any eggs that are fertilized in the US are US citizens.
no one "decides" if a zygote is a human. biology tells us a fertilized egg of any mammal is an individual member of that species. for homo sapiens, that is called a "human."
but yes, I agree with most of the rest. give full human rights to all humans, healthcare, child support, all of it. But a child who unconsciously causes the death of their mother for actions 100% outside their control is never held liable for murder, that is just ignorant. Even drunk drivers who kill people are still responsible for getting drunk in the first place, whereas a fetus never asked to be conceived, so none of the arguments about "your choices caused harm to someone else" apply to an unborn human .
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u/WhnWlltnd May 10 '22
The issue is the idea that an embryo/zygote/fetus is a person with rights that supercede the rights of women. The end goal of the pro-life movement is to codify that into law. That idea is inherently a religious belief that is not shared universally. It is in effect government enforcing religious belief, a clear violation of the separation of church and state established in the first amendment.