--- steve v vertigosteve@yahoo.com wrote:
Question: Is it POV to say that a fetus is a "human life," and by terminology, thus entitled to universal "human rights" and societal "personhood" status?
Yes it is since the term is loaded, not unlike 'partial-birth abortion' vs 'intact dilation and extraction' or using the term 'unborn baby' instead of fetus/embryo/zygote. The reason; the non-medical terms were designed to confer a value judgment.
'Human life' is also an odd term to use in this context since any cell from a human is by definition human life. 'Independent human life' is another thing altogether but in terms of gestation, would only include a viable fetus.
-- mav
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