--- steve v <vertigosteve(a)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
____________________________________________________
Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs