"Life" in this context can be easily (or purposefully) to be
interpretted as something other than "biological life". To say that a
fetus is "a human life" is not the same thing for most people as
saying, "a fetus is made of living human cells." The latter is NPOV,
the former represents a specific POV ("a fetus is a person") and needs
to be *attributed* as such. If you mean it only in the strict
biological definition of life (one which does not conform necessarily
to legal, ethical, or intuitive definitions of "a human life"), it
needs to be carefully worded to reflect that, because "a human life"
is generally interpretted to mean something else.
FF
On 7/27/05, steve v <vertigosteve(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Now for a *real* NPOV tickler:
User:Meelar and I are having a friendly dispute over
how NPOV should be interpreted for the issue of "Fetus
personhood" (no article yet), beginning on the talk
pages of Talk:Pro-life and continuing at
Talk:Reproductive rights. (Sorry no links -- FFox
users can just selectlinks> rightclick> search - I
love how google finds WP:WP links easy these days too
:))
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?
I say its not, while Meelar feels that because
pro-choice advocates have disputed the human status of
a fetus, its therefore POV to say a human fetus is
human. This may be a simplistic reference of his NPOV
interpretation, (more on the talk pages) but my
general point is that just because PC says "its not
so" doesnt mean "its not so" just as with the FES
claim of the earth being "flat." AIUI PC has largely
avoided "human rights" for fetuses, by simply claiming
they arent human, or bypassing the question through
lesser "social rights" issues such as privacy. There
is no "human right" to kill another human being.
SV
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