> Obviously, once the fetus is born, it's no longer an invader
> or parasite. Until it is born, however, if it's unwanted in
> one's body, it's just that. This is obvious.
Is it? Does the mindset of the "host" make the fetus less human? If you don't touch it, and if there are no complications, it will become a full person. To say, I don't want "it" is one thing, but that doesn't make the baby less than what "it" is. And the use of cold terms like "parasite" and "invader" at this late date is, well, pretty obscene. But then, if you truly believe this, you should celebrate the excision as a form of personal liberation. Hell, go down to your local clinic and toss around a few discarded "invaders" for kicks.
> The fetus, as a being with will and interests, is not the
> issue. It's an empty marker for misogyny and religious
> zealotry.
Yes, yes -- off to stone an adulteress right now . . .
DP