• Hacksaw@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    All fetuses are non-viable without being allowed parasitic access to the mother’s bodily resources.

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      2 hours ago

      all children are non viable without being allowed parasitic access to the parents resources

      even the ones that are born

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      3 hours ago

      This is really the whole thing, regardless of how developed the baby is.

      Imagine a fully formed child or adult with a liver problem. Science comes up with some way that someone of similar genetics can be physically connected to them and filter their blood for them and keep them alive while they wait for a transplant. Should the person who can physically sustain another person’s body be legally required to do so?

      So far, less invasive versions of this say no: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFall_v._Shimp

      You can’t even force dead bodies to donate organs.