A zygote isn't a "baby". It is the law which made that determination in Conner's case not his mother.
Dear justshutupandtakeit,
"It is the law which made that determination in Conner's case not his mother."
No, that's not right at all.
Scott Peterson murdered Laci Peterson, and also murdered the unborn Conner Peterson. He was prosecuted for the murder of Conner because he didn't have the permission of Laci Peterson to murder Conner.
If Conner's mother had chosen to murder Conner, Conner would have been completely unprotected by law. A man would have been able to chop up Conner, and even sell the parts, and having received Conner's mother's permission, and even payment, for the deed, it would have been entirely legal.
However, because Conner's mother chose otherwise, when a man decided to kill Conner, he was prosecuted for the deed.
It was the choice of Conner's mother that determined whether someone would be prosecuted for killing Conner.
The law recognized as paramount Mrs. Peterson's interest in her unborn child, not any intrinsic right to be protected from murder on the part of the child.
"A zygote isn't a 'baby'."
I thought we were talking about the Peterson case? Mrs. Peterson was quite a bit farther along in her pregnancy than to refer to her baby still as a zygote. And if we're not going to give the status of "baby" to unborn babies, then it's sadly and bitterly ironic that we're addressing Mrs. Peterson's unborn [non-]baby with his first name, Conner.
In any case, a zygote is a human being. Genetically unique, self-directing and self-ordering, the term "zygote" is applied to a very small human being developing from conception. This very small human being will develop along a path from conception to natural death, all entirely self-directed and self-ordering, as a distinct, individual member of the human species, needing only appropriate environment and nourishment.
"Zygote" is just a word to describe a stage of development through which a human being goes. Folks may also call the same human being later on a "fetus" and then perhaps an "infant," a "toddler," a "boy" or "girl," a "pre-teen," a "frankenstein's monst--- " er, uh,..., a "teenager," a "young adult," an "adult," a "middle-ager," and perhaps finally, a "senior." Same person. Same human being. Different stages of development.
However, that gets a bit off-track. My tagline is about the recognition of rights in law of unborn children. As long as Roe stands, that can't happen.
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