[jwalsh07]

Yes, but as long as the fetus is physically connected to the mother, it is not a person.

Bowana, think about it. The baby is a person, we can all see that. Whether it gets nourishment through the umbilical cord or Moms teat can not be the definition of personhood. Nor can geography.

A 20 month old baby is not a person one second and it is a second later when delivered prematurely? Of course not.

Babys are just little people in life's continuum on the way to be big people paying big taxes and dreaming big dreams.

[MHGinTN]

John, in reality it takes far more effort on the part of a woman to sustain/nourish/protect/provide for a crib-bound infant than for a womb bound infant. The issues Bownana wishes to argue are smoke screens to salve his/her troubled soul. Let it be.

[Bowana]

The baby is a person, we can all see that.

No "we" can't, I see a fetus.

[FourtySeven]

Babys are just little people in life's continuum on the way to be big people paying big taxes and dreaming big dreams.

...and then having those dreams crushed by an oppressive government whos only function seems to be to deny growth and personal development, sinking ever lower into a seemingly bottomless pit of depression and mental chaos, until finally realizing the very act of DREAMING ITSELF is what causes his NIGHTMARISH CONDITION!

Have a nice day everyone. :)

For everyone reading this: Don't be alarmed or alarmist, this was simply an exercise in some very dark humor to relieve some cubicle boredom.