Fetus Right To Life

Taking a break from celebrating election results...

My knee jerk reaction to whether or not a fetus has a right to life is, yes, they do. Scientifically the fetus is alive, it can hear and has a heartbeat even though it does depend on the woman to stay alive. I would guess that the fetus has a right to life because it is alive.. and that's my reason.

In that case it would have a right not to be aborted because abortion denys the fetus life. The conflict here is that the woman carrying the fetus also has rights and in this country she has a legal right to not carry the fetus to term and give birth if she does not want to.

Of course there are a lot more nuances to my opinion but I don't think we're supposed to get too much into politics and just concentrate on the morality... but I guess you could ask whether or not it is moral for a woman to go through a pregnancy (which is life changing and hazardous to your health) against her will? .. I'll save it for class tomorrow... honestly I'm pretty afraid that discussion tomorrow could get nasty since fetus right is a really tense issue in this country.