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Should pregnant females be imprisoned, or controlled, until they give birth?

Asked by MrGrimm888 (19008points) June 15th, 2018

This is a branch off of the abortion threads.

There are many things that a pregnant woman can do, that are hazardous to the fetus. If she has no right to terminate the fetus, how could she have the right to hurt it?

Should they be closely monitored? Should they be put into camps?

Should pregnant women be tied down, like future veal? (You know, to make sure the mother is doing everything society thinks she should be…)

The pro-life opinion, is that the fetus has no choices. It cannot control it’s destiny, in any way. And as a “person,” it has rights.

To me, I infer a certain faulty logic in that thinking. It makes for a slippery slope.

How far do a fetus’s rights extend? It’s illegal in some places, to smoke indoors. How can a pregnant woman force the fetus to endure what a crowd doesn’t have to, legally?

What if the pregnant women are not taking the right vitamins?

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