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Delmette2.0

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13. Until the fetus can breathe on it's own it can be called a parasite.

Reply to BlueIdaho (Reply #2)

Fri May 13, 2022, 11:22 AM

May 2022

Because it depends on the host for everything. So many things can go wrong in those 9 months to cause a miscarriage.

As humans with love and empathy we avoid using that word for a fetus.

Technological advances have changed the gestation of survival. That same technology is used against Pro-choice advocates. The new defination of a heartbeat is the latest example.

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