So I'm pissed.
Why?
Because I'm sick and tired of hearing Choicers say that a fetus is nothing more than a clump of worthless cells.
And now, my internet whore, Mirriam Webster:
Main Entry: cell
4 : a small usually microscopic mass of protoplasm bounded externally by a semipermeable membrane, usually including one or more nuclei and various other organelles with their products, capable alone or interacting with other cells of performing all the fundamental functions of life, and forming the smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently
The three important words here are the bolded ones.
Main Entry: alone
1 : separated from others : ISOLATED
2 : exclusive of anyone or anything else : ONLY
As much as the child needs the mother's womb, her warmth, and her well-being, it is alone. It is its own damn self.
Main Entry: life
1 a : the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body
Unless it's friggin' dead, YOU ARE NOT PREGNANT. Unless it does not kick, move, grow, or evolve, YOU ARE NOT PREGNANT.
Main Entry: independent
1 : not dependent: as a (1) : not subject to control by others : SELF-GOVERNING
Unless it's the mother's brain controlling the child's legs to kick and when, IT IS ITS OWN PERSON.
So there you have it. By a Choicer's definition - yes, even their definition! - a "clump of cells" is no different from a walking, talking individual.
Ahh, the power of Mirriam Webster.
*hails*
Why?
Because I'm sick and tired of hearing Choicers say that a fetus is nothing more than a clump of worthless cells.
And now, my internet whore, Mirriam Webster:
Main Entry: cell
4 : a small usually microscopic mass of protoplasm bounded externally by a semipermeable membrane, usually including one or more nuclei and various other organelles with their products, capable alone or interacting with other cells of performing all the fundamental functions of life, and forming the smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently
The three important words here are the bolded ones.
Main Entry: alone
1 : separated from others : ISOLATED
2 : exclusive of anyone or anything else : ONLY
As much as the child needs the mother's womb, her warmth, and her well-being, it is alone. It is its own damn self.
Main Entry: life
1 a : the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body
Unless it's friggin' dead, YOU ARE NOT PREGNANT. Unless it does not kick, move, grow, or evolve, YOU ARE NOT PREGNANT.
Main Entry: independent
1 : not dependent: as a (1) : not subject to control by others : SELF-GOVERNING
Unless it's the mother's brain controlling the child's legs to kick and when, IT IS ITS OWN PERSON.
So there you have it. By a Choicer's definition - yes, even their definition! - a "clump of cells" is no different from a walking, talking individual.
Ahh, the power of Mirriam Webster.
*hails*
