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That's just flat out incorrect. There's barely any difference between a baby that is in a body and out of it
Born - come into existence as a result of birth. So check mate fundamentalist. Not born, not existent. But sure if you want to argue on a more sane level - than how the fuck is a blastula the same as a whole developed human?
You are also existing in the womb.... You don't just magically pop out of thin air π
A one month old baby isn't a whole developed human either. Doesn't mean we should kill it. I don't understand why we are drawing a line at all on when it's okay to kill somebody. It's never okay.
But at what point does it actually become a baby and not just a collection of cells? Is an unfertilised egg a baby? Is it a baby as soon as sperm touches it?
Once the embryo properly attached itself
Why that line? We've sorted out when a living human is a vegetable, why not use similar standards for fetuses?
Why then?
At that point it won't be discarded by nature under normal circumstances
But it isn't able to sustain itsself outside of the body, so why is it alive on its own?
Neither can newborn babies
Yes they can, and regularly do? Obviously they can't feed themselves but I think you know the difference between that and not being viable to live