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It probably depends on what you mean by "worth."
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Economic value:
The fetus is probably worth some money in that its stem cells could be harvested and sold. I don't know the going rate for this, but I heard somewhere that it's around $200-300 for the whole thing.
The mother's body may be worth more. If selling organs were permitted, all her organs could certainly be sold off for several times the value of the fetus' undeveloped tissue. I mean if you harvested everything you could, lungs, heart, corneas, marrow, kidneys, liver, you could probably get quite a bit of money.
Productivity value:
Assuming the mother is an average woman of child bearing age with rudimentary education, she could probably find work somewhere, if nothing else then as a prostitute.
The fetus requires at least a dozen years of care and investment before it can be relied on to produce or contribute anything.
Moral value:
Well, any woman contemplating abortion is clearly an evil sinner, probably not even married. She probably deserves to die for being such a heathen.
However, the fetus is steeped in that original sin stuff isn't it? Since the mother would die, the child would be raised an orphan, and you know how those kids turn out. Perhaps it would be best if both the child and mother died during the delivery?
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