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I mean what is the difference between when a human fetus is considered a parasite (as some have said) and when it is considered a person such that it is endowed with legal rights?
On what basis is this distinction made?
For example, if location with respect to the birth canal is the determining factor, i.e. being "born", then consider the so called "partial birth abortion" in which most of the fetus is actually outside the mother's body, and the brains are sucked out while the head is still inside. From this, one might infer that it is the location of the head with respect to the birth canal that is the determining factor, not the rest of the body.
Is this how we determine personhood or is there something less dependent on circumstances involved?
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