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Originally Posted by pr0f3n
Sounds like you're using a loose definition of child. Before it's born, it's a fetus. A woman is free to keep and care for a fetus, or have it removed from her body. A man's responsible for the consequences of his insemination from conception through <arbitrary age of maturity assigned by society>.
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A woman is clearly not responsible, then, but a man is. If a woman were responsible, she would have to keep the child (mind you this has everything to do with responsibility and nothing to do with pro-life/pro-choice).
If you were to get in an accident with your car and said "My car, my choice", would you be acting in a way that's responsible or not?
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Originally Posted by pr0f3n
No, biologically the fetus is a parasite. It robs the mother of nutrients and alters her body irrevocably whilst in the womb. The symbiotic relationship is metaphorical at best, as species propagation is correlative to gestation.
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Continuation of the species is hardly metaphorical.
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Again with the word play  If you swallow jewelry, your body will generally expel it from your body in a natural process, but should you chose to circumvent that process through any of a variety of methods, you have that right. |
If you are pregnant with a child your body will generally expel it from your body in a natural process.