Fetus worshippers kill another woman
Today I read several stories (such as this story) about a judge who forced a critically ill woman to undergo a cesarean section. Causing the death of the woman and the fetus. This is the sort of thing that happens when the views of fetus worshippers hold sway.
If this incident was an anomaly it would be bad enough. But this sort of thing is the predictable outcome when people base their morals on bronze age religious beliefs rather than rational moral decisions. Which means that unconscionable outcomes tend to be the norm where religious based beliefs hold sway.
I honestly cannot fathom the thinking of people who believe a fetus has more rights than the woman, an actual person, whose body is host to the potential person. If you accept their logic why isn’t it acceptable to force people to donate blood in order to save a life? Or a kidney to a close family member?
For most fetus worshipers their stance appears to be based on a belief that a “soul” is bound to the potential person at conception. An idea that is not only not found in their holy book but is contradicted by the bible. Not to mention that their is no support for the concept of a soul outside of (some) religious tradition. Not to mention the incoherence of that viewpoint in light of our understanding of human biology where zygotes (i.e., fertilized eggs) can fuse (to create chimera) or split (to create identical twins).
Even if you accept the idea that a human blastocyst, embryo, or fetus has a soul I fail to see how the rights of that potential person trumps the rights of the woman it depends upon. Note that I nowhere above have I used the word “baby”. Confusing a baby with a fetus (or even earlier developmental stage) is something that is a favorite tactic of the fetus worshippers. Which is a deliberate attempt to use emotion to avoid rational discussion of the issue.