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If abortion is murder then is the burning of the blueprint of a building considered arson ?

Because the blueprint would have turned into a building if we didn't burn it.

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  • para
    Lv 5
    7 months ago

    bad analogy. a fetus isn't a blueprint, it's a living human being. all humans are clumps of cells

  • Anonymous
    7 months ago

    Not sure I agree because of the science. However an aborted fetus would never know it had been aborted. If it grows in your body, its fate shall not be controlled by anyone but you. 

    Imagine being raped and impregnated by your own father. Yes, this is a rare example. But it does happen every year, whether the number is 1 or 1 million. Surely we can't force her to complete gestation? Strap her to a bed and force her to give birth?

  • Hogie
    Lv 7
    7 months ago

    The blueprint would remain a blueprint. 

    Apples and oranges.

  • 7 months ago

    A building isn’t a living being though. 

  • Paul
    Lv 7
    7 months ago

    A blueprint corresponds to the DNA in a sperm and ovum. A fetus is a fully formed human being, in the early months of his/her life. For the next 20 years, he/she will grow and develop steadily, but there isn't one moment in those years when he/she is any more or less human.

  • 7 months ago

    Probably would appear so to an idiot.

  • 7 months ago

    Yes, blueprints turn into buildings all the time.  Happens every day.

  • 7 months ago

    Reasonable intelligence is obviously not required on Yahoo. A fetus is a living person, although small.

  • Athena
    Lv 7
    7 months ago

    No, but to continue your analogy, the burning of a half built building is arson.  So by your logic late term abortion IS murder.   

  • Anonymous
    7 months ago

    Only if a woman burns it

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