[ghurtado]

> Well, a zygote is a developing human being while a placenta is clearly not.

In that case, pro-lifers should have no issues with a pregnant woman asking her doctor to remove her placenta - as long as they don't touch the zygote.

[ferongr]

Wouldn't that equate to imprisoning someone but not providing them with food?

[komali2]

Or the equivalent of removing life support and having them die slowly and painfully, rather than simply administering an overdose of morphine. I do like that the issues blend at this point, though - removing the placenta is something I haven't considered. It would be legal because you can legally take someone off life support.

[Arizhel]

It seems to equate to imprisoning someone in the house of a very poor person who can only afford to feed themselves, and requiring that poor person to provide the prisoner with food, and then punishing the poor person when they refuse.

[spacemanmatt]

Do you prefer to force the mother to feed and host a parasitic child against her will? That's pretty uh...totalitarian.