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parasite |ˈparəˌsīt|
noun
an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
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~crazy4christj 3 days ago  Hobbyist Photographer
A baby's heart beats about 2/3 weeks after conception. "It's" a living thing. If a scientist found one living cell on another planet they would say, "Oh my gosh, there really is life on other planets!" How come it's not the same with children?
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~BobMcEggy 5 days ago  Hobbyist Artist
No, I wouldn't call it parastism or mutaulism, because survival of the species is a big benefit
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:iconlmonlimecat:
It's a benefit, but that doesn't make it not parasitic.
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:iconbobmceggy:
~BobMcEggy 3 days ago  Hobbyist Artist
Technically that does.
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~locomotive111 Apr 16, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
This is scientifically true. However, to pass on genetic material, the human race kinda has to deal with it.
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:iconadamantium91:
The human race is a parasite in and of itself.
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~FeatherlynneXWarrior Apr 5, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
So you support the murder of infants then?
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~TyrannosaurusKing Apr 12, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
A fetus is not an infant... yet. It develops into an infant.
Murder only applies to humans, which a fetus is not.
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~FeatherlynneXWarrior Apr 12, 2013  Hobbyist Writer
Life begins at conception. That fetus (though not fully developed) is indeed, human.
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~TyrannosaurusKing Apr 13, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
By that logic an egg is a bird.
A fetus is basically the first step of making a baby. Just a pile of cells.
Parasites suck out the nutrients of its host, and gives nothing in return. That is what a fetus is. It isn't sentient. It can't feel pain. It can't live for more than 5 minutes outside of its mother's womb. It is not able to do homeostasis. Until after those 9 months when the child is viable, then it is considered human, AND then it would be considered murder. Abortions happen during the fetus stage, when it is just a bunch of cells.
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