Is a fetus a parasite?

[MontanaHatchet]

Naraku_Diabolos said:

MontanaHatchet said:

No, it's not.

A parasite is an organism that is fully dependent upon another organism (from a different species most often) to live, and in the relationship between the two animals, one benefits and one is hurt.

A fetus is a stage of life in humans and other animals.

Parasites, after they are born, latch onto other animals to survive. Fetuses are developing inside an organism of the same species in order to be born.

I think he means that an unwanted fetus (pregnancy due to rape) can be labeled as a parasite, as it feeds off the mother. I've argued that same question with my sister when we watched "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." If I were that girl, Amy, I would have gotten an abortion because I wouldn't plan on having a child just by having accidental sex.

But still, I love children since I work with them at a daycare, but if I were a woman and got raped, I would have an abortion because I could consider that the fetus would be a parasite that's living off me and it was unwanted, as I wouldn't want the child from some guy I didn't even know.

If you don't have scientific knowledge and just take loose definitions of things, then maybe a fetus is a parasite.

Otherwise, no. It doesn't fit into the definition of a parasite, even if there's rape. I don't even know why you brought that up, it doesn't make a difference. You don't get to classify what a fetus is based on whether it was created by consent or not. It's still not a parasite.