In article , "Tom Sixkiller"
wrote:

A fetus is a human being.

A fetus is a fetus and will remain a fetus until it's an autonomous
being.
Prior to that, it's an appendage of the mother.

A fetus is most definitely not an appendage of the mother.
It is a genetically distinct entity. Whether people want
to deny or extend rights to that entity is the root of
the abortion debate.

--
Bob Noel