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...fetus is a tiny chunk of protoplasm,' Bernstein said. "It is a biological growth in the body of a host organism. To be a human being requires organically formed individuation.... The fetus lacks biological individuality...
...live not in the future nor the past, but in the present," he said. "In the present, the fetus is not a human being. The future is irrelevant...
However, Bernstein said a fetus does have rights if its mother plans to bring it to term...
...fetus has no rights, but [the actions of the mother] will affect the human being it will become," he said. "The mother should be morally and legally responsible if the baby will suffer in the future from what she does...
Bernstein said the mother should not abuse alcohol or drugs--which have been shown to cause birth defects--if she plans to bring the fetus to term...