"I think the argument that a woman has the right to determine what is done with her bodily resources during pregnancy lacks justification . For those who do : Do you assume that this is an absolute right and the moral good at any time and in every circumstance ( even before the 14th amendment existed and even in countries where it does not apply ) ? Do you agree that breast milk is a bodily resource of the mother ? If the answers to these questions are yes : Imagine a time when artificial formula did not exist . According to this reasoning it would be legitimate for a woman who suddenly decided she did not want to donate her bodily resources to withhold nutrition until the infant died . In fact , she should be able to dispose of that tissue some call infants through any of the same means as done in abortions ( that would be sticking scissors in the head , burning , ect ) . Infanticide would be a moral option for any woman who does not wish to donate bodily fluids to her newborn Â “ parasiteÂ ” and does not have access to formula at any moment because of various reasons . I am sure there are women in the world today who do not have access to formula . Are these women justified in deeming these babies as life unworthy of life and disposing of them ?"
"A minor point , but your opening question is confined to `` during pregnancy `` and your concluding scenario is confined to childcare . The baby has no need of breast milk or a substitute formula until it is a breathing human . In that case , the mother ( at least in the USA ) is obligated to feed it , whether she uses her own milk or a substitute . I do not understand the interest in things before the 14th Amendment . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The 14th Amendment : Section 1 . All persons born or naturalized in the United States , and subject to the jurisdiction thereof , are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside . No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States ; nor shall any State deprive any person of life , liberty , or property , without due process of law ; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws . Section 2 . Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers , counting the whole number of persons in each State , excluding Indians not taxed . But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States , Representatives in Congress , the Executive and Judicial officers of a State , or the members of the Legislature thereof , is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State , being twenty-one years of age , ( See Note 15 ) and citizens of the United States , or in any way abridged , except for participation in rebellion , or other crime , the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State . Section 3 . No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress , or elector of President and Vice President , or hold any office , civil or military , under the United States , or under any State , who , having previously taken an oath , as a member of Congress , or as an officer of the United States , or as a member of any State legislature , or as an executive or judicial officer of any State , to support the Constitution of the United States , shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same , or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof . But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House , remove such disability . Section 4 . The validity of the public debt of the United States , authorized by law , including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion , shall not be questioned . But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States , or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave ; but all such debts , obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void . Section 5 . The Congress shall have power to enforce , by appropriate legislation , the provisions of this article . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This has little to do with a mother 's obligations and rights regarding her children . It does prohibit states from denying rights , but it says nothing of a mother 's milk . States do have laws against deliberately starving children ."
"I think the argument that a woman has the right to determine what is done with her bodily resources during pregnancy lacks justification"
"A minor point , but your opening question is confined to `` during pregnancy `` and your concluding scenario is confined to childcare"