"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 ."
"woman has the right to determine assume that this is an absolute right"
"A minor point remove such disability emancipation of any slave"