As a follow up to the other question, why do some of you deem a fetus “human” before it is viable extra-utero?

As a follow up to the other question, why do some of you deem a fetus “human” before it is viable extra-utero?
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Because they’ve inherited the language of a bad argument. The question of whether or not a fetus is biologically human has nothing to do with whether or not it counts as a moral person.
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