The Immune Response against Abortion
When a pregnant woman says ���My body, my choice,��� her own body disagrees. The proof doesn���t come from a pro-life person���s persuasive arguments. It comes from the ���testimony��� of her body���s physiology.
During pregnancy, the mother���s circulatory system and the unborn���s circulatory system come very close together in the placenta, but they don���t mix. This allows oxygen and nutrients to pass to the unborn while simultaneously allowing carbon dioxide and waste products to return to the mother.
In some abnormal conditions, the unborn���s blood enters into the mother���s bloodstream. If this happens, it evokes an immune response by the mother. Her body creates antibodies that attack the unborn inside her. That���s because the mother���s body recognizes the unborn���s body as a foreign body, not merely an extension of her own body.
The mother���s immune system doesn���t create antibodies against her appendix, her tonsils, or her teeth because these are part of her body. She can correctly state, ���My body, my choice,��� regarding those parts and ��� without committing a moral crime ��� procure an appendectomy, tonsillectomy, or tooth extraction.
Procuring an abortion, however, doesn���t remove a part of her own body, but rather, a different body. That���s the unbiased testimony of a pregnant woman���s own physiology.
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