essentially,is a fetus comparable to a parasite living off a host organism?

Answer 1

A parasite is foreign organism, where as a fetus is the same type of organism it feeds on, and was conceived by the person in whom it resides. Beyond that, yes there are many parallels.

Answer 2

I would not say it is a parasite, because a parasite is opportunistic and is not necessarily the same species as the host. A fetus is a natural and normal part of reproduction. True it is completely dependent of the mother but cannot indiscriminately select a host and it gets at least 50% of the host's DNA, unless you have a situation where you have a surrogate gestating offspring that was introduced outside of the typical sperm meets the mother's egg in utero. . It is rather the way an organism reproduces itself. This is not a scientific answer, but just a very subjective point of view.

Answer 3

Yes it is. A parasite is an organism that sustains it's life by feeding off of a host organism. This would be the mother. It is funny how people bend the rules of what is living and what isn't. The case of the little girl with two heads for example. She had a half-formed head on her skull. The head had a face and puckered it's lips whenever the mother breast feed the baby. This disturbing view prompted medical professionals, and the whole world to change their idea of what is human and what isn't.

Obviously the half baby was living and it actually had a personality on it's own. But they referred to it as a parasite also called (parasitic twins). It is sad how when someone doesn't want the responsibility of another being, the being becomes inhuman.

here is a photo of this parasitic twin case:

http://www.postimees.ee/210205/gfx/1118042189184176b6.jpg

Here is another one less developed: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/02/08/backpage/2_7_0421_48_09.txt

Answer 4

Yes, and no. A parasite is a foreign body that often attaches itself to the host system "as a way" to survive. A fetus doesn't do that. True, a fetus can't survive without it's mom, but most parasites can survive without their host.

Frankly, I have always found that line of reasoning (that a fetus is a parasite) to be very insulting. It is a viewpoint furthered by pro-choice folk. It is clearly rationalization. We as humans rationalize our actions all the time, especially those that without rationalization would be viewed as bad. We rationalize that a fetus is a parasite (a derogatory term) and not really viable life on its own, and that makes it excusable when we abort the unborn baby. Don't get me wrong, I am pro-choice, but I am anti-rationalization.

Answer 5

i'd not say that's a parasite, because a parasite is opportunistic and isn't any longer inevitably a similar species because the host. A fetus is a organic and well-known component to reproduction. authentic that's carefully depending of the mummy yet can not indiscriminately go with a bunch and it receives a minimum of 50% of the host's DNA, till you've a topic the position you've a surrogate gestating offspring that develop into presented outdoors of the common sperm meets the mummy's egg in utero. . that's amazingly the way an organism reproduces itself. this isn't a clinical answer, yet in simple terms an exceedingly subjective point of view.

Answer 6

Comparable, yes, the same, no. Both take nutrients away from whatever it resides in. They both grow. But usually one is more wanted than the other one, (which depends on the person). Some people would rather have a fetus inside them, others would rather have a parasite.

Answer 7

No, because a fetus has a finite time it will live off the host whereas a parasite will hold on as long as the environment is hospitable.

Answer 8

In a sense, yes. The fetus lives at the expense of the mother, without yielding immediate benefit to her survival. Obviously, parasiticism in this sense is not a bad thing.

Answer 9

Essentially, yes.

And the fetus never chooses to leave the womb, so it would be holding on until the host was no longer hospitable, if it had the opportunity.

Answer 10

no its not, that is a total diregard for human life, it is a baby, a little human being,
a parasite is a not wanted thing by anybody, nobody wants a parasite living off of me or u

somebody somewhere may want the baby even if its sadly not wanted by his/her own parents