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Originally Posted by Tuna
Status? How so? If you're referring to third world countries or something, I think it would be much easier to keep this discussion focused on the United States, where the "human rights", like right to live, are pretty much universal regardless of status.
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I don't understand your point. My point is that being human (i.e. having human DNA) doesn't necessarily make you a person, which is what determines what your rights are. Like others have said, someone who is alive and brain dead doesn't necessarily have the rights associated with personhood, even though they are certainly human. Same with a fetus (until a certain point) or a zygote.