Fetal Rights

Re “A Question of Fetal Rights, or Politics?” May 28: “Is a fetus a person?” I believe a giant step toward clarifying the answer to this question is to acknowledge that if the fetus is a person, the parents of such a person should receive a tax deduction. Then we can put a price on everyone’s moral position, a distinctly modern, capitalist view. If abortions are illegal at any fetal age, then the tax deduction should start at the moment of conception.

Bill Mosier

Hermosa Beach

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The upshot of the article on fetal rights should be troubling to both pro-choice and pro-life people: A woman has the right to decide whether her fetus is a “person” or not. I don’t think you can have it both ways.

Andrew M. Weiss

Studio City