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A fetus is not "a part of the mother." A lung or a leg is "part" of a person's body. A fetus is a formed human entity which is _attached_ to the mother via a placenta cord in the same way a bicycle is attached to a car via a bicycle rack. Rand _never_ argued for abortion after the third month. She _always_ referred to abortion as a procedure appropriate only to an embryo or "a clump of cells." Consider: ". . . not the "rights" of the non-existent, or an embyro or a cell that is not as yet a human being [1980 Schwartz interview]. A _fetus_ after five months is a fully formed _actual_ human being. What AR actually said and what the facts of biology are must be stated correctly before asking: Does a seven month old fetus have rights?

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