Ron Paul Adviser Criticizes Mitt Romney For Declining Abortion Pledge

Rights are conferred at birth.  That's when we legally recognize people as citizens with rights.

What you're talking about is no different than if you removed a blood cell from your body (it has the same genetic material as a fetus) and said that it had rights to be kept alive.  

Even already born, fully formed citizens have no right to be kept alive through artificial means (life support machines).
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