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Who or what creates rights if not the "bestowers"? And if they can be bestowed, can they not be rescinded?
Human rights are codified and enforced by human consensus.

Human rights are a manifestation of our human survival instinct.
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What is the source of the raw material that they zygote utilizes?
It doesn't matter. No one disputes that the sperms cells fertilize ovum to create zygotes. Your argument is that the sperm cell lives just as much as any other cell, and that's true. My argument is that a zygote's having its own genome renders it a distinct being, as opposed to a sperm cell which merely extends its emitter's genome. Emitting sperm would be no different than chopping off one's own finger. (Surely that isn't in an infraction against its owner.) But if I were to coerce and chop off someone else's finger, that would be a violation.

Human rights are codified and enforced by human consensus.
So if 10 of my boys and I voted unanimously to rape a woman in our group, our consensus would dictate her "sovereign territory" as you put it?

And if you're going to argue that 11 people aren't enough to establish a consensus, then how many people would be enough?

Human rights are a manifestation of our human survival instinct.
And this means...?
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What is the source of the raw material that they zygote utilizes?
It doesn't matter.
It certainly does matter. 

Imagine that you invite a friend over to your house for an evening and then ask them to leave.

About three months later, you find that they left a small mass of cells growing under your kitchen sink.

Now this mass of cells is symbiotically connected to your electrical system and your water lines and has been eating small amounts of food from your cabinets, and you figure out pretty quickly that if you don't remove this thing, it's going to cost you a lot of money in supplies and it may even permanently change the shape of your house.
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Human rights are codified and enforced by human consensus.
So if 10 of my boys and I voted unanimously to assault a woman in our group, our consensus would dictate her "sovereign territory" as you put it?
It never takes long for someone to trot-out the old, "appeal to atrocity" argument.

If you are part of a perfectly isolated society, then you can do whatever you can convince the group is best.

CONSENSUS =/= 51%

For example, if the assaulted woman feels she has been treated unfairly, then she may flee the group, or cause direct harm to individuals within your group.  If another member of your group feels the assaulted woman has been treated unfairly, then they may flee the group, or cause direct harm to individuals within your group.

History teaches us that treating people atrociously usually ends badly.

HOWEVER, If you are within the boundaries of a larger society, then you may have to explain your actions to the authorities.

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Take a biopsy of the object in question.

Send it to a laboratory.

Ask them if the sample is 100% human. 
You know this is clearly an argument from authority because you are not citing any papers or study simply pushing the burden on me to prove your claims or if you are wrong then it would be supporting me. At that point of me actually getting this done you would've forgotten about the subject entirely or even discredit the thing I just did. Do you have a paper on this or are you going to carry on pushing the burden of proof to me?

Now if this doesn't support your claim/ an argument of authority why aren't you answering my question which is "What standard are you using to declare a thing having 100% human cells?"

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It certainly does matter. 

Imagine that you invite a friend over to your house for an evening and then ask them to leave.

About three months later, you find that they left a small mass of cells growing under your kitchen sink.

Now this mass of cells is symbiotically connected to your electrical system and your water lines and has been eating small amounts of food from your cabinets, and you figure out pretty quickly that if you don't remove this thing, it's going to cost you a lot of money in supplies and it may even permanently change the shape of your house.

Perhaps the analogy requires a combination of both your cells and their cells which would then later form the symbiosis. And as I mentioned before, I am against abortion, but I do not contend against a woman's right to evacuate her womb. And while your description is apt, particular the nature of the symbiosis between parent and zygote/embryo/fetus, the symbiosis doesn't offer the zygote/fetus/embryo the right to coerce its mother. But that's not the subject of my contention. I'm saying that the fetus is its own distinct living being, and platitudes against this  not only have little justification but are unnecessary. The mother's right over her womb is absolute.

It never takes long for someone to trot-out the old, "appeal to atrocity" argument.
Because your statement about rights is all-inclusive, even atrocities would be subject to this consensus. Do you disagree?

If you are a perfectly isolated society, then you can do whatever you can convince the group is best.
Rights are not about what one can do. There are laws against murder, but there are those who still murder because they "can." Rights are concepts which delineate a moral economy. You called it an atrocity for a reason. Can an atrocity reflect said moral economy by mere consensus?


CONSENSUS =/= 51%
consensus does not not equal 51%. And if my calculations are correct, my scenario conveyed a 91% majority.

For example, if the assaulted woman feels she has been treated unfairly, then she may flee the group, or cause direct harm to individuals within your group.
Careful now, your arguments are aligning with my own.

History teaches us that treating people atrociously usually ends badly.
Wouldn't that suggest that individuals enforce their own rights?

HOWEVER, If you are within the boundaries of a larger society, then you may have to explain your actions to the authorities.
How much of that large society's consensus is enough, then?
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You know this is clearly an argument from authority... 
It's a practical approach.  The alternative would be for you to look at some assortment of cells yourself and see if you can tell which ones are human.

If you have reasonable confidence that the cell came from a human, it can, for general reference, be considered human.

...because you are not citing any papers or study simply pushing the burden on me to prove your claims... 
Citing "papers" IS AN ARGUMENT FROM AUTHORITY.

I haven't shifted-the-burden-of-proof-to-you because, I haven't asked you to PROVE anything.

I'm just trying to answer your questions.

...or if you are wrong then it would be supporting me. At that point of me actually getting this done you would've forgotten about the subject entirely or even discredit the thing I just did. Do you have a paper on this or are you going to carry on pushing the burden of proof to me?
Please don't get hysterical.

Now if this doesn't support your claim/ an argument of authority why aren't you answering my question which is "What standard are you using to declare a thing having 100% human cells?"
Consulting a laboratory is a practical approach. 

The alternative would be for you to look at some assortment of cells yourself and see if you can tell which ones are human.

If you have reasonable confidence that the cell came from a human, it can, for general reference, be considered a human cell.
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I'm saying that the fetus is its own distinct living being, and platitudes against this  not only have little justification but are unnecessary. The mother's right over her womb is absolute.
The zygote/embryo/fetus is functionally a parasite that shares some dna with each parent, but 100% of its food supply (and therefore its biomass) is provided by the mother exclusively.

The zygote/embryo/fetus is-itself less than 1% "father" and over 99.999% "mother".

Also, 100% of the physical risk of permanent physiological change and or disfigurement is borne by the mother.

The mother's right over her womb is absolute.
Well, at least we can agree on that.
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Because your statement about rights is all-inclusive, even atrocities would be subject to this consensus. Do you disagree?
Appeals to atrocity trigger a shut-down of the pre-frontal-cortex, impeding reasonable thought.
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If you are a perfectly isolated society, then you can do whatever you can convince the group is best.
Rights are not about what one can do. There are laws against murder, but there are those who still murder because they "can." Rights are concepts which delineate a moral economy. You called it an atrocity for a reason. Can an atrocity reflect said moral economy by mere consensus?
If you are a perfectly isolated society, then you can do whatever you can convince the group is best WITHOUT FEAR OF LEGAL HAZARD.

Can an atrocity reflect said moral economy by mere consensus?
Yes.  For example, [LINK]

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CONSENSUS =/= 51%
consensus does not not equal 51%. And if my calculations are correct, my scenario conveyed a 91% majority.
Interesting, your entire society is comprised of 11 males and only one female?

I'm pretty sure you're going to die.
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History teaches us that treating people atrociously usually ends badly.
Wouldn't that suggest that individuals enforce their own rights?
You mean like the woman in your example?

HOWEVER, If you are within the boundaries of a larger society, then you may have to explain your actions to the authorities.
How much of that large society's consensus is enough, then?
It depends on your tolerance for criminals.

Everyone you fail to convince is a likely criminal.

Can a society function with 49% criminals?  Probably not.
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The zygote/embryo/fetus is functionally a parasite that shares some dna with each parent, but 100% of its food supply (and therefore its biomass) is provided by the mother exclusively.

The zygote/embryo/fetus is-itself less than 1% "father" and over 99.999% "mother".

Also, 100% of the physical risk of permanent physiological change and or disfigurement is borne by the mother.

If we broaden that which we consider parasitic, or even analogize, infants are no different. They consume resources at the expense of their custodians. And those proportions need work. (I know you're attempting a conceptual rhetoric intended to reflect the proportions of labor and resources, but my point was about the genes.) And you don't have to convince me. I agree with most of what you said. But trivializing the life of a zygote/embryo/fetus is a cop-out. It's also cognitive dissonance. It's means to justify abortion, while also obligating parents/custodians to an infant's care when reflecting the logic back. I reconcile the justification for an abortion by removing all obligation a parent has to its child. Anything less is contradiction.

Appeals to atrocity trigger a shut-down of the pre-frontal-cortex, impeding reasonable thought.
Does it, now?

If you are a perfectly isolated society, then you can do whatever you can convince the group is best WITHOUT FEAR OF LEGAL HAZARD.
True. But are rights merely legal privileges, or is there particular meaning in referring to it as a "human right"?

Yes.  For example, [LINK]
What moral economy did that reflect?

Interesting, your entire society is comprised of 11 males and only one female?

I'm pretty sure you're going to die.
Well, 10 of us will--maybe 9. But the point still stands.

You mean like the woman in your example?
Yes.

Everyone you fail to convince is a likely criminal.
That's not true. They could be indifferent, or impartial.

Can a society function with 49% criminals?  Probably not.
In the context of the U.S. two-party system, how would that apply?
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The zygote/embryo/fetus is-itself less than 1% "father" and over 99.999% "mother".

Also, 100% of the physical risk of permanent physiological change and or disfigurement is borne by the mother.
If we broaden that which we consider parasitic, or even analogize, infants are no different.
Except for the fact that once an infant is born and granted a birth certificate, they are NOT 100% physically dependent on their host organism.

That simple fact changes them from a parasite into an semi-autonomous being, no longer part-of-the-mother's-body.

They consume resources at the expense of their custodians. And those proportions need work. (I know you're attempting a conceptual rhetoric intended to reflect the proportions of labor and resources, but my point was about the genes.)
Why do you believe genes are more important than nutrition?

And you don't have to convince me. I agree with most of what you said.
Very good.

But trivializing the life of a zygote/embryo/fetus is a cop-out.
This is an example of the dime-store-psychoanalysis fallacy.

It's also cognitive dissonance.
Please explain.

It's means to justify abortion,
This is an example of the dime-store-psychoanalysis fallacy.

If you're curious about my intentions, feel free to ask.

...while also obligating parents/custodians to an infant's care when reflecting the logic back.
Parents have historically had the option to release custody of their children.

I reconcile the justification for an abortion by removing all obligation a parent has to its child. Anything less is contradiction.
Parents have historically had the option to release custody of their children.

Some societies will even remove children by force if they determine the parent and or guardian is unfit.

Appeals to atrocity trigger a shut-down of the pre-frontal-cortex, impeding reasonable thought.
Does it, now?
For example, [LINK]

If you are a perfectly isolated society, then you can do whatever you can convince the group is best WITHOUT FEAR OF LEGAL HAZARD.
True. But are rights merely legal privileges, or is there particular meaning in referring to it as a "human right"?
You're begging the question.

Yes.  For example, [LINK]
What moral economy did that reflect?
Christian.

We want land and these savages have the land we want, so we will kill them until they do what we say, and then we'll kill them some more just to show them whose the boss.

Just like those Israelites in the good book who killed all the Philistines.

Most non-psychopaths now recognize this as an atrocity.

However, at the time, it was considered HEROIC.

Interesting, your entire society is comprised of 11 males and only one female?

I'm pretty sure you're going to die.
Well, 10 of us will--maybe 9. But the point still stands.
You don't have a functioning society if you don't have enough bio-diversity to sustain human life.

What you have in your example is a gang.

Gangster ethics are another animal altogether.

You mean like the woman in your example?
Yes.
She was clearly unable to protect her own rights.

Most people who need protection cannot protect themselves.

Any child for example.

Everyone you fail to convince is a likely criminal.
That's not true. They could be indifferent, or impartial.
If you can't convince your tribe to follow you, then the unconvinced will either be left behind, will become free-riders, or will challenge you when the opportunity arises.

Can a society function with 49% criminals?  Probably not.
In the context of the U.S. two-party system, how would that apply?
The open-secret is that there is virtually zero-difference between the "two-parties".

More than 49% still have tacit faith in the legal system.

At a minimum they believe that if they step-out-of-bounds they will be severely punished.

That at least motivates them to keep their heads down for the most part.

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Ideally we can persuade each other with logic.

When logic fails, we use enticements (which creates [de facto] mercenaries).

When enticement fails, we use fear-mongering (which creates [de facto] cowards).

When fear-mongering fails, we use credible threats of violence (which creates [de facto] slaves).

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Citing "papers" IS AN ARGUMENT FROM AUTHORITY.
Citing papers is supporting your claims. Saying essentially go ask scientists and implying you would be right is an argument from authority.
I haven't shifted-the-burden-of-proof-to-you because, I haven't asked you to PROVE anything.
You serious? I asked a question. You gave answer an by saying go ask someone else and implying they would agree with me. You shifted the burden to proof to me to support or not support your claims depending on the results.
Please don't get hysterical.
I am serious. Do you have a study or am I going to go to a scientist to prove your claims to be correct or wrong?
Consulting a laboratory is a practical approach. 
Yes but do you think that is a reasonable request to me? I asked you a question and you said go to a lab and find out. 
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Citing "papers" IS AN ARGUMENT FROM AUTHORITY.
Citing papers is supporting your claims.
It's still an appeal to authority.

Saying essentially go ask scientists and implying you would be right is an argument from authority.
"Make me right"?  You don't understand how this works.  I'm not trying to convince myself. [LINK]

You tell me what you need to convince you and I will do my best to oblige.

I haven't shifted-the-burden-of-proof-to-you because, I haven't asked you to PROVE anything.
You serious? I asked a question. You gave answer an by saying go ask someone else and implying they would agree with me. You shifted the burden to proof to me to support or not support your claims depending on the results.
You're leaping to conclusions.  Nearly all hospitals and clinics have access to a laboratory.  Nearly all first-world citizens (people who own computers) have access to a hospital or a clinic.  If you want to know if some cells are human, they can tell you.

If you don't trust the laboratory, then you'll have to rely on your own intuition.

The wrinkle here is that most mammal cells are over 90% identical to most human cells.  So it stands to reason that if you believe it's 100% evil to kill a human, then it would follow logically that it is 97% evil to kill a mouse.

Please don't get hysterical.
I am serious. Do you have a study or am I going to go to a scientist to prove your claims to be correct or wrong?
I honestly don't understand what you think is controversial here.

Scientists can determine if cells are human or not.

Without a laboratory, and the prerequisite training, you, yourself, by yourself, will have to make your best guess.

Consulting a laboratory is a practical approach. 
Yes but do you think that is a reasonable request to me? I asked you a question and you said go to a lab and find out. 
That is honestly the only way I know of to be 100% certain.
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Do you have a study or am I going to go to a scientist to prove your claims to be correct or wrong?
Are you asking for a study that proves that some cells are human and some aren't and that a laboratory can tell the difference?
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Except for the fact that once an infant is born and granted a birth certificate, they are NOT 100% physically dependent on their host organism.

That simple fact changes them from a parasite into an semi-autonomous being, no longer part-of-the-mother's-body.

Its physical dependence is analogous to the dependence an infant has on its mother's resources, time, and labor. She has a right to her body, but she doesn't have a right to the aforestated? How do you rationalize that?

Why do you believe genes are more important than nutrition?
I don't. I believe genes are relevant in the exercises of distinction.

This is an example of the dime-store-psychoanalysis fallacy.
No such fallacy is logically recognizable. Closest thing may be the "Freudian Fallacy" but that's a rhetorical title of a hit-piece.

This is an example of the dime-store-psychoanalysis fallacy.

If you're curious about my intentions, feel free to ask.
I'm actually not curious about your intentions at all. I can make inferences based on your rationalizations. That is you support a woman's right to an abortion, but you also support releasing custody of infants as long as its an medical facility. That's the cop-out. That is the "means to justify."

Parents have historically had the option to release custody of their children.

Some societies will even remove children by force if they determine the parent and or guardian is unfit.
Yes, but they have to ensure it's safe custody to a medical professional, public servant, and/or willing party. Would you so support a law that legitimize a woman's right to an abortion with the proviso that she ensures the zygote/embryo/fetus's safe custody inside the womb of another?

For example, [LINK]
Assuming of course one is emotional about atrocities. My mention of the rape wasn't to trigger your emotion. It was to test the consistency of your rationale. Rights being codified by consensus is all-encompassing. I took what I presumed to be a morally objectionable scenario and codified it with your premise to gauge whether or not rights are based on arbitration like consensus, or even regulation, or a prevalent moral standard.

Christian.

We want land and these savages have the land we want, so we will kill them until they do what we say, and then we'll kill them some more just to show them whose the boss.
How do you know it was Christian?


You don't have a functioning society if you don't have enough bio-diversity to sustain human life.

What you have in your example is a gang.

Gangster ethics are another animal altogether.
I completely agree. In my society, we'd die off soon. But that's not the point. The scenario isn't meant to describe its own merits as a "functional" society. It's meant to elucidate your rationale. And I also agree that it's gangster ethics. And that's what democracy functions on: gangster ethics. You have gangs in the forms of lobbies, foundations, pacs, and social justice movements. It's not a different animal at all.


She was clearly unable to protect her own rights.
Was she? I never said she got raped. I asked whether our voting to rape her would dictate her right to her sovereign territory?

If you can't convince your tribe to follow you, then the unconvinced will either be left behind, will become free-riders, or will challenge you when the opportunity arises.
Or they can carry out their own imperatives. My point is that dissent doesn't constitute criminality.

The open-secret is that there is virtually zero-difference between the "two-parties".

More than 49% still have tacit faith in the legal system.

At a minimum they believe that if they step-out-of-bounds they will be severely punished.

That at least motivates them to keep their heads down for the most part.
Agreed. So what does that suggest about the system?

Ideally we can persuade each other with logic.

When logic fails, we use enticements (which creates [de facto] mercenaries).

When enticement fails, we use fear-mongering (which creates [de facto] cowards).

When fear-mongering fails, we use credible threats of violence (which creates [de facto] slaves).
Agreed. So which are you? An idealist, mercenary, coward, or a slave? [In case, you're wondering, I wouldn't consider myself either of the last two.]
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Its physical dependence is analogous to the dependence an infant has on its mother's resources, time, and labor. She has a right to her body, but she doesn't have a right to the aforestated? How do you rationalize that?
Once the baby is born, the mother can choose at any time to put it up for adoption.

I don't understand your confusion.
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This is an example of the dime-store-psychoanalysis fallacy.
No such fallacy is logically recognizable.
An appeal to motivation (amateur psychology) is a type of ad hominem attack.
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Are you asking for a study that proves that some cells are human and some aren't and that a laboratory can tell the difference?
I am asking for you to give me a study that scientists (or other standard) have stated a thing is human cells.

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Once the baby is born, the mother can choose at any time to put it up for adoption.

I don't understand your confusion.

Yes by putting it up for adoption she ensure its custody to someone else, on whom the fetus depends for time, labor, and resources. What if she just left it outside somewhere, or in her home without paying attention to its needs? That would be illegal because the mother is obligated to either provide sustenance or ensure that another custodian provides sustenance. No such obligations are present or recognized between a mother and her zygote/embryo/fetus/unborn child. And that's inconsistent.
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An appeal to motivation (amateur psychology) is a type of ad hominem attack.
It's not an appeal to motive because I'm not qualifying your arguments using your motives. I'm not stating, for example, that you're wrong because you're copping out; I'd be saying that you're inconsistent; and you're copping out. Mention of your intentions are merely supplemental; not informative.

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An appeal to motivation (amateur psychology) is a type of ad hominem attack.
It's not an appeal to motive because I'm not qualifying your arguments using your motives.
Why are you even speculating about my motives then?  If they are not relevant to the discussion, they are, quite by definition, moot.

I'm not stating, for example, that you're wrong because you're copping out;
Not explicitly perhaps, but it certainly seems to be implicit.

I'd be saying that you're inconsistent; and you're copping out.
And I am indebted to you for pointing out perceived inconsistencies.

hOWever, "copping out" still speaks to motive and has a negative connotation, so it would seem to qualify as an ad hominem attack.

Mention of your intentions are merely supplemental; not informative.
So you're making more of an ad hominem pointless speculation (not an "attack").  That makes even less sense.
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Once the baby is born, the mother can choose at any time to put it up for adoption.

I don't understand your confusion.
Yes by putting it up for adoption she ensure its custody to someone else, on whom the fetus depends for time, labor, and resources.
Because AT THE MOMENT OF BIRTH IT BECOMES A CITIZEN WITH FULL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROTECTION OF THE LAW.

What if she just left it outside somewhere, or in her home without paying attention to its needs? That would be illegal because the mother is obligated to either provide sustenance or ensure that another custodian provides sustenance.
Because AT THE MOMENT OF BIRTH IT BECOMES A CITIZEN WITH FULL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROTECTION OF THE LAW.

No such obligations are present or recognized between a mother and her zygote/embryo/fetus/unborn child. And that's inconsistent.
Because AT THE MOMENT OF BIRTH IT BECOMES A CITIZEN WITH FULL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROTECTION OF THE LAW.

A zygote/embryo/fetus =/= CITIZEN.
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Are you asking for a study that proves that some cells are human and some aren't and that a laboratory can tell the difference?
I am asking for you to give me a study that scientists (or other standard) have stated a thing is human cells.
Try this, [LINK]
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Because AT THE MOMENT OF BIRTH IT BECOMES A CITIZEN WITH FULL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROTECTION OF THE LAW.
And this is merely arbitrary with no justification other than the law's being the law.




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Because AT THE MOMENT OF BIRTH IT BECOMES A CITIZEN WITH FULL HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROTECTION OF THE LAW.
And this is merely arbitrary with no justification other than the law's being the law.
This is not the slightest bit arbitrary.

At birth the umbilical cord is cut and the mass of cells ceases to be a parasite, which is comprised of nearly 100% material from the host and instead at that moment, becomes a semi-autonomous citizen of the state.

It moves from being inside the mother's sovereign territory and into the sovereign territory of the state.

This is a type of migration.

Applicable laws are based on jurisdiction.

If you're standing in Croatia, then Croatia's laws apply to you.

If you're standing in India, then India's laws apply to you.

If you're inside another person, then you are at their mercy.
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"So, basically, there is not a lot of difference among the blood of different species of mammals. In order to identify the origin of a sample of blood, one would need to do DNA testing."

Is your claim DNA?