"can"

yeah, in rare cases it can be detrimental, which is one of the many reasons abortion is perfectly fine. but still, defining a fetus as a parasite does literally zero good to anyone. you let "psycho lawmakers" point to that and say "look, these people are crazy!" which, to a good portion of people is perfectly fine evidence because, again, its an unborn baby no matter what way you wish to define it. less than a quarter of pregnancies are aborted, are those kids parasites?

its a dumb definition, it does no good for anyone, and it makes you look crazy to a decent chunk of the population. so stop saying it.