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Through Morality, Right to property and Fetus

  1. the eviction of the fetus from the womb, and
  2. the dying of the baby.

Building on the libertarian stand against trespass and murder, Block supports a right to the first act (eviction), but not the second act (murder).

Walter Block believes the woman always has a right to evict:

  1. if done in the gentlest manner possible regardless of the death of the fetus, and
  2. the woman has publicly announced her abandonment of the right to custody of the fetus.

Embryonic research

Likewise, Block proposes that medical experimenters can treat the embryos they have in their possession as laboratory "animals", as is their desire, contingent on only one stipulation: that no one else wishes to raise these very young infants on their own. If there are adoptive parents who wish to homestead the right to care for the children, their rights trump those of the creators of the fertilized egg since the former wishes to protect the child from harm, while the latter does not. Thus, Block offers an alternative to the standard choice between the anti-abortion and pro-choice positions on stem cell research.

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