I&#x27;m not saying we shouldn&#x27;t balance peoples&#x27; interests. I&#x27;m questioning the background assumptions against which we&#x27;re doing that balancing. I think &quot;fetuses aren&#x27;t people because they haven&#x27;t been born&quot; is a weak assumption.<p>Don&#x27;t get me wrong: I think the interests of the mother outweigh the interests of the fetus. Not because fetuses aren&#x27;t people, but because killing people or allowing them to die is something we do all the time to serve various societal interests.