# Don’t waste that perfectly good fetus! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 6, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060 "2019-02-06T13:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/81 "2019-02-06T21:56:30Z")
Sure, OP, knock yourself out. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/82 "2019-02-06T21:59:46Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > If we’re asking stupid ethical questions for disingenuous reasons, if I can kill and eat a cow, why can’t I fuck a cow? :rolleyes: You’re too short? The Moo-Moo song: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H_np4PP5yQ) ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/83 "2019-02-06T22:01:37Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > If we’re asking stupid ethical questions for disingenuous reasons, if I can kill and eat a cow, why can’t I fuck a cow? :rolleyes: Wait, you can’t? _Now_ they tell me… ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/84 "2019-02-06T22:07:42Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > NO FAIR! They wouldn’t give me my hip… Well, I didn’t say they _have_ to. Usually you sign a waiver that says anything they take off you belongs to the pathology dept. You can ask for it back, but no guarantee that you’ll get it. Though now I’m curious… making stock from a hip bone, technically not cannibalism… I wonder how it might be… ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/85 "2019-02-06T22:16:56Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Though now I’m curious… making stock from a hip bone, technically not cannibalism… I wonder how it might be… Made me look - I didn’t realize that cannibalism required eating flesh. But make sure you clean that bone off before throwing it in the pot. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/86 "2019-02-06T22:26:08Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Made me look - I didn’t realize that cannibalism required eating flesh. But make sure you clean that bone off before throwing it in the pot. That’s what strainers are for. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/87 "2019-02-06T23:02:49Z")
Here’s the thing, if my brother needs a kidney transplant and I, his sis, am a perfect match, no one can force me to give it. Even if his life hangs in the balance. Because it’s my body and I have body autonomy. Oh, and it even extends to corpses, you can NOT be harvesting organs, even to save lives, without my permission. Even when I’m a corpse! If you’re cool with these two examples then the state ought have no say in my body autonomy. My body, my call. Get lost! (OP can eat what they wish.) ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/88 "2019-02-06T23:46:25Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > And what about amputated limbs? I read somewhere about someone doing this recently. I think with their leg. One problem is that people can take a lot of medication that might render the meat unsafe. We restrict what you can give to cattle, for instance. I recall this being an issue with horse meat. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/89 "2019-02-06T23:48:52Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I think it does more good in the long run to make them into vaccines. Seriously though, I have relatives who don’t understand the concept of fetal cell lines…they think vaccine manufacturing involves backing a truck up to the local abortion clinic. ETA: [Here](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/can-amputees-take-their-limb-home/) is a Snopes article about the guy who ate bits of his amputated foot, along with links to a Vice interview and some icky pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/90 "2019-02-07T00:30:34Z")
The only thing that would make this poster a more obvious troll would be - nope, can’t think of anything. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/91 "2019-02-07T00:31:59Z")
> [@Baka](#): > > This is very dicey territory indeed. You say human flesh, but it’s not. It’s just a bundle of cells. There was never anything human about it! > > Please don’t needlessly complicate this. Okay, stupid as this entire thread is, this is even stupider. There is nobody who doesn’t think that human fetus isn’t made of human flesh. It can be argued not to be flesh belonging to a human _other than the mother_, but it’s still clearly human flesh, in the same way that your appendix is made human flesh. Your appendix ain’t a person, but it’s still made of human meat. Eating a fetus that never reached the point of developing into a separate person is still eating human flesh. **Obviously.** ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/92 "2019-02-07T01:12:41Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > You have my blessing to trespass onto a medical waste disposal facility and eat the biohazard garbage to your heart’s content. > > Please commence as soon as possible and let us know how that goes. not bad sig. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/93 "2019-02-07T01:30:00Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > The only thing that would make this poster a more obvious troll would be - Upbeat quadroplegic girl AMA ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/94 "2019-02-07T01:32:35Z")
Well, sure, _now_ it would be. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/95 "2019-02-07T02:24:58Z")
I bite and swallow my fingernails, it grosses some people out. I really don’t want you chewing on them when they are attached to me but my toenails in the rubbish bin? Goferit. I’ll think you odd but move along. Same with your proposal. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/96 "2019-02-07T02:42:23Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Okay, stupid as this entire thread is, this is even stupider. There is nobody who doesn’t think that human fetus isn’t made of human flesh. It can be argued not to be flesh belonging to a human _other than the mother_, but it’s still clearly human flesh, in the same way that your appendix is made human flesh. Your appendix ain’t a person, but it’s still made of human meat. > > Eating a fetus that never reached the point of developing into a separate person is still eating human flesh. **Obviously.** I agree – like eating placenta IMO. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/97 "2019-02-07T05:09:17Z")
Instead of wasting expensive pharmaceuticals to kill murderers, why not just roast the criminal on a spit? Let the victims’ relatives or other concerned citizens feast on the remains. It could be a profit-making venture for the state; don’t you think some people would pay $1000+ for Murderer Steak? For Rapist Stew? I think the state is remiss in its fiduciary duty to taxpayers _not_ to seize this opportunity. Some parts of the corpse would be too precious to eat. Any Ebay’ers here? What’s the going rate for Murderer’s Testicles, in fair condition? For that matter, why limit feasts to criminals? Having trouble coming up with the funds to bury or cremate Grandma? She’d appreciate knowing her decease was a financial boon rather than burden. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/98 "2019-02-07T05:23:02Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Instead of wasting expensive pharmaceuticals to kill murderers, why not just roast the criminal on a spit? > > … > > For that matter, why limit feasts to criminals? Having trouble coming up with the funds to bury or cremate Grandma? She’d appreciate knowing her decease was a financial boon rather than burden. No, you may not burn people to death but other than disease concerns I really don’t mind what happens to non living flesh so long as I don’t need to partake and all who loved Grandma are cool with it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/99 "2019-02-07T05:25:38Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > For that matter, why limit feasts to criminals? Having trouble coming up with the funds to bury or cremate Grandma? She’d appreciate knowing her decease was a financial boon rather than burden. Well, there are ways to get around those high funeral costs. Just sayin’, don’t look too closely at the compost pile out back. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060/100 "2019-02-07T06:20:46Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > NO FAIR! They wouldn’t give me my hip… > [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > Well, I didn’t say they _have_ to. Usually you sign a waiver that says anything they take off you belongs to the pathology dept. You can ask for it back, but no guarantee that you’ll get it. That’ll teach me to not read the consent forms all the way through. > [@](#): > > Though now I’m curious… making stock from a hip bone, technically not cannibalism… I wonder how it might be… Now that you bring it up, I’ve never seen pork stock at the supermarket (there’s a reason they call it “long pig”). Maybe throw it into a pot of beans instead… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-waste-that-perfectly-good-fetus/829060.md?page=6)