What is the fallacy used in the following passage? "No one can prove that a fetus is not a person from the moment of conception. So, a fetus must be accorded full moral rights as soon as it is conceived."
A) appeal to ignorance
B) appeal to the person
C) slippery slope
D) faulty analogy

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The fallacy in the passage is an appeal to ignorance, which occurs when it is argued that a proposition is true simply because it has not been proven false, or vice versa. In this case, the argument suggests that because no one can prove a fetus is not a person from the moment of conception, it must be treated as a person with full moral rights, relying on the lack of evidence to the contrary rather than positive evidence supporting the claim.

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