Identify the fallacy in the following argument. "No woman should be required to carry an unwanted fetus in her body for nine months. Every homeowner has the right to tell an unwanted or uninvited guest to leave. In the same way, a woman should be allowed to forcibly evict an unwanted fetus from her body."
A) Faulty sign
B) Sweeping generalization
C) Hasty generalization
D) Post hoc ergo propter hoc
E) Faulty analogy

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The argument commits the fallacy of faulty analogy by comparing the right of a homeowner to force an uninvited guest to leave with a woman's right to forcibly remove an unwanted fetus from her body. The two situations are not parallel, as the fetus is not an uninvited guest but a product of the woman's own actions. The analogy is therefore faulty and the argument is flawed.

Identify the Fallacy in the Following Argument