I'm implying that you decide when life begins for yourself. Scientists have philosophies, agendas, and opinions.
These are very complex issues alley, with no simple answer. I prefer to rely on experts in the field. After all, if I am ill and want to be treated, I don’t treat myself, I go to a doctor. It is always a good idea to consult the experts in any field. In the field of abortion, scientists, biologists, doctors are the experts, not Fundamentalist preachers or the Pope.
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Does the fetus have its own sex? YES!
Does the fetus have its own blood type? YES!
Does the fetus have its own DNA? YES!
And how does that prove that fetus is a human being? A dead body also has all this, its own sex, its own blood type, its own DNA. - SJP
You have got to be kidding me! Is the fetus not in a stage of growth at any given time? Why not try being honest with yourself. Its alive and you know it.
Alley, that is besides the point. You were advancing the three criteria (that fetus has its own sex, own blood type, own DNA) as proof that fetus is alive and a human being. To which I replied that it proves nothing of the sort, a dead body (human or non human) has all these things.
Now are you saying that because fetus is growing all the time that it is human? That doesn’t make sense.
I'm not trying to prove anything. You know the fetus is alive.
Sure I do, I have already said that life is a continuum, with no beginning or end. My question is, at what point is it human life? And if fetus is to be regarded as human being at conception, why not before the conception, why not show the same consideration to the sperm and the egg?
Life begins at stage 1 obviously, that's when growth and change starts.
There is no ‘obviously’ about it alley, life was present even before the stage 1. As I said, these are very complex and deep questions, with no simple answers.
