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There's a big difference there.
I explained it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
Conception begins a biological process that has the potential to eventually produce one or more human beings. But because human beings are distinct and quantifiable while zygotes are not, a zygote cannot be a human being.
We can argue about semantics all day, but it doesn't change the fact that 95% of all biologists agree that a new human being starts its development at fertilization.
All of which requires pulling nutrients from the woman’s body to construct its own body. This should require explicit permission.
There is also a big difference between then and now. Certainly today's standards and culture were very different. There was a time when a woman would not wear a dress which did not cover her ankles. It was shameful for them to do so. And people in that time and culture would have reacted towards them as shameful people. Similar to "shunning" which goes on in an "amish" community. No communication or involvement with the individual as though they were dead to them. Eveyone from your parents, siblings and the entire community treat you like you are dead. One thing has never changed, the wicked feel no shame at anything, not anything. Excuses when they get caught (serial killers) are simply manipulation.
It is a separate organism prior to twinning already, and 99% of embryos don't twin at all. If you want to say that 1 human splits into 2 humans, that's correct. Such is the biology of the human species at that stage of development.
Wrong!
Nothing there to contradict a growing fetus uses nutrients from the mother.
I'm not confused about it at all. Because you don't know if twinning is going to occur until it happens, then at conception you don't have grounds to quantify the number of potential human(s) who are currently developing. The best you can say is maybe one, maybe two, possibly even three, but most likely zero. And that lack of quantifiability (if that's a word) is the problem with your argument. A 8.5 months, there is no problem quantifying the number of babies in the womb. At four hours after conception, you really don't have a clue.
You aren't a Christian but I suppose you are familiar with the story of Adam and Eve anyway. Would you say that Adam was a human before Eve was created from Adam? That Eve was made from Adam doesn't mean Adam himself didn't exist as a human prior to that point.
My response would be that neither ever existed, so there's no point in arguing about them.
Lets say conception has occurred on a Monday, and the zygote is going to split into identical twins on Thursday. But the woman takes an abortafacient on Wednesday, thus ending the pregnancy. How many deaths occurred?
My point is that once you stipulate that life begins after conception, it's just a matter of deciding where to draw the line. Also, they're not babies int the 3rd week.
As many as there were zygotes at the time the medication took effect.
Twinning is not an argument in your favor, as twinning can only occur if a human exists already. Otherwise there is nobody to be twinned.
So? A person's intake of nutrients increases when they're pregnant, how does it affect the mother?
If the baby is the one being killed, it's the mother that requires "explicit permission".
The life-cycle starts at conception and ends when a person dies.
Women who carry to term will tell you their bodies are changed permanently. Just because it is what we evolved to do does not mean it doesn’t come at a physical cost.
When you engage in the child-making-act you are taking the risk of getting pregnant and therefore grant permission to another human to grow inside you.
