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It is also demonstrably true that the life of a human being is ended by abortion.
I call this an unfounded assumption. Killing humans, even in fetal form, does harm society.
Lacking the means to care for a child is a good reason to kill the child? I'm no genius, but I could think of much better alternatives!
Have at it. Be sure to demonstrate an objective empirical measure for when human life begins, and make sure you don't unintentionally make an argument that contraception also ends a human life in the process.
Have at it. Be sure to demonstrate an objective empirical measure for when human life begins, and make sure you don't unintentionally make an argument that contraception also ends a human life in the process.
Speaking of unfounded assumptions...
I am not promoting fetocide here, just saying sometimes a mother's choice is understandable.
Whether or not a fetus is a human being is not in dispute. A human life begins the moment that a unique set of human DNA is formed that is distinct from both the father and the mother. This happens at conception.
If you follow the whole "it's a distinct human life because it has different genetics from the parents" then preventing pregnancy is killing a human life. Same with the arguments that something with a potential to be a baby is basically one anyone.How does contraception end a human life? Its purpose is to prevent fetocide, not cause it.
We may understand the choice, but that does not make it morally permissible.
If you follow the whole "it's a distinct human life because it has different genetics from the parents" then preventing pregnancy is killing a human life. Same with the arguments that something with a potential to be a baby is basically one anyone.
It all points back to the problems of believing there's some sharp bright line between non-life and life, and non-human being and human being.
I noticed you forgot to mention the empirical evidence demonstrating this "fact".
If you follow the whole "it's a distinct human life because it has different genetics from the parents" then preventing pregnancy is killing a human life. Same with the arguments that something with a potential to be a baby is basically one anyone.
It all points back to the problems of believing there's some sharp bright line between non-life and life, and non-human being and human being.
A sperm has DNA identical to the father. An egg has DNA identical to the mother.
Uh, no. That's not how biology works.
There is no distinct human life where conception never occurred.
Correct me where I've gone wrong.
Depends on how you define human and life.
Alright that's fine, but that's not relevant to my overall argument. A fertilized egg has a full set of unique human DNA.In exactly the part I quoted. Gametes do not have identical DNA to somatic cells.
This is what I was talking about earlier - eggs and sperm also have unique human DNA, in that they have a random set of the DNA from other humans.A fetus is an organism that has unique human DNA. This makes it a human being.
So do cancer cells.Alright that's fine, but that's not relevant to my overall argument. A fertilized egg has a full set of unique human DNA.
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