Quote:No, it is a fact.  I pointed out very clearly when life begins scientifically.  I agree with the plain science and think that our policy as a society should reflect the plain truth.  

 

As to your point about the idea of no abortion under any circumstance, the idea of recognizing a fetus as a human life doesn't preclude emergency or extreme circumstances.  

 

Lets say that a woman was raped.  obviously at the time that you file the complaint and obtain a rape kit she should be given the option of taking a contraceptive that can alleviate the pregnancy.  That's a legitimate choice that respects the fact that life should only be cast aside in the most extreme of circumstances.  the same goes for the health of the mother, or to alleviate the child having to suffer if it is proven that there will be major debilitating birth defects.  

 

No, it really isn't a fact.

 

So is the sperm cell a living human being? Or does it become a living human being once it fertilizes the egg? Or does it become a living human being once that egg implants in the uterus? Or does it become a living human being when the embryo is formed? Or does it become a living human being when the heart starts to beat around 4 weeks? Or does it become a human being when it develops into a fetus?

 

You have not given your answer and there is no "fact" on the subject. So pick a stage there and tell me when, in your opinion, it becomes a human being.

 

And if you consider it a human being the entire time, then how can you support "murdering" this human being because of potential birth defects? Who decides what birth defects are okay to "murder" this "human being" for? Trisomy 13? Trisomy 18? Trisomy 21? Duodenal Atresia? Does it then become the parent's decision? Or is it the doctor's decision? Or does science decide which birth defects are okay to murder "human beings" for?

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