RE: Atheists, the death penalty and abortion...
March 9, 2013 at 4:47 pm
(This post was last modified: March 9, 2013 at 4:57 pm by catfish.)
(March 9, 2013 at 4:31 pm)EGross Wrote: Is abortion by sex selection based on religious dogma (boys are better than girls) or is it something else?
I think the example cited was China's policy and the effects on people's decisions.
(March 9, 2013 at 4:35 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(March 9, 2013 at 4:24 pm)catfish Wrote: Does a zygote have it's own unique human DNA? Well, it sure as Hades isn't a canine, or a fish, or a plant. To deny that a zygote is NOT an individual human life form is just plain weird. To deny that would require you to prove to me it's something other than human (or that it didn't exist up till your abortion cut-off point)... A zygote is part of the human lifecycle. If you kill the zygote (or fetus), no child will be born and this you are quite aware of. Unlike your masturbating reference, it is unique in DNA and biology. It's gets oxygen and nutrients from it's host, it is not the host...
Actually, you haven't said a single thing that isn't also true of the original sperm and egg, so...
An egg has only the female's DNA, a sperm has only the father's. A zygote has unique DNA from the fertilization. If the egg splits, we have multiple individual organisms with identintical DNA that differs from that of both parents.
Do you agree with the above or not?