After birth abortion?

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If being a collection of human cells was enough to qualify something as a human being, my cheek scrapings would qualify as a human being. HeLa cells have human DNA, does that make them a human being? Surely there is more to being human a human BEING than having human cells.

I guess your cheek scrapings won't generally have the potential to turn into a human being, but neither does the other collection of cells if it's already considered a human being. So maybe it's to do with the ability to survive, but again, maybe those cheek cells could be kept alive in the right conditions. Those baby cells would die off too if not kept correctly.