(September 6, 2012 at 3:07 pm)Faith No More Wrote: And advocating that a zygote is human being at the moment of conception also has its repercussions, namely making in vitro fertalization illegal. ...Would you say he is the product of murder?Yes there are implications for IVF. My own opinion, the viability of a test- tube zygote is so remote, that the resulting opportunities for new life make the procedure an overall positive. In addition, excess zygotes can be offered to infertile couples for "snowflake" babies, thus avoiding wontonly discarding them.
Hopefully I am making it clear that I advocate a moderate pro-life position, in which the rights of fully developed humans and the unborn are weighted against each other. I do not assume, like pro-choice believers, that the unborn have no rights at all. Nor do I believe they should be afforded the complete rights of a healthy competent adult. Age, viability and the circumstances surrounding the pregnancy matter. But I do believe that the unborn have some measure of human rights however minimal.
