RE: Secular reasons for and against legalising abortion
October 17, 2014 at 2:50 pm
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2014 at 2:54 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(October 17, 2014 at 2:26 pm)Aroura Wrote: A fertilized egg isn't a human being, even if it is alive. It is a potential human being. A sperm is also alive, and is also a potential human being.Neither a sperm cell nor unfertilized egg have in-themselves the potential to develop and actualize human potential. What makes the fertilized egg a human is its potential to grown and develop as a human from the first instant of its being to its last breath as a mature adult. As an example, an acorn, the resulting sapling, and matured tree are the same oak, just in different stages of development. The terms 'zygote' and 'embryo' are like 'child' and 'elder'. They describe stages of development for the same being, not different beings.
The fact of spontaneous abortions is a fact to consider when balancing the human rights of the unborn versus those of the woman carrying the unborn. It is a grave and callous mistake to assume that the unborn have absolutely no rights whatsoever.
