RE: Why I Am Pro-Life
July 21, 2013 at 8:35 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2013 at 8:38 pm by pineapplebunnybounce.)
@fr0d0, unique isn't such a big deal in biology. In fact being identical is a bigger deal, because almost every living thing is unique. So I wouldn't care too much about that. And at conception isn't a big deal either, most miscarriages occur before the embryo implants, and no one even notices it.
As for textbooks calling it human, honestly does anyone here really believe that a zygote is a different species? No, it's homosapiens, which is what human means in a science text. But if you want to argue that it has humanity which is a vaguely defined term, or that it is "human" in the way we say some murderers are inhuman even though they're clearly our species, then you need to make a case not based on science textbooks.
I do care about suffering, and so I weigh the mother's suffering with the fetus/zygote's suffering. But I think that's a personal criteria (just like being unique is your personal criteria) and I wouldn't dream of telling someone else what is right and what is wrong. And everyone might want to note that before the embryo implants, you can take drugs to abort. But surgical abortion, at least in Toronto, is only offered at 4 weeks.
As for textbooks calling it human, honestly does anyone here really believe that a zygote is a different species? No, it's homosapiens, which is what human means in a science text. But if you want to argue that it has humanity which is a vaguely defined term, or that it is "human" in the way we say some murderers are inhuman even though they're clearly our species, then you need to make a case not based on science textbooks.
I do care about suffering, and so I weigh the mother's suffering with the fetus/zygote's suffering. But I think that's a personal criteria (just like being unique is your personal criteria) and I wouldn't dream of telling someone else what is right and what is wrong. And everyone might want to note that before the embryo implants, you can take drugs to abort. But surgical abortion, at least in Toronto, is only offered at 4 weeks.