Here's the link to last night's question:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AjcLI8zHgcFukEnqQaPau3Psy6IX?qid=20060913200532AAzHm0U
I was surprised that there are those who have trouble recognizing a fetus as a human. From a scientific point of view, the fetus has its own DNA which conclusively demonstrates it belongs to the human species, that the fetus is human. It is not a growth of the mother, as the DNA of the fetus is not the same as the DNA of the mother.
That's one aspect.
The other aspect deals with whether the fetus is a person. I have an ultrasound picture of my son some 4-6 weeks after conception. There were no doubts in the minds of his mother or myself that we were looking at our baby, a person. We made decisions that respected his existence and well-being.
Now neither of the above addresses the ethics of abortion. Ours was a wanted pregnancy. Abortion never entered the discussion.
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2006-09-14
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