at what point do you believe a fertilized egg becomes a "human"...at conception, one week, two weeks, one month? Very interested in your sincere thoughts..please no smart a** answers........
2006-07-07 09:01:43 · 11 answers · asked by nicky 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
From the point of fertilization until 8 weeks gestation it is an embryo. Only after 8 weeks gestation is it considered a fetus.
Science will freeze and dispose of embryos during invetro fertilization- does that mean that embryos aren't human??
2006-07-07 09:13:04 · answer #1 · answered by Heather 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the fertilized egg becomes "human" as soon as the egg and sperm join. And I just wanted to add, in the Bible there is a reference to the spirit entering the body at quickening. Quickening is when the baby first moves at about 18 or so weeks.
2006-07-07 09:14:09 · answer #2 · answered by jilldaniel_wv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that a fertilized egg becomes a human when the pregnancy test shows positive!
2006-07-07 09:04:52 · answer #3 · answered by blueyegurl0283 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is very unusual and challenging- its both sociological, medical and theological.
Once the egg is fertilized, from one single cell, it starts rapidly diving into 2, 4, 8, etc. In a matter of hours, you have a formation with more than thousand cells. On top of that, baby's gender and all his/ her genetic identity is being determined in matter of minutes after fertiliztion.
So, i think we could very safely say that we have a new human being right from the beginning.
2006-07-07 09:18:57 · answer #4 · answered by meg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At conception... The moment the sperm fertilizes the egg. After that there is no going back..
2006-07-07 09:35:53 · answer #5 · answered by Tiffany T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel like we should treat an embrio as a human however some people think that once the hearbeat is heard then it becomes a human, that should be around the 9th or 10th week.
2006-07-07 10:33:07 · answer #6 · answered by Lilly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after it turns from a Zygote to a fetus not very long after it is fertilized
2006-07-07 09:21:18 · answer #7 · answered by blue_eyed_woman_23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
although not ready to live outside the womb, it is human at conception . . .
2006-07-07 09:10:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, it's as soon as you conceive. They start developing when you conceive, right? So why wouldn't they be human? Everyone's entitled to their opinion, though.
2006-07-07 09:05:59 · answer #9 · answered by Amy Lynn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
onces its fertilized
2006-07-07 09:04:21 · answer #10 · answered by sjeboyce 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋