When do YOU think human life begins?

Question

Hmm... conception? A fertilised egg has the potential to become a human being, although there is plenty of obstacles in their way to derail this process, but a fertilised egg is no more alive than the computer I'm using.

You could say that sperm is alive in an alien sort of way.

... but only if you accept that life begins at conception.

Answer 1

Life is all around, so life is everywhere, each cell is alive, until it dies. HUMAN life begins when the fetus can survive on its own --- when it is no longer a parasite in the womb.....that is when it is viable as an individual Until then, it is a clump of cells called a zygote, with only potential to be human. And some would argue, that the severely retarded, those that are acephalic (having no brain, just a face) are as well, not human. This is the way most of the world looks as the prospect of humanity. It is only here in the US where we have been overtaken by christian Taliban fundamentalists that would foist their ideas on everyone that humanity includes a fertilized egg. Riduculous

Answer 2

Life begins on conception, sure... But I believe an embryo becomes human during the first two weeks(I might be wrong about this), when the nervous system actually develops. Before that, the embryo is no different from a vegetable in my point of view.

I also believe fact is more important than potential, and if the mother is at risk, she should have priority over the fetus.

Answer 3

The egg and the sperm before they unite are technically alive. Both can be killed before uniting. The sperm were created that week and the egg was persent in the mother before she was born. Those eggs are the produced as a process of the mother cell division, from her mother's eggs. One could regress back to when the first hominids appeared. So my answer is 6-7million years ago.

Answer 4

Biologically, at conception. Legally, it is unclear. Although life begins at conception, the conceptus cannot have unlimited legal rights as against the mother, as she is burdened both by the need for an additional 50,000 calories to bring a pregnancy to term, and the large cost of raising a child after birth. In the US, the Supreme Court crafted, in Roe v. Wade, a compromise to resolve these conflicting elements.

Answer 5

Human life is already there in the sperm and egg. Life as a human being begins at conception.

Answer 6

Human life begins at conception. My husband and I watched a program on how life is created the moment the egg is fertilized, and watched the development and growth throughout the nine months. It is absolutely amazing and made us realize how everything starts immediately, and what a true miracle a baby is!

Answer 7

I disagree with your statement that a developing embryo is no more alive then the computer you are using. Your computer has absolutely no potential for further independent development and replication. It cannot grow in the logical definition of the term. Once a sperm and ovum unite, there is growth which is uniquely coded and directed through the genetic material contained in the cells. Therein lies the miracle of life.

Answer 8

Human life begins at conception, because when the sperm and egg of male and female humans combine, there is no chance the embryo will be anything other than human.

However, life itself does not begin, it is eternal, ie, always was and always will be, because life is the spiritual energy that animates the body, whether human or otherwise.

Answer 9

Good question. I think life begins when, if left to their own devices, a foetus or baby can breathe and consciously think and learn. The problem is, when the baby is in the womb, we cant be sure when this point is anyway.

I dont believe in this whole "life begins at conception" stuff. It cant do any of the 5 things that would classify it as a living thing.

Answer 10

Conception.