The moment the sperm enters the egg?
The moment the embryo begins developing different kinds of cells?
The moment the embryo takes a recognizable form of a living thing?
The moment the embryo develops neurons and a beating heart?
The moment the fetus begins responding to stimuli?
Or the moment the baby is born?
What is your view on abortion?
What is your view on embryonic stem cell research?
How would you compare destroying a days old embryo to flush an egg and some semen down the toilet?
2006-10-27 12:41:29 · 5 answers · asked by Rockstar 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
AWESOME QUESTION! kudos to you!
IN MY OPINION
when an embryo(fetus) is capable of existing outside the host it is a person.
I am pro-choice but personally have reservations about the current abuse of abortion. if you want my specific reservations then ask. I do not believe in ELECTIVE abortions after 16 weeks.
"Very few infants survive birth at 22 weeks' gestation, and most are offered "comfort care" instead of intensive care."
http://www.questdiagnostics.com/kbase/dp/topic/tn8416/dp.htm
2005=Medical News Today reported:
"The review found that a fetus's neurological pathways in its brain that allow for the 'conscious perception of pain' do not function until after 28 weeks' gestation."
http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_pain.htm
Abortion is not a new thing.
http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/special/Stephanie_Doerfler/Contraception_and_Abortion.html
Stem cell research-I am all for it.
why should so many (500,000) unwanted unused IVF embryos not be used?
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/...
2006-10-27 13:11:58 · answer #1 · answered by rwl_is_taken 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
different states have made different laws about this, that keep changing over time ... from a sociological point of view, since u put this in this category, we could say it becomes a human life the moment it is born, till then it is just an embryo inside u, u feel it but u cant touch it, u see an ultrasound image but u can barely make out what u see, when the baby is born and u take it in your hands only then u realise it is a living human ... a life in your hands, then u really realise "life".
any answer depends on what u define as "LIFE", too many different definitions ... medical, legislative, religious, sociological, psychological, philosophical ... none is right ... none is wrong
2006-10-27 12:54:53 · answer #2 · answered by kourtina1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the moment the Ovum (female egg cell) is fertilized by the male sperm: As soon as the sperm breaks threw and enters the Ovum,the baby begins to form,because at that moment the cells begin to divide that will eventually become a baby.
2006-10-27 12:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by starfish50 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE MOMENT THE SPERM ENTERS THE EGG!
2006-10-27 12:44:32 · answer #4 · answered by jhalo13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have asked a question that will generate 1000s of different asnwers.
2006-10-27 12:44:23 · answer #5 · answered by sothere! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋