Does life begin when an embyo becomes independant of its mother? or when the bay draws its first breathe? if so how does that affect babies that are born and are then placed on a life support system? They are independant of their Mother but cannot breathe independantly. Does that mean that they are not a legal person, and thus have no rights until they can breathe independantly? or do they gain legal status as soon as they are removed from the womb?
2007-03-25 01:03:37 · 18 answers · asked by Phil G 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
at conception,,,I don't care what stupid lawmakers say
2007-03-25 01:08:22 · answer #1 · answered by igottadrive2001 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
When Does Life Begin Legally
2016-10-15 05:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know many won't agree with me... but I go with this...
When does a human life end...? When the heart is no longer beating. So for me, human life begins when the heart starts beating. For a fetus, I hear that's sometime around the fifth week of pregnancy I guess...
As for legally in the USA... currently, it seems the baby has to be out of the womb for it to have "legal rights" so to say.
I personally I think the baby/fetus should have "rights" whenever it has reached a stage in which it can survive on its own seperate from the mother's body (Maybe the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy?)
Best Wishes...
T.
2007-03-25 01:36:09 · answer #3 · answered by Theophania 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I personally feel that life begins when ever there is Potential for life. (conception) However I believe that life should Legally begin when the heart starts to beat.
2007-03-25 01:15:31 · answer #4 · answered by What what 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-19 10:51:12 · answer #5 · answered by Dina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shall I just answer your question, instead of seizing an opportunity to go off into a hysterical rant about the evils of abortion?
In nearly all legal systems, life LEGALLY (not morally or in anyone's belief system) begins at the moment of birth.
It terminates when a doctor certifies it has done so.
2007-03-25 02:52:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
IN that case, you should celebrate inception day as opposed to BIRTH day. Why would you support the right of a fetus, and dismiss the right of the potential mom? How can you support the person thru childhood and then dismiss their rights after they conceive a pregnancy? They still have rights as a living, breathing, human. Certainly more rights than a sperm and an egg. Even the government subscribes to your birthday as being the first day of your life. It's used on drivers liscences, birth certificates, and all other government identifying documents.
2016-03-18 22:15:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the point when it becomes an unborn baby and not a foetus, however a premature baby was actually born 23 weeks and is still suriving, although it has help, so it does have some rights, but this has brought up a debate saying should we revive if something happens to them as disabilities are very high anyway, maybe in future they`ll stop helping premature babies before a certain date, but you do have to think of disabilites when answering this question either would you want to be servely disabled or could you look after a disabled child.
one couple fought in court to keep their premature baby against doctors advice, when it found that it would be disabled they didn`t want anymore and gave it up for adoption, gits, i just hope and pray i don`t won`t be in that situation.
2007-03-25 10:56:51 · answer #8 · answered by miss-teek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on who you ask. The legal definition in most states in the U.S. say when they are removed from the womb or when they take their first breath. You have to assume that when a baby is removed from the womb, it tries to breath on their own. They are not "hooked" up to life saving devices while still in the womb.
It's hard to believe that some people have the belief that all life is sacred, yet, it's OK to take the life of one who performs an abortion. It's either sacred or it's not.
2007-03-25 01:12:33 · answer #9 · answered by auditor4u2007 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legally it varies from country to country. Thats why many different countries have widely conflicting abortion laws.
You can make up your own judgement on this one as there is no hard and fast rule for this. That's why it's considered a controversial topic!
2007-03-25 01:20:21 · answer #10 · answered by Jimbobarino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The legal stance is that life begins when the baby is independent of its mother. It doesn't matter whether the baby is artificially kept alive once born, its really a matter of detachment from the mother and the incubator she provides.
Thus one cannot commit murder of an unborn child (i.e. zygote or foetus) - it is classed as child destruction (R v Copeland), unless lawfully committed under the Abortion Act 1967.
2007-03-25 06:56:47 · answer #11 · answered by cadsaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋