In a previous question, someone mentioned that abortion was not murder (or at least not as significant as an adult man) on the basis that many aborted babies have less cells then a flies eye (although I didn't see a source to back this up). Does that mean that if a newborn has less cells than I that thier life is less precious than mine?
2007-12-14 13:09:53 · 9 answers · asked by Matthew P (SL) 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
At what cell count can you qualify to be a human being?
2007-12-14 13:25:22 · update #1
The comparison breaks down at a flies eye and a human life - isn't it scary and tragic?
Two seconds after conception it is a human life.
2007-12-14 13:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, of course not. The assumption that abortion is allowed because the fetus or embryo is not a life is a wrong assumption. The law does not back up that thinking.
The law for abortion is based on a woman's right to privacy and nothing more. It does not address whether or not the fetus is a human being. So, people who always say that think they have a legal backing...they do not.
There is no proof that an embryo is not a life...no matter how many cells it has. Based on reason alone, we should draw the conclusion that it is a human being. Knowing that a pregnancy allowed to go to term will, in fact, produce a human baby, is enough evidence that what is in the womb of a pregnant woman is a human being.
2007-12-14 21:15:18 · answer #2 · answered by Misty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
2/3 of conceptuses (fertilised ova) are spontaneously shed in the first menses after intercourse.
we do not hold funerals for these shed ova, you cannot buy a casket for one, only the most devout of roman catholics baptise soiled sanpro.
so obviously nobody believes that they are 'babies'.
a conceptus becomes a baby sometime between fertilisation and three years old. different people will put the borderline for 'being a human' at different places along this spectrum.
some of the places are sensible, some are silly.
you prefer to choose a silly point. this is your right. but don't expect anybody to take you seriously.
2007-12-14 21:16:16 · answer #3 · answered by synopsis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nooooo. It means that something that is a cluster of 80 cells, less than in the eye of a fly, isn't a "human being."
You really need to have this explained?
2007-12-14 21:14:08 · answer #4 · answered by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My motto is abort the parents keep the child give him a chance live.
2007-12-15 16:08:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So do you take any sort of antibiotics or anti-viral medication? Because bacteria and viruses have less cells than you does that mean that their lives are less precious than yours?
2007-12-14 21:16:26 · answer #6 · answered by Nandina (Bunny Slipper Goddess) 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess so. You see the person that idiotically answered that quesiton did not have a correct answer and to appease what the Bible calls godly sorrow (conviction), justified it with that excuse. But according to that reasoning....just like you said a new born babe's life is not that important...therefore justiying aboriton....SICK!
2007-12-14 21:22:25 · answer #7 · answered by (SL) 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
well eevn if this is so. it doesnt mean that a baby isnt going to grow into a well developed human. give the baby a chance.
2007-12-14 21:14:07 · answer #8 · answered by kerri 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Give it up. That's a ridiculous extrapolation.
2007-12-14 21:13:03 · answer #9 · answered by Higgs Boson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋