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photon · 05-26-2011, 12:55 PM

Skin cells and bacteria are life too.

There's no way to draw a line because there's no line to be drawn. It's like looking at colours on a prism and trying to say where one colour ends and another begins. I can point to one colour and say this is definitely green (a blastula isn't a person), and point to another and say this is definitely blue (there's no difference between 5 minutes before birth and 5 minutes after birth), but I can't point at something and say exactly where it changes from one to the other.

You can't say life/not life or human/not human because those attributes are not adequate to describe what's trying to be described.

It's a complicated involvement of many different factors.. viability, how much suffering is experienced, how much suffering can be experienced, self awareness, etc.

I don't think there can be any absolute answer, other than earlier is better.. and the vast majority abortions take place quite early (like 91% before 12 weeks I think I read in one UK stat).

05-26-2011, 12:55 PM	#164
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Skin cells and bacteria are life too. There's no way to draw a line because there's no line to be drawn. It's like looking at colours on a prism and trying to say where one colour ends and another begins. I can point to one colour and say this is definitely green (a blastula isn't a person), and point to another and say this is definitely blue (there's no difference between 5 minutes before birth and 5 minutes after birth), but I can't point at something and say exactly where it changes from one to the other. You can't say life/not life or human/not human because those attributes are not adequate to describe what's trying to be described. It's a complicated involvement of many different factors.. viability, how much suffering is experienced, how much suffering can be experienced, self awareness, etc. I don't think there can be any absolute answer, other than earlier is better.. and the vast majority abortions take place quite early (like 91% before 12 weeks I think I read in one UK stat). __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.