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Red Mile Style · 11-30-2006, 01:18 PM

So, when exactly does a human being become a human being then?

My first inclination would be as soon as a woman becomes pregnant. Of corse a blastocyst is small - humans start by a single egg and sperm which is microscopic small. The terms "fetus" and "abortion" obviously pertain to a later stage in the pregnancy, but it's the same thing, only at an earlier stage.

My friend went on holidays and forgot to bring her birth control pill, she came back and her and her boyfriend made whoopie. She went to the doctor a few days later and the doctor told her that if she was late, the doctor could scrape her uterus right there in the office (no abortion clinic) and she would no longer be pregnant.

I guess I am so touchy with the whole situation because my parents had me when they were pretty young - high school young, and they could have easily had an abortion and had a "normal" life like everyone else. I just can not endorse the termination of any kind of grouping of cells that can one day become a human being, because we're talking about lives here, that never got the chance to even be born. While, at least these cells are furthering human advancements so in the end it could be helping other people's lives, I still can not be supporting a death sentence.

11-30-2006, 01:18 PM	#64
Red Mile Style Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver Exp:	So, when exactly does a human being become a human being then? My first inclination would be as soon as a woman becomes pregnant. Of corse a blastocyst is small - humans start by a single egg and sperm which is microscopic small. The terms "fetus" and "abortion" obviously pertain to a later stage in the pregnancy, but it's the same thing, only at an earlier stage. My friend went on holidays and forgot to bring her birth control pill, she came back and her and her boyfriend made whoopie. She went to the doctor a few days later and the doctor told her that if she was late, the doctor could scrape her uterus right there in the office (no abortion clinic) and she would no longer be pregnant. I guess I am so touchy with the whole situation because my parents had me when they were pretty young - high school young, and they could have easily had an abortion and had a "normal" life like everyone else. I just can not endorse the termination of any kind of grouping of cells that can one day become a human being, because we're talking about lives here, that never got the chance to even be born. While, at least these cells are furthering human advancements so in the end it could be helping other people's lives, I still can not be supporting a death sentence.