On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 21:05:10 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 20:54:42 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 19:52:59 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 19:40:19 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Nothing religious about it. It is life. It is human.

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That's ridiculous. There's nothing human about a small collection of
cells that start multiplying.

But when the heart can be heard, the sex determined, and the hands and feet visible
in a sonogram? That's still a 'small collection of cells'?

Of course not.

There, that's progress.


The morning after pill does not bother me. There is no way to know if that 'small
collection of cells' existed or not.

That's progress.

The problem is that anytime someone suggests that a mother should be
able to terminate a pregnancy in its early stages, you start talking
about killing babies.

When do you consider a human life to exist?

"At the end of the 8th week, the elbows become obvious, the feet, hands and even the
fingers maybe distinguishable. The brain cavities are easily seen as large 'holes' in
the embryonic head. The heart rate has increased to 160 bpm and the heart covers
about 50% of the chest area. In some cases, it is possible to recognize the
fluid-filled stomach below the heart at the end of week 8."

Look at the 8 weeks scan. Is that just a 'collection of cells'?

http://baby2see.com/development/ultr...ans.html#week8

Yet that's pretty early in the pregnancy.
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