From what I have read, at worst, the standard for abortions was to restrict them at the "quickening" (about 15 weeks or so), but before that, the fetus was not considered to be alive. The biological fact is that life does not start at conception, or fertilization, or implantation - life is a continuum, an unbroken stream that is at least…
From what I have read, at worst, the standard for abortions was to restrict them at the "quickening" (about 15 weeks or so), but before that, the fetus was not considered to be alive. The biological fact is that life does not start at conception, or fertilization, or implantation - life is a continuum, an unbroken stream that is at least a billion years old on this little blue marble. The gametes (sperm and egg) are not independently alive, but they contain the essentials for life to continue when they are joined..... This is one of those arguments that cannot ever be solved - it is a binary disagreement, and so one side or the other will always be disappointed that the decision went the other way. The real crime is that so many states essentially ban serious health and reproductive education and support - the conservative deep south has the highest rates of teenage pregnancies and abortions in the country, and the worst sex and health education.....
From what I have read, at worst, the standard for abortions was to restrict them at the "quickening" (about 15 weeks or so), but before that, the fetus was not considered to be alive. The biological fact is that life does not start at conception, or fertilization, or implantation - life is a continuum, an unbroken stream that is at least a billion years old on this little blue marble. The gametes (sperm and egg) are not independently alive, but they contain the essentials for life to continue when they are joined..... This is one of those arguments that cannot ever be solved - it is a binary disagreement, and so one side or the other will always be disappointed that the decision went the other way. The real crime is that so many states essentially ban serious health and reproductive education and support - the conservative deep south has the highest rates of teenage pregnancies and abortions in the country, and the worst sex and health education.....