Why bother even having the word BORN in our vocabulary? What does the word even mean? Why not just give us our conception dat as our BIRTH date and issue a BIRTH certificate back when we are a zygote? Because as of today we cannot establish with 100% certanty the date of conception. Birth is the process of physical separation from mom and the baby.
Do the frozen empryos get issue a BIRTH certificate... Nope.
Do the parents of this embryo get to take a child deduction on their taxes? Nope, but as screwy as the tax code is, why not?
Do we issue death certificates to the babies that have naturally miscarried or are aborted? Miscarried yes. My daughter has one.
Are you a parent upon conception or do you become parents when your first baby is BORN or adopted? Conception or whenever you become aware of the pregnancy of course. If not, why bother with the additional medical expenses?
What do doctors look for for a baby to be BORN alive? It's first BREATH, no? they slap the butt untill the baby lets out it's first yelp, a sign of breathing, no? Yep, that would indicate a successful delivery. It doesn't eliminate the fact that the baby was human while still in the womb.
Would you save the frozen embryos in a fire before you would save a living, breathing, human in the same fire? Who would you save? Mom, Dad, Son, or Daughter?
While all are of the human species, they are different. One is a human being and one is a developing human being.... We are all developing human beings. We change constantly.
This does not spoil the argument against women having abortions....a developing human being is very important, because they will be fully developed enough, if let be, to be BORN. Yep. And an abortion is a case where the mothers exercise of her rights collides with the babies.
Good questions.