No. I’m assuming that at conception, a human’s spermatozoon and a human’s ovum become life.
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Sperm and ovums are already life and yes they can generate human life. Human life is not the same as a human being or person.
And the resulting life will never be anything other than human.
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The resulting life, a zygote or embryo is human. Yes? The sperm that fertilized the egg was human. The body of cells that the embryo is attached to is a human body. However, the woman whose body is being used by the embryo, is an actual human being and person. A member of the community of actual human beings with rights. In our community of human beings, who have rights, a woman has the right to end her pregnancy. A human embryo, that is a potential human being, doesn't have the right to remain attached to an actual human being in order to actualize itself into an actual human being. That human embryo that is a potential human being, doesn't have the right to force an actual human being to actualize itself into an actual human being. That potential doesn't have a right over the actual. Sorry.
If I extract a human cell from my finger, that human life could potentially, become a clone of me. Another human being. However, I'm not morally obligated to actualize that potential. Get it? The embryo in the woman's womb, doesn't have a right to demand or force a woman to actualize it. To brave through nine months of pregnancy, and 12 months of sleepless nights, and all that comes with raising people. Throwing that unwanted child in the foster care system is not a solution. Most unwanted children put up for adoption aren't adopted. Many of them end up homeless or in prison. So you're not pro-life, your pro-death.
And I am saying that the Constitution protects the right to life.
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The right to life for actual human beings, yes. Actual human beings have a right to life, not potential humans.
I am saying that we shouldn’t march to the tune played by liberals. They seek to shape the discussion by framing the issue improperly. “When does a preborn human become a ‘person?’” l think that’s a disingenuous way to frame the question. “Life” doesn’t require “personhood.”
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No, life doesn't require personhood. The constitution assumes that it's people who have rights, not potential people or persons. The rights of the actual person, the woman, takes precedence over the potential human that is attached to her.
So it comes down to a matter of trivial and unprovable definitions. Is a zygote a “person?” How about an embryo? How about a fetus? Maybe we’ll go by “trimesters.” Maybe we’ll go by whether the child has been “born” and drawn its first breath. Or, maybe we can allow “it” to be partially “born” before we sever its spinal cord? Or maybe we can let it be fully born and breathing but pave it on a shelf make it comfortable and provide it with no food or liquid as long as it’s “comfortable.”
Some of those are “stage of development” issues. Well, ok. How do we come to determine what stage of development is the right one? Maybe we have to await the development of secondary sex characteristics? Maybe baby teeth need to come in? Maybe adult teeth need to come in? Until that artificially defined stage, we can snuff out the life?
A life (the right to life itself) shouldn’t be subjected to the whims of some other person, not even if it’s premised on “privacy” concerns.
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The zygote, the embryo or fetus, that is in the process of actualizing itself into a human being/person, is not a human being or person yet. The actual human being or person is the one who has the right, to determine whether to remain in a position to actualize a potential human being or not. Why? Because she is the one that has to pay the price, as far as her health, finances..etc.
So if you want society to force women to remain pregnant and give birth to unwanted children, that's your prerogative. Try convincing most people to accept that position and women across the United States will be forced to remain pregnant and give birth to unwanted children. I doubt you'll convince enough people that's the way to go, but hey, who knows? Maybe you'll get what you want until us Marxists take control of the state and liberate everyone from your religious tyranny and stupidity.