Emergence of humanity

wolf · 07-29-2006, 01:41 AM

Had this thought a couple of nights ago, not sure if it will come out in typing as well as it did in my head ...

A woman learns that she is pregnant. This is, depending on the woman and her circumstances, either a joyous event, or a fear-inducing one, but, biologically, it is the same event. This is at the SAME point in the pregancy (let's say about week 6, for the sake of argument).

The happy woman thinks to herself, "I am having a baby!" The woman desiring a termination (yes, I am simplifying this, I know that for many it is not an easy decision) thinks to herself, "I am ridding myself of this fetus."

One woman sees regards her clump of cells as a person. The other does not.

How can it be both at the same time?

View Poll Results: What marks the beginning of a human life?
First genetically unique cell	8	32.00%
Birth	6	24.00%
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07-29-2006, 01:41 AM	#20
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Had this thought a couple of nights ago, not sure if it will come out in typing as well as it did in my head ... A woman learns that she is pregnant. This is, depending on the woman and her circumstances, either a joyous event, or a fear-inducing one, but, biologically, it is the same event. This is at the SAME point in the pregancy (let's say about week 6, for the sake of argument). The happy woman thinks to herself, "I am having a baby!" The woman desiring a termination (yes, I am simplifying this, I know that for many it is not an easy decision) thinks to herself, "I am ridding myself of this fetus." One woman sees regards her clump of cells as a person. The other does not. How can it be both at the same time? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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