08-21-2015, 03:13 PM
(08-21-2015, 02:42 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: When it has it's own individual set of DNA. A part of a human will have it's owners DNA in it. A tumor still has the DNA of the person that created it, but an unborn baby will have DNA from another person too.
A human blastocyst has its own unique combination of human DNA. It cannot think. It cannot feel. It has no organ systems. It is not aware of self or surroundings. It cannot sense or respond to any stimuli. It cannot survive independently of the mother until it reaches the gestational maturity necessary to have at least a 50/50 chance of survival after birth with the most advanced life support systems available.
Is it human? Yes. Is it alive? Yes. Is it a living, individual human with individual rights which supersede the rights of the mother? In my opinion, emphasis on opinion, it is not. I concur with the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade opinion.
What will change my opinion? Evidence my current opinion is wrong.
