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Why not? You don't mind going back and forth over other stuff when you think you have a chance of swaying someone's opinion. There is LIFE and there is life. Look it up in the dictionary. There are lots of definitions.
WebMd, a highly recognized and esteemed source of medical information, considers it a baby from conception.
"Month One of Pregnancy
The amniotic sac is a water-tight sac that forms around the fertilized egg. It helps cushion the growing embryo throughout pregnancy.
The placenta also develops at this point in the first trimester. The placenta is a round, flat organ that transfers nutrients from the mother to the baby, and transfers waste from the baby.
A primitive face takes form with large dark circles for eyes. The mouth, lower jaw, and throat are developing. Blood cells are taking shape, and circulation will begin. By the end of the first month of pregnancy, your baby is around 6-7mm (1/4 inch) long - about the size of a grain of rice!"
Biology, embryology, genetics inform that life begins at conception. Whether a nation or government chooses to call that life a 'person' or give it rights are societal, legal, and political issues.
One does not get determine if there is a life. There simply is. Society does determine when it gets protected.
So, now you think survival rate is irrelevant. Lol, yeah, it mattered when you threw it out there.
We are never going to make all abortions illegal. You would rather argue for something that is never going to happen as opposed for things that would lessen the reasons a woman would abort.
We are never going to make all abortions illegal. You would rather argue for something that is never going to happen as opposed for things that would lessen the reasons a woman would abort.
I’d argue that making all abortions illegal is ridiculous.
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