A post about abortion.
If you don't like me talking about abortion, don't read it.
I'm setting this straight.
Pro-choice argument: "The fetus is just a part of the pregnant woman's body, like her tonsils or appendix. You can't seriously believe an embryo is an actual person."
Philosopher Mortimer Adler claimed that the unborn is "a part of the mother's body, in the same sense that an individual's arm or leg is a part of a living organism. An individual's decision to have an arm or leg amputated falls within the sphere of privacy - the freedom to do as one pleases in all matters that do not injure others or the public welfare."
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This is only the first answer provided out of many. In this book, the baby is referred to as "he".
A body part is defined by the genetic code it shares with the rest of the body; the unborn's genetic code differs from his mother's.
Every cell of the mother's tonsils, appendix, heart, and lungs shares the same genetic code. The unborn child also has a genetic code, distinctly different from his mother's. Every cell of his body is uniquely his, each different than every cell of his mother's body. Often his blood type is also different, and half the time even his gender is different.
Half of the child's forty-six chromosomes come from his biological father, half from his mother. Except in the rare cases of identical twins, the combination of those chromosomes is so unique , dinstinct even from that of a brother or sister coming from the same parents.
Just as no two people have identical fingerprints, no two people have identical genetic fingerprints (including that of a baby in the womb). If one body is inside another each has it's own unique genetic code. So there is not only one, but two seperate people. John Jefferson Davis states:
"It is a well-established fact that a genetically distinct human being is brought into existence at conception. Once fertilization takes place, the zygote is its own entity, genetically distinct from both mother and father. The newly conceived individual possesses all the necessary information for a self-directed development and will proceed to grow in the usual human fashion, given time and nourishment. It is simply untrue that the unborn child is merely "part of the mother's child". In addition to being genetically distinct from the time of conception, the unborn possesses seperate circulatory, nervous, and endocrine systems."
A Chineese zygote implanted in a Swedish woman will always be Chineese, not Swedish, because his identity is based on his genetic code, not that of the body in which he resides. If the woman's body is the only one involved in a pregnancy, then she must have two noses, four legs, two sets of fingerprints, two brains, two circulatory systems, and two skeletal systems. Half the time she must also have testicles and a penis. In those 50 percent of pregnancies when the child is male, clearly his sexual organs are not part of his mother's body, but his own. It is a clear scientific fact that the mother is one distinctive and self-contained person, and the child is another.'
An excerpt from "Pro-life answers to Pro-choice arguments" by Randy Alcorn. Thought it was worth posting. Chew on it for a while.
Sorry if i spelled some stuff wrong. It's late and im tired. lol
happy thanksgiving to all.
I'm setting this straight.
Pro-choice argument: "The fetus is just a part of the pregnant woman's body, like her tonsils or appendix. You can't seriously believe an embryo is an actual person."
Philosopher Mortimer Adler claimed that the unborn is "a part of the mother's body, in the same sense that an individual's arm or leg is a part of a living organism. An individual's decision to have an arm or leg amputated falls within the sphere of privacy - the freedom to do as one pleases in all matters that do not injure others or the public welfare."
- - - -
This is only the first answer provided out of many. In this book, the baby is referred to as "he".
A body part is defined by the genetic code it shares with the rest of the body; the unborn's genetic code differs from his mother's.
Every cell of the mother's tonsils, appendix, heart, and lungs shares the same genetic code. The unborn child also has a genetic code, distinctly different from his mother's. Every cell of his body is uniquely his, each different than every cell of his mother's body. Often his blood type is also different, and half the time even his gender is different.
Half of the child's forty-six chromosomes come from his biological father, half from his mother. Except in the rare cases of identical twins, the combination of those chromosomes is so unique , dinstinct even from that of a brother or sister coming from the same parents.
Just as no two people have identical fingerprints, no two people have identical genetic fingerprints (including that of a baby in the womb). If one body is inside another each has it's own unique genetic code. So there is not only one, but two seperate people. John Jefferson Davis states:
"It is a well-established fact that a genetically distinct human being is brought into existence at conception. Once fertilization takes place, the zygote is its own entity, genetically distinct from both mother and father. The newly conceived individual possesses all the necessary information for a self-directed development and will proceed to grow in the usual human fashion, given time and nourishment. It is simply untrue that the unborn child is merely "part of the mother's child". In addition to being genetically distinct from the time of conception, the unborn possesses seperate circulatory, nervous, and endocrine systems."
A Chineese zygote implanted in a Swedish woman will always be Chineese, not Swedish, because his identity is based on his genetic code, not that of the body in which he resides. If the woman's body is the only one involved in a pregnancy, then she must have two noses, four legs, two sets of fingerprints, two brains, two circulatory systems, and two skeletal systems. Half the time she must also have testicles and a penis. In those 50 percent of pregnancies when the child is male, clearly his sexual organs are not part of his mother's body, but his own. It is a clear scientific fact that the mother is one distinctive and self-contained person, and the child is another.'
An excerpt from "Pro-life answers to Pro-choice arguments" by Randy Alcorn. Thought it was worth posting. Chew on it for a while.
Sorry if i spelled some stuff wrong. It's late and im tired. lol
happy thanksgiving to all.