Science vs Law
"The life of each human being begins at conception," according to Senate Bill 793, which adds new regulations to the state's 24-hour informed consent law for abortions. "Abortion will terminate the life of a separate, unique, living human being."
The bill makes Missouri the second state to adopt such language after a similar provision became law in South Dakota in 2005, and then survived a legal challenge in federal court in 2008.
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According to my professional training, after the egg and sperm are joined it descends to the uterus. Once there, attachment to the uterine wall is a 50/50 shot. That means, according to normal human biology, 50% of all conceived human life is spontaneously and naturally aborted. Will this law be interpreted to mean 50% of all woman who have conceived are now guilty of murder?
Cross-posted from http://moosl.dreamwidth.org/151514.html (with
comments there).
The bill makes Missouri the second state to adopt such language after a similar provision became law in South Dakota in 2005, and then survived a legal challenge in federal court in 2008.
Source
According to my professional training, after the egg and sperm are joined it descends to the uterus. Once there, attachment to the uterine wall is a 50/50 shot. That means, according to normal human biology, 50% of all conceived human life is spontaneously and naturally aborted. Will this law be interpreted to mean 50% of all woman who have conceived are now guilty of murder?
Cross-posted from http://moosl.dreamwidth.org/151514.html (with
comments there).