Posted by
Steve on Saturday, July 22, 2006 3:22:29 AM
There has been a lot of discussion about when does life begin. Science has the answer, though most choose to ignore it. One of the laws of scienc is that life comes from life. That means that something alive must come from something alive. At no time does the life in question not be alive during any period of its life cycle.
That should make it clear to everyone when does life begin. Maybe they have a question about when does a human become a human. That is also a simple answer drawn from science. Everyone agrees that a baby is human. That means the baby must have been human just before it was born. By following this logic step by step, it is possible to determine that the sperm and egg are both human. They came from human beings and contain human DNA. So, it follows that a person is a human from the time their sperm and egg were created.
Maybe the real question is when is the essence of being a human, the human spirit put into the body. Again we look to science for answers. This answer is not as clear cut. The human heart is beating within one month after the sperm and egg join to make a zygote. Is the human spirit present in the body at that time? That is a question that cannot be answered with precision. My feeling is that it would obviously be present when the body starts moving. My reasoning would be that the body could not move without the spirit being present. But exactly when the spirit joins the body is unclear.
Using science as my guide, I would conclude that the killing a human baby at any stage of development would be killing a human life. To call it just a mass of cells is to deny the reality of what that "mass of cells" will ultimately be. Would that mass of cells grow up to become President of the United States? Would that mass of cells discover the cure for a dread disease? The answers to these questions will forever be unknown unless the mass of cells is allowed to grow into the adult it should become. It would also make it important to teach that person everything they should know to become the best that they can be.
See, science does have the answer to when does life begin. Lawyers can argue all they want, but they cannot deny the reality of the situation. Life begins before conception when the sperm and egg are created. They should be treated with respect from that stage of life onward. I will grant you that the vast majority of sperm are created to die. Only one out of 100 million plus actually gets the honor of uniting with the egg, but all deserve respect. The newly created life should be treated as a human life from the moment of conception onward. It is human during all stages of development. It should be granted the same rights as any other human being.