[harmony]

"Given that twinning can occur up to the 14th day of this process, it is not logically possible to talk of the conception of a unique human individual prior to the completion of this process."

So, then, if human cloning becomes a feasible reality, everyone will cease to be unique humans, and thereby lose the right to life?

[supercat]

So, then, if human cloning becomes a feasible reality, everyone will cease to be unique humans, and thereby lose the right to life?

That's part of the reason I'd regard implantation as more of a 'landmark' than fertilization. I personally would regard an unimplanted embryo as being equivalent to an acorn: it is a genetically unique product of sexual reproduction, but it has not yet reached the point of development where it must forevermore either grow or perish. An acorn isn't considered a living tree until it enters the ground and germinate; I would apply a similar standard to human development.