She WAS an egg.
Hell, she WAS an egg that WASNT fertilized. I was a SPERM that had not yet gotten to an OVUM. My value now is greater than as a sperm, is it not? Indeed, with the amount of wasted sperm(in the millions) it is kind of ridiculous to equate that microscopic cell with a full-grown, born human being isn't it? Ok, so when the sperm hits the egg, that is the crossover point into being just as valuable and worthy of protection as a 2 month old or 20 year old? Come on.
Again, I'm for restrictions, but I don't equate it from conception to birth like some pro-lifers do. Never will.
"Ok, so when the sperm hits the egg, that is the crossover point into being just as valuable and worthy of protection as a 2 month old or 20 year old?"
Yes - that is the point that a brand new, genetically complete human being is conceived. No other human being has the right to kill it.
Once we propose a right to kill the innocent, we forego our own humanity. We become no different in kind from the Bin Laden's and Al-Zarqawi's of this world - from that point it is just a matter of degree.
Dear Skywalk,
No, actually, you were never a sperm, nor an unfertilized ovum. Either that, or you were both an unfertilized ovum AND a sperm - in which case, you were two separate and distinct entities at the same time.
No, your unique individuality came into being, who you are, the start of your existence, when a sperm fertilized and ovum.
As to comparing "value" between one human being and another, I don't play that game. "All men are created equal..."
All individual human beings enjoy the same endowment of natural rights.
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At what point do you believe that abortion should be restricted?