[SnakeDoctor]

>> Very, very fuzzy thinking in this article.

Actually - I think it is the most logical approach to abortion politics I’ve seen in a while. I believe life begins at conception ... but I certainly cannot prove it. This is, by and large, a matter of faith.

What is unquestionable, however, is that pro-choicers also cannot prove that life DOESN’T begin at conception. This is the abortion version of the logic of believing in God argument (i.e. “If there is no God, and I believe in God - no harm, no foul. If there IS a God, and you shun Him ... you’re SOL.”).

Similarly - if we are wrong, and life doesn’t begin at conception ... no harm, no foul - we’ve simply allowed the gestation of eventual lives that would’ve otherwise been aborted. However, if pro-choicers are wrong, and life DOES begin at conception ... then you’ve unquestionably allowed the termination of innocent lives, and you’re SOL.

I think this is a distinctly logical approach to a faith-based and emotional issue. When it comes to the beginnings of life, nobody is sure to a scientific certainty when life begins ... thus it is entirely logical to err on the side of caution, and allow such possible lives to continue to their natural conclusions.

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[reagan_fanatic]

I believe life begins at conception ... but I certainly cannot prove it

Same here. The whole argument over when life begins will never be settled satisfactorily since we will never be able to measure or test a human soul.

The fact alone that we don't know when life begins should shoot down any advocacy of abortion, period.

[ELEFTARIA]

It is written:
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you;
Before you were born, I sanctified you”
Jerermiah 1:5

sounds to me like life begins BEFORE conception :~)

[Raymann]

Well it depends on your defination of ‘life’ I suppose. I always figured that since we consider death to cession of stable EEG readings...then life starts when they become stable.

I think that’s around 20 weeks or so.