To: William Tell
The joining of sperm and egg is the closest thing we have to an unambiguous event which can be used to distinguish between the period of time during which a given person exists and the time prior to their existence. In what way is implantation less unambiguous?
73 posted on
12/12/2001 9:43:21 PM PST by
supercat
To: supercat
Because conception, the forming of unique human DNA, happens before it. That's what renders it ambiguous. My DNA, the unique package that determines every physical trait I have, came into existence at conception. Not before, not after. Anything else is a viability test, and there begins the slippery slope.
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