[biblewonk]

Should the government make laws about who can have sex with whom? If not then it becomes pretty hard to justify their having the ability to make the moral decision about when a life begins or when a sperm/egg combination is a living human being.

[jwalsh07]

If not then it becomes pretty hard to justify their having the ability to make the moral decision about when a life begins or when a sperm/egg combination is a living human being.

The question of when life begins is a scientific one that is well settled. It begins at conception.

The question of government protections arises after that fact.

[11th Commandment]

Another Straw man, and a bad one:

Since the government can't say when and whom I can have sex with, they can not punish me if I infect someone with AIDS.

The results of anyone's behavior, is subject to the law. Specially, if the behavior harms someone else.

[VRWC_minion]

Should the government make laws about who can have sex with whom?

False assertion. We do in fact have many laws regarding who can have sex with whom.

[MrLeRoy]

it becomes pretty hard to justify their [government] having the ability to make the moral decision about when a life begins or when a sperm/egg combination is a living human being.

If government can't decide which entities have rights, it can't do anything. When do you think a human organism acquires the right to life?