Pro-lifers are always saying "Abortion
Kills Children." But,
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Is
Abortion the "Killing" of this Being?
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Does
Abortion Cause Pain to its Victim?
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Where can
we draw the line for when human life begins?
Is the child a child all the way through pregnancy?
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"No One
Really Knows When Human Life Begins."
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If it's not any of the times above,When Does Human Life Begin?
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Does the radical break occur at
Conception-Fertilization?
Is the human embryo a "Fertilized
Egg"?
All of the following Objections
and Replies to the zygote's personhood are
addressed in this very interesting section.
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"The zygote cannot be a
human person because IT IS TOO SMALL.
"THE ZYGOTE LACKS A
STRUCTURE that must be present for us to be able to speak of a person."
"But THE ZYGOTE IS NOT
CONSCIOUS, he cannot think, and he cannot communicate. How can he be a
person?"
"The zygote cannot be a
person because HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE a human person."
"The zygote cannot be a
human person because HE DOES NOT EVEN HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR
CONSCIOUSNESS."
"The zygote is ONLY A
BLUEPRINT FOR A HUMAN BEING."
"JUST AS AN ACORN IS NOT AN
OAK TREE, so the zygote is not a human person."
"To be a human person, one
must be indivisible, a unity. THE ZYGOTE IS NOT INDIVISIBLE, therefore
it is not a person."
"HUMAN LIFE NEVER BEGINS,
except once, long ago. The sperm, the ovum, and the zygote are all
froms of human life."
"There is NO SUCH THING AS
THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION, since conception is a process."
"If we revere and protect
fertilized eggs, WHY NOT ALSO UNFERTILIZED EGGS AND SPERM?"
"Some entities that stem
from the union of sperm and egg are not human beings, why protect all
of them?"
"If and when human cloning
occurs, is this not a human life because it did not come from the union
of the sperm and egg?"
"Granting all this, isn't it
possible that a person does not come into being until a soul is
infused?"
"What can science establish
about this issue?"
"Does some 'contraception'
function to destroy the zygote?"
"What is the significance of
establishing conception as the beginning of human existance?"
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So then, Is the Zygote a Person? Are we
prepared to say that a "fertilized egg" has full human rights?
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"The being
in the womb may be HUMAN, but it is not a PERSON. Being a person in the human community means more than
biological humanity." (The agrument of Mary Ann Warren)
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"Doesn't a woman have the Right to Control her Own Body?"
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"Abortion
can't be a 'Horror' as pro-lifers say,
because it is A Complex
Issue."
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I don't like abortion, but I think it is
justified in Cases
of Rape, Incest, Health and Life of the Woman.
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Don't we need Abortion for the Sake of the Child, or the Family, or Society?
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Should
the Preborn Child be Given Legal Protection?
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Some
Common Objections to the Pro-life Position.
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What kind of Legal
Dimensions do you pro-lifers propose?
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What would the Penalties be for abortion? Would
women who obtained abortion be guilty of murder?
Should the law prohibiting abortion allow for Exceptions?
Should there be Public
Funding of abortions? |
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| Epilogue:
Looking Back and Looking Ahead
List of
Works Cited
Notes
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