I guess kinda, but I think anyone who contests that is not necessarily contesting that LIFE begins at conception, but that HUMAN LIFE (as defined by our concept of human rights) begins at conception.
Nobody sane is going to say that two living cells combine and then immediately die, become nonlife, and then spontaneously become life again after developing, while not alive.
Abortion is absolutely killing a life. Whether it's killing a human being or not is what the abortion debate is about.
Semen is alive and contains human DNA, but no pro-life march defends the right of sperm to survive, nor do pro-choicers defend the right to masturbate.
I think this is a big reason that the pro-life and pro-choice people talk past one another. Not only are they not arguing the same issue, but they're not even agreeing on how they're defining the terms they're using.
I guess kinda, but I think anyone who contests that is not necessarily contesting that LIFE begins at conception, but that HUMAN LIFE (as defined by our concept of human rights) begins at conception.
Nobody sane is going to say that two living cells combine and then immediately die, become nonlife, and then spontaneously become life again. Abortion is absolutely killing a life. Whether it's killing a human being or not is what the abortion debate is about.
Semen is alive and contains human DNA, but no pro-life march defends the right of sperm to survive, nor do pro-choicers defend the right to masturbate.
I think this is a big reason that the pro-life and pro-choice people talk past one another. Not only are they not arguing the same issue, but they're not even agreeing on how they're defining the terms they're using.
I guess kinda, but I think anyone who contests that is not necessarily contesting that LIFE begins at conception, but that HUMAN LIFE (as defined by our concept of human rights) begins at conception.
Semen is alive and contains human DNA, but no pro-life march defends the right of sperm to survive, nor do pro-choicers defend the right to masturbate.
I think this is a big reason that the pro-life and pro-choice people talk past one another. Not only are they not arguing the same issue, but they're not even agreeing on how they're defining the terms they're using.