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Meddle Member (Idle past 1292 days) Posts: 179 From: Scotland Joined:
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You still have the issue of Intact dilation and extraction or partial birth abortion at 9 months. Intact dilation and extraction is performed between 19 and 26 weeks, which is the end of the second trimester.
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bluegenes Member (Idle past 2498 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined:
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Malcolm writes: I'm really not sure, but I suppose it's easy to point to that first diploid cell with human DNA and say there is something that fills the basic criteria for life and it's human. Sure we could call it human life. It's the human life cycle, so everything involved can be called that, including the egg and sperm. And if she wants to call the zygote a human organism, that's fine by me. So, we could look at her argument in these two ways: Firstly, the zygote (B) and a person (C) are both human organisms (A)s. So, a zygote is a person because if both B and C are an A, then B=C. Spot the fallacy! Secondly, because a (B) can potentially become a (C), then B=C. Just as bad! I may be being unfair because I haven't gone back to look at the paper, but from memory, the above seems to be a simplified version of what she wants to say. I can remember noticing that "human organism i.e. human being" bit at the beginning with suspicion.
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shadow71 Member (Idle past 2955 days) Posts: 706 From: Joliet, il, USA Joined: |
Staggler writes:
Occupy Reality - We Are The 40 Percent.....-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If 60 percent of human souls ends up in a better place as part of God’s will without ever having physically existed as anything more than a few cells or having any comprehension of physical existence one has to wonder what the point of the other 40 percent of us is.I am the 40%..... Good question. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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shadow71 Member (Idle past 2955 days) Posts: 706 From: Joliet, il, USA Joined: |
Perdition writes:
But while the fetus is dependent on the mother for survival, it would seem to fail this part of the definition, would it not. Not to mention, until differentiation, there are no different organs, again failing this part. At best, it would seem that the fetus is a part of the mother, meaning she can have it removed, if she wants. She cites that definiton to support the position distinguishing a zygot, a human being, from a collection of cells types that are alive but perform certain functions but are not organisms because they do not perform coordinated interactions directed towards any higher level of organization, as the zygote does that continues until death.
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shadow71 Member (Idle past 2955 days) Posts: 706 From: Joliet, il, USA Joined: |
hooah writes: If they are in fact human beings may I pray for them?
What's juvenile about pointing out your absurd notion of "praying" for a single cell? I think your "praying" is the absurd bit. Perhaps even more absurd is thinking you'll acknowledge how ridiculous you sound saying you pray for zygotes and hope they are "in a better place".
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shadow71 Member (Idle past 2955 days) Posts: 706 From: Joliet, il, USA Joined: |
bluegenes writes:
So: Do you consider yourself to be a corpse right now on the basis that your biology determines that that will be the case in the future? Yes or no? A corpse is not a human being, so no I do not consider myself to be a corpse.
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Perdition Member (Idle past 3259 days) Posts: 1593 From: Wisconsin Joined:
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perform coordinated interactions directed towards any higher level of organization, as the zygote does that continues until death. What is the difference between a single-celled blastocyst and a stem cell in my bone marrow? Both are single cells, both can create multiple different cells that are necessary for "higher organization."
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shadow71 Member (Idle past 2955 days) Posts: 706 From: Joliet, il, USA Joined: |
Malcolm writes: She cites that definiton to support the position distinguishing a zygot, a human being, from a collection of cells types that are alive but perform certain functions but are not organisms because they do not perform coordinated interactions directed towards any higher level of organization, as the zygote does that continues until death. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well as I said it does contain human DNA, so ultimately over many generations these local interactions will lay down the tissues that can be collectively called a human. The point I was trying to make was that these interactions are not significantly different from the interactions in the cells of an adult in maintaining the human body which has developed, such as the germinal layer of the epidermis giving rise to new skin cells, or haematopoietic stem cells multiplying to produce the various blood cells.
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shadow71 Member (Idle past 2955 days) Posts: 706 From: Joliet, il, USA Joined: |
Malcolm writes: If the fetus is not able to be taken by C-Section then If the mother wishes to be treated she should be treated. She is not intentionally destroying the fetus and there is also the chance if she is not treated she may not live to deliver the baby. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Finally I'll leave you with this scenario to consider. A woman is pregnant with a child when she is diagnosed with cancer. Due to the nature of chemotherapeutic drugs it is most likely that the foetus will die, but carrying it to term will be too late for the cancer to be effectively treated. In your view who is more important in this scenario, who makes the decisions? Edited by shadow71, : No reason given.
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hooah212002 Member (Idle past 823 days) Posts: 3193 Joined: |
Go back and read bluegenes Message 235 because that image is the answer to your implied question. To answer your direct question: you are free to "pray" for whatever you want. I am just pointing out that it is a futile and deceiptful effort given that a zygote is not a human being but rather a single cell.
Mythology is what we call someone else’s religion. Joseph Campbell
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bluegenes Member (Idle past 2498 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined:
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shadow71 writes: A corpse is not a human being, so no I do not consider myself to be a corpse. Good. So, we can agree that because something is in the process of transforming into something else, it is not that something else until the transformation has taken place. And that applies when the transformation is inevitable. So why, when the (far from inevitable) transformation of a zygote into a newborn baby has not taken place, should we regard a mindless single cell as a person?
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shadow71 Member (Idle past 2955 days) Posts: 706 From: Joliet, il, USA Joined: |
bluegenes writes:
Good. So, we can agree that because something is in the process of transforming into something else, it is not that something else until the transformation has taken place. And that applies when the transformation is inevitable A corpse is not a human being. It has ceased to be. So the analogy is not revelant.The human being is transformed into different stages with labels such as zygot, child, adult ect. but it is still the same organism. So no we don't agree on that. bluegenes from previous message writes:
Something can't become what it already is. Presumably you mean at what stage in the human life cycle does a human being emerge. Scientifically, there's no consensus, and it's very difficult to see how there could be one. IMO, we don't have a very good definition of what we are. If we can't rigorously define a "person" and list all the attributes it should have, then how can we decide on a precise time in the cycle? Some of the most important things, like our conscious awareness of the world, don't actually seem to be there in new born babies, who act very much instinctively. But the person seems to start to emerge during the first few months. So, the closest I can say as a tentative personal suggestion is during the first few months after birth. But wherever we fix it, it's rather arbitrary. I have a question in re your personal view as to when a human being emerges. How does that viewpoint affect when you believe an abortion can be performed morally, not legally?
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shadow71 Member (Idle past 2955 days) Posts: 706 From: Joliet, il, USA Joined: |
bluegenes writes:
Good. So, we can agree that because something is in the process of transforming into something else, it is not that something else until the transformation has taken place. And that applies when the transformation is inevitable A corpse is not a human being. It has ceased to be. So the analogy is not revelant.The human being is transformed into different stages with laels such as zygot, child, adult ect. but it is still the same organism. So no we don't agree on that. bluegenes from previous message writes:
Something can't become what it already is. Presumably you mean at what stage in the human life cycle does a human being emerge. Scientifically, there's no consensus, and it's very difficult to see how there could be one. IMO, we don't have a very good definition of what we are. If we can't rigorously define a "person" and list all the attributes it should have, then how can we decide on a precise time in the cycle? Some of the most important things, like our conscious awareness of the world, don't actually seem to be there in new born babies, who act very much instinctively. But the person seems to start to emerge during the first few months. So, the closest I can say as a tentative personal suggestion is during the first few months after birth. But wherever we fix it, it's rather arbitrary. I have a question in re your personal view as to when a human being emerges. How does that viewpoint affect when you believe an abortion can be performed morally, not legally? Sorry I somehow posted it twice. Edited by shadow71, : No reason given. Edited by shadow71, : No reason given.
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shadow71 Member (Idle past 2955 days) Posts: 706 From: Joliet, il, USA Joined: |
hooah writes:
you are free to "pray" for whatever you want. I am just pointing out that it is a futile and deceiptful effort given that a zygote is not a human being but rather a single cell. I guess we have to agree to disagree on that point. But why is it deceiptful?
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bluegenes Member (Idle past 2498 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined: |
shadow71 writes: A corpse is not a human being. It has ceased to be. So the analogy is not revelant. The person ceases to exist, but the corpse exists at the moment of death. One is not the other.
shadow writes: The human being is transformed into different stages with laels such as zygot, child, adult ect. but it is still the same organism. So no we don't agree on that. The human life cycle goes through these stages, yes. But you sound as though you've now found a definition of human being that includes the phrase "single cell".
shadow71 writes: I have a question in re your personal view as to when a human being emerges. How does that viewpoint affect when you believe an abortion can be performed morally, not legally? I'd say very broadly speaking that we should try to avoid killing sentient people. That is persons with personalities. I don't think abortions can technically be performed on such things.
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