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To: Solon who wrote (18556)7/18/2001 11:13:59 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 82486
 
Everything in the universe is a POTENTIAL human. Should we put every egg, sperm, mite, and cherry pit in the universe on ice? Obviously we can't--so your "choice" is meaningless.

A Cherry pit isn't even a potential human. The atoms and molecules within it may one day be part of a human, but it has no human potential. The cherry pit will not turn in to a human. A sperm is closer but the sperm will not develop in to a human either. You can give sperm a supportive environment and watch them to they die and none of them will ever turn in to a human. A fetus or even an embryo is a human. A very undeveloped one but still a member of our species.

Tim



To: Solon who wrote (18556)7/18/2001 11:40:01 AM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 82486
 
We could argue for a million years whether or
when a potential human should have "rights" that would countermand the
"rights" of an ACTUAL human. We could argue and argue and argue.

But again, you beg the question.

What if they are BOTH actual humans?

In the same way that at one time blacks weren't considered acutal humans, but now are, at least by most people and by our laws.

Is the unborn child now in the same legal status as a black in 1750?


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