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To: TimF who wrote (28078)	4/25/2008 4:02:41 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

" That makes sense if you assume that your not dealing with a human, but with "a blob of cells" thats "a potential life", but that still may raise some moral issues." Yep, that's the basic issue. No so much where life begins, but rather, at which point it becomes HUMAN. And, to my mind, that's why the issue is so difficult to deal with, because it's a moral and religious issue, not a legal one. And also why I don't think the government should be involved in the issue.

To: TimF who wrote (28078)	4/25/2008 6:02:37 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"Others like myself recognize you are dealing with a human." Fully genetically human, sure. (But then: so is any one of your skin cells, even when growing in a petri dish....) But "granted the full legal rights of citizenship afforded by our Constitution to fully born citizens" is a different question entirely.... For, if 'full individual citizenship rights' attach from the moment of 'conception' then most ALL forms of birth control may be proscribed by the State.... And, women who smoke or drink or don't receive proper nutrition (even men, possibly), or who even work during years of fertility, might be subjected to prison for their 'crimes'... since a good half or more of all newly fertilized eggs fail to achieve implantation (under even optimal circumstances) then the Government would become fully sovereign and all-powerful in all matters of human like that have even the most tenuous of potential connections to procreation.