Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
This is when.
"Zygote. This cell, formed by the union of an ovum and a sperm (Gr. zyg tos, yoked together), represents the beginning of a human being. The common expression 'fertilized ovum' refers to the zygote."
[Moore, Keith L. and Persaud, T.V.N. Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects. 4th edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1993, p. 1]
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Well, rights are a human invention. Being human means to be apart of the homosapien species.
No, it literally says, "represents the beginning of a human being".
Just take that as facevalue, the zygote is literally the first piece of a person to be created, thus the beginning. No where in there does it state anything about a zygote being synonymous with a full fledged person.
If this helps you, Therionn, here is a photo of an actual MOUSE zygote. I can get you photos of most other animals' zygotes, too.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...72552748648363
A fetus can't be a victim the way any other murdered human can. Being 'human' by itself doesn't make the fetus special.
"Zygote. This cell, formed by the union of an ovum and a sperm (Gr. zyg tos, yoked together), represents the beginning of a human being. The common expression 'fertilized ovum' refers to the zygote."
[Moore, Keith L. and Persaud, T.V.N. Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects. 4th edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1993, p. 1]
Yet again, in the same way batter is the beginning of the doughnut, yes; but one is not the other. At what point is it cake and not batter?
The bolded human is descriptive of the word "being." Still looking for when we switch to human [noun].
Yes, I'm changing my baker terms mid-post. Have to keep sane somehow.
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi