Abortion

Now, we are going to have to argue when the fetus becomes a human being. Because since you say "a fetus is not YET a human being. .. " you mean that at some point in time the fetus will become a human being. And you would say a fetus at 1-2 months left is a baby. There are two things wrong with this: 1. You would be arguing that what it means to be human is based on length of life. There is no magical moment somewhere between the time period of 3 months and 8 months when a fetus becomes a human being. No where has biology defined a human being based on the length of time that the human being has developed. Therefore, giving months is irrelevant as it does not prove whether the fetus is a human being or not. 2. Since the time argument of months has been eliminated, we are left with development. You would be arguing that the developmental stages of the fetus determine when to call the fetus a human being. There are many things wrong with this. First of all, you are now limiting what it means to be human by development. That would mean a 15 year old child is more of a human being than a 6 month old baby because the 15 year old child is more developed towards a biological human complexity than the 6 month old child. Since clearly we we would never say anyone is more of a human being than someone else, development does nothing to determine whether someone is a human being. And now I will show why the fetus is a human being. In order to do this I will also eliminate your argument that "giving a fetus rights is equivalent to giving sperm and semen rights. " Here are the scientific differences between a fetus and a sperm cell: 1. The sperm cell is not a unique human DNA. The sperm cell has the same DNA as the father. On the the other hand, the fetus has a completely unique and new set of DNA that is different from both the mother and the father. This is the genetic reason why the fetus is a new human. 2. The fetus grows towards biological complexity and reproduces through cellular division which proves the fetus is also alive. The sperm cell does not grow nor does it reproduce in and of itself. A sperm cell simply is a cell while a fetus is a new being. 3. Actually the fetus already has rights. The laws of Double Murder protect the fetus when a pregnant mother and fetus are murdered. Thus the fetus has rights to life given to it through that law because the law would consider the fetus a human being with rights. However, what is so messed up is that the law in America contradicts itself. Either the fetus has a right to life or it does not. I will argue that the fetus has the right to life. So it is not the same thing to give a sperm cell rights as it is to give a fetus rights. I will now support why the Double Murder Law makes sense in saying that a fetus is a human being with rights. The fetus has entirely unique human DNA that is unique from the mother or father. The fetus also grows towards biological complexity and cellularly divides from the moment of conception proving the fetus is alive from the moment of conception. Now nothing is conceived in its full potential, rather everything is conceived with its full potential. This means that just because a fetus is not fully developed does not mean it is not a human being. A 6 month old baby isn't fully developed but it is a human being. Because of this logical reasoning, we have to look at potential of the fetus. The fetus is a human being with potential to grow towards greater biological complexity. The fetus is a human being because of its unique human DNA, for the fact that it is living, and also because the fetus was conceived with all the fundamental human genetic potential of every other human being to ever exist. Here is another way of viewing this: Do you think a child is as fully developed as you? No. But you still think a child is human being. Do you think a fetus is as developed as you? No. However, why would you be able to claim then the fetus is not a human being when here are the equivalents between the child and the fetus: 1. Both have unique human DNA 2. Both are still undergoing the early stages of development towards human complexity 3. Both are dependent on other beings for survival You see, the development of the fetus really makes no sense in arguing that the fetus is not a human being. Development means that the the thing developing had to have a starting point. Its not that a random sack of cells chooses to develop into a cat or dog or kid. Rather, development only occurs once the genetic code of being has already been written out at the moment of conception. Therefore, the fetus is a human being at the moment of conception and just continues to grow/develop from that point on. So actually whenever people argue that the fetus is not yet human because the fetus is not yet developed enough, they are ignoring the fact that development can only occur once the fetus has already been conceived AS a human being. I now have shown that the time of the pregnancy does not matter in determining whether or not the fetus is human. I also have now shown that development of the fetus does not matter in determining whether or not the fetus is a human being. I now have shown the fetus is scientifically a human being. I also have shown the fetus has lawful rights to life as shown through the example of the Double Murder Laws. Let us put this all together. The fetus is a living human being from the moment of conception with the right to life, therefore, abortion, which infringes upon the right to life of the fetus, is wrong.