Abortion

From biology, it is obvious that life begins at the moment of conception. This life can coherently only be described as human because it possesses human DNA and is the progeny of human parents. One of the main issues of abortion lies behind the vague lines of ones worldview; namely, the origin of life. In essence, according to the evolutionary model,(we'll leave the creation-evolution debate for an other day) life was a spontaneous eruption that emerged from a can of Campbell's Soup. More seriously, according to: http://evolution.berkeley.edu..., life originated when: "simple organic molecules were formed." Either life arose from non-life, or life is a unique creation of a purposeful Creator. If the evolution model is factually correct, man is but a higher form of animals, an advanced species; therefore abortion is just a fact of life regardless of the consequences for the developing life inside. In contrast, biblical creationists attribute the creation of man distinct to that of the animal kingdom. The Creator gave people unique linguistic, aesthetic, rational, moral, and spiritual faculties not given to animals. Therefore, the sanctity of life is of utmost importance and life begins long before birth. I am not necessarily implying that all evolutionists are anti-life, but solely that the basic evolutionary model justifies abortion and involuntarily supports it. Ethics aside, considering the underwritten information, the unborn is human and should be protected as a human. Imperative facts concerning the developing baby taken from: http://www.prolifeaction.org... A baby's heart begins to beat 18 days from conception, and by 21 days the heart is pumping blood through a closed circulatory system. A baby's brainwaves can be detected at 6 weeks from conception. Fingerprints have formed on an unborn child's hands by 14 weeks from conception. By 9 weeks from conception, all the structures necessary for pain sensation are functioning. At 4 weeks from conception, a baby's eye, ear, and respiratory systems begin to form. Thumb-sucking has been documented at 7 weeks from conception. At 8 weeks from conception, a baby's heartbeat can be detected by ultrasonic stethoscope. By 9 weeks from conception, a baby is able to bend her fingers around an object in her hand. By 11 to 12 weeks from conception, the baby is breathing fluid steadily and continues to do so until birth. By 11 weeks from conception, a baby can swallow. Between 13 and 15 weeks from conception, a baby's taste buds are present and functioning. At 20 weeks, and perhaps as early as 16 weeks from conception, a baby is capable of hearing his mother's heartbeat and external noises like music. At 23 weeks from conception, babies have been shown to demonstrate rapid eye movements (REM), which are characteristic of active dream states. At six months from conception, a baby's oil and sweat glands are functioning. At seven months from conception, a baby frequently "exercises" in preparation for birth by stretching and kicking. At eight months from conception, a baby's skin begins to thicken, and swallows a gallon of amniotic fluid each day and often hiccups. During the ninth month from conception, a baby gains half a pound per week. Of the 45 generations of cell divisions before adulthood, 41 have already taken place.