Alcohol's youngest victims. We suggest you read the article, and ideally the book, listed below before generating this discussion, because Clifford Grobstein presents a well-balanced and scientifically based presentation on the issue. Until this time, Grobstein uses pre-embryo. Pregnancy does not begin until implantation occurs. At least two-thirds of all fertilized eggs do not go through full pregnancy.
Behavioral individuality begins when movement occurs, six weeks or later.
This early movement is reflexive only because the rudimentary brain does not yet have neurons. From 8 to 20 weeks the central nervous system is extremely immature and probably indicates that there is no awareness, a criterion for psychic individuality. Until about 30 weeks after conception you don't see brain wave patterns that are characteristic of EEGs in persons. Social individuality begins after birth. She could have received a 30-year sentence, but she was sentenced to a year of house arrest in a drug rehabilitation center and 14 years of probation.