By Marlena Sobel Abortion is murder. Only a person can be murdered. Therefore, abortion is not murder unless one considers the fetus to be a person.
Science says that a fetus is a person from the moment of conception.
Their argument follows that since the whole genet ic code is established when the ovum and sperm is united, and each code is unique, a unique person is therefore created at the moment of conception. This logic is flawed, however, because although there is a continuum from conception to death, there is a difference between an actual person and a potential or possible person. If each of these cells is then to be considered a possible human being, then any time any cell is removed, through surgery for instance, a potential life is destroyed. The Bible says a fetus is a person from the moment of conception. Two passages are most often quoted to explain the theory of life from conception.