Assertion: zygote | /r/HasProperty | human being
Facets:
value: by all the laws of biology
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In response to Steven Sylwester's April 11 letter, "A zygote is a human being," I think we can all agree that a woman seeking an abortion does not want a birth.
text: Of course, as one person put it, the sooner we all realize that a zygote is a human but a Muslin, a criminal, a gay or a woman is not, the sooner we'll get back on track.
text: The zygote is human life
text: Thus, the scientific evidence supports the conclusion that a zygote is a human organism and that the life of a new human being commences at a scientifically well defined "moment of conception.
text: By all the laws of biology, a zygote is a human being.
text: A sparkplug may not be a car, but a zygote is a human being.
text: If a zygote is a human being, then so is a sperm, so masturbation is murder.
text: This has got to be one of the most obtuse responses to the claim the zygote is a human being.
text: But I also reject what I see as the false clarity of those who would make all abortions illegal on the grounds that a zygote is a human being.
text: First, on the ontological question of whether a zygote is a human being, I am persuaded that there is in fact no "magic moment" when human being-ness occurs.