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Originally Posted by twat_clots  life begins at conception? this is the governments own definition and it really shouldn't be up to them to decide in the first place. |
Scientifically speaking life does, in fact, begin at conception. The process creates a unique but developmentally imature human being.
If life does not begin at this point when the new human comes into existence... then when does life begin?
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Originally Posted by twat_clots if contraceptives can be deemed as abortions then so can male masturbation, menstruation and the 'rhythm method'. |
No. It cannot. It cannot because a sperm or egg on its own cannot grow into an adult human. An embryo however can grow into an adult provided it is permitted to do so.
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Originally Posted by twat_clots technically a sperm is a living thing, so with this logic, everytime you pull out and give your girl a shot of baby batter in the face, apparently, you're committing abortion. i mean, come on. |
This argument is not very good. A sperm is a part of the father. The egg is a part of the mother. The embryo is a unique individual human that can grow into an adult. An egg or a sperm cannot.
anyway.... like I said trying to regulate birthcontrol pills violates
Griswold so don't get your panties in a bunch.
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Originally Posted by Dionysos I think the larger point is that the HHS moved away from the scientific(and medically accepted) definition of pregnancy to one that is much less accepted within the scientific community, presumably so they could widen the definition of abortion. |
A form of birth control that kills an embryo or prevents it from embedding in the uterine wall is an abortive form of birth control by definition. That's not really subject to debate. It kills an embryo... ie aborts it. The question is whether it is legally permissible to use the method. I belive it is, had been and will continue to be so. I don't support it morally but I do legally. Like I said above,
Griswold has spoken on this issue. These are not the droids you're looking for.
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_496/ <----Griswold