Are unborn fetus human?
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I think this is another one of those abortion issues that should be nobody's business but the woman's and her doctor's
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TO THE PEOPLE WHO SAID THIS IS STUPID!! HOW COME ITS STUPID??!!! Unborn babies are a human being!! are you all sick?! dnt you have conscience?!! They died and not even given a chance to live and have a life!!! you should all think about it!! its not the babies fault that their mothers are such as slot!!\ndeathbloom you are what you said!!!\nit should be given a thought on persecuting those who abort their babies!! MURDERERS!!
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Wow. This question is very controversial. Lots of people believe that life begins at conception. Some say life does not begin until birth. I do know that a "fetus" can feel pain, suck its thumb, etc. At that point I say it's a baby. In fact, I consider it a baby from conception. There are scientific aspects, and then personal and religious aspects.\n\nWhat is your definition of human worth? Is an 8 year old child more worthy of living than a 37 year old person? How does one determine that? Each life is individual. I don't think you can put "worth" on a soul.\n\nSo, in my opinion a fetus IS human. It's not a "stage of development.\n\nHave fun with your responses, as I am sure you will get many.\n\nOh, and thanks for kick starting my brain!!!   :)
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Abortion is not murder. Murder is the willful taking of one human's life by another human. Physiologically, a fetus is more like a salamander than a human, and I'm not big into the salamander rights campaign. Neurologically, the child isn't complete until it's a year old, so while it's still in the womb, it's certainly not a developed human. Christians claim to take truth from the bible, and the bible makes no reference to abortion or infanticide. In fact the closest thing to a reference is in Exodus 21:22 to the punishment if a man does violence to a pregnant woman causing her to lose the child, which is different from the punishment for murder as described in Exodus 21:12, which clearly indicates that the basis for popular religious thought for the Judeo-Christian-Muslim traditions did not intend for the killing of a fetus to be regarded as murder
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I can see that you will not accept anyone's opinion but your own, but I will give it my best shot to try to explain the answer to what you have asked.\nJust because someone does not believe abortion should be legal, it does not mean that their answer is based in religion ,although the most powerful arguments against abortion is found in a religious view.  However there is also a Scientific explination. It is a fact that a child is a real human being from the moment of conception. They have everything, including their own blood type separate from the mother's. They have their own special DNA just like you and me, not connected with the mother's, which will make them the unique person they are, starting from coception until the end of the existence of their body. Everything about these tiny people, their gender, their eye color, the color of their skin, and hair, has already been predermined in the genes they have been given from coception,  At only 2 weeks into their life as a human in the fetus stage of developement, the unborn child has fingers and toes, and sucks his or her thumb, and has a real heartbeat that the obstetrician can detect with a stethascope. All of these facts have been determined scientifically. So, you mean to tell me that the unborn child is not human? What is it then, and at what exact moment did it evolve into human? Could it be feline, or insect, or alien at conception, and then at at a certain point just all of a sudden it becomes human?  Anyone with a brain would know that is totally rediculous. \n Unfortunately the unborn human child"s inalienable right to life under the constitution of the United States is denied to these the smallest and weakest of our race just because they still need the protection of their mother's womb until they have grown big enough and strong enough to  live outside of it. This violation of human rights is called Abortion. I also say it is discrimination based on their place of origin, that is living inside instead of outside their mother's body. Hey, even you began your life that way. Are you such a hypocrite that you would condem all human beings who are starting out life in the same way you did?  So, millions of these vulnerable human beings have their lives exterminated before they are even born, just because they are not yet among the strongest of our race. Does that not smack at all of Nazi Germany? In Auswitch the unwated people were sent to the ovens and gas showers to die a terrible death. In the Abortion mills the unwanted children are brutally murdered in their mother's wombs. \nI will explain how brutal. Most people don't realize the abortion process. One method is to inject a saline solution into the mother's  womb. The baby is burned alive and is delivered dead with it's skin burned off. This method of abortion is usually done in the last trimester of the pregnancy, so it looks like a normal infant except dead and completely red all over.\nAnother method of abortion is where the doctor puts a sharp  blade into the opening of the uterus and literally slices the baby into pieces. Then he vacumes out all the pieces of arms and legs and skull, etc. into a bucket; and afterward someone has to put all the pieces back together so as to be sure that none are left inside the mother which could cause her severe problems later if not done properly. When the pieces are put back together they look like a human baby (except very bloody), even though this method is usually done in the first two trimester stages of pregnancy. \nThe absolute worst and cruelest of the abortion methods is what is called "Partial Birth Abortion" (It should be called "Partial Birth Infanticide.") It is always done in the last month of pregnancy when the baby is full term and about to be born anyway. First the abotionist gives the woman a shot to induce birth. Then when the baby's head comes out, he sticks a pair of scissors into the b
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The life of a baby begins long before he or she is born. A new individual human being begins at fertilization, when the sperm and ovum meet to form a single cell that has it's own unique human DNA.  If the baby's life is not interrupted, he or she will someday become an adult man or woman.  The label of "fetus" is to signify what stage the human is in just like toddler or adult.\n\nSo the question is why can you leagal kill them?  Well, we have no common sense as a nation.\n\nAlso with doctors making upto $10K a day it is a very profitable industry.
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I'd like to warn you that my opinion about abortion is based on reason, and very few people approach the abortion debate using reason. For most people, it's an emotional debate fueled by guilt. The emotions on the issue tend to run so deeply most people forget which is which. So I do apologize for any hurt feelings which result from my dealing with abortion reasonably.\n\nI support a woman's right to have control over their reproductive capacity. Abortion does not affect citizens (a person is not a citizen until they are born) or the intrinsic assets of the nation, so there is no legislative basis for there to be any laws taking rights away from a citizen (the pregnant woman). Two beings cannot occupy the same body with equal rights. One has to have veto power over the other. It would be revolting to not respect the rights of Life Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness for all citizens.\n\nFurthermore, abortion is not murder. Murder is the willful taking of one human's life by another human. I've seen pictures, and the fetus might look vaguely human, but physiologically a fetus is more like a salamander than a human. I know that sounds harsh, but there's also a degree to which deep down you know that it's true.\n\nNeurologically, the child isn't complete until it's a year old, and continues developing for about 25 years. So while it's still in the womb, it's certainly not a developed human. It's a part of our natural development for the brain to be undeveloped at birth because otherwise the head could never have fit through the opening. \n\nI asked the question "What makes humans distinct from other animals?" I received many interesting answers: The awareness that we are different from other animals, the ability to make rational decisions, the ability to suppress our animal nature, the ability to conceptualize good and evil, large brains, the ability to create art, the ability to question one's existence, speech, self improvement, and so on. At a glance, it's fairly obvious that a fetus does not have any of these qualities. In doing further research, I came across this website which I strongly recommend: http://7e.devbio.com/article.php?id=162\n\nA fetus has the potential of becoming human, but being human is a very special thing and a fetus isn't there yet. Being human is more than just a matter of our genetic make-up. It's about the way we think. Without the way we think, we are like any other animal. \n\nGiven that most people believe in the existence of a soul, It becomes an issue to consider when a person gets a soul. If you believe that only humans have souls, then the fetus doesn't have one because it's not yet human. It has the potential to become human, but it's not there yet. If you believe that all creatures have souls, then it has a soul to the degree to which a salamandar has a soul.As for what happens to the soul after death, If you believe in the polarity of Heaven and Hell, then the answer varies from person to person. If you believe in Karma, then that life served a purpose which it was there to do and can karmically celebrate that it's life accomplished what it was destined to accomplish.\n\nDon't get me wrong, I don't want anyone to think that I'm advocating killing babies. Babies are cute and respond well to people, kinda like puppies, and I am also opposed to killing puppies. In fact I have often been very supportive of all things child related and puppy related. But when it comes right down to it, and we consider the neural biology, certain facts become apparent. But I want to make it very clear that I am in no way advocating infanticide, which is much nicer than the bible which doesn't even mention infanticide despite the fact that it was commonly practiced at the time. In fact, until about a hundred years ago, I can't recall this ever having been much of an issue ever in the history of the world. Bu
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i love loaded questions like this one... gets people thinking.... the fetus IS a person.  fetus and embryo are Latin words meaning young one and little one ... translation... BABY!  18 days after conception the heart begins beating... and if you ask me, if it has a beating heart it must be a life.  many people would be outraged if they saw someone cut dog or a cat into little pieces, yet those same people will deny that it is a baby even though the thing the abortionist removes has facial features, fingers and toes.  Good question.  if you would like more info on this topic please feel free to email me or contact me on messenger.
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Neither, I'm in the middle on this issue.  It's a shame most people don't know there's a middle ground.\n\nYou said something original.\n\nOK, why?: To say a single cell should be granted the rights of a human person is probably one of the most absurd things I've ever heard.  On the other hand, to say it's OK to kill a 7 month old fetus that is little different from a new-born is just as absurd.\n\nMiddle ground can be achieved when we realize what it means to be human... to think (at least to the point that you might care if you were aborted or not). That is why I believe we should limit abortion to 22 weeks - the time of the development of the neo-cortex.
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At every point during the pregnancy, the child is a living, growing human being.  Regardless of the circumstances of conception or the circumstances of the mother's life, the baby is completely innocent and deserves protection.  The average age of an aborted baby in the United States is 10 weeks.  By ten weeks, the child has a beating heart (since 3 weeks), recordable brain waves (since 6 weeks), and all his or her organs (since 8 weeks).  She can suck her thumb and will draw her hand away from a needle prick.  She will grasp an object placed in her palm.  There is evidence that pain can be felt in the first trimester (see below).\n\nSo, to answer your question, abortion should never be allowed.  It is always the deliberate killing of an innocent human being:\n\nPhotos of Abortions, Including 1st Trimester Abortions:\nhttp://www.cbrinfo.org/Resources/pictures.html\n\nA Four-Minute, Must-See Video on Abortion:\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-4-video.html\n\nInformation on All Aspects of Abortion:\nhttp://Abort73.com\n\nPhotos and Facts About Prenatal Development:\nhttp://www.justthefacts.org/clar.asp\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-2-prenatal.html\nhttp://www.studentsforlife.uct.ac.za/foetal%20dev%20photos.html\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3847319.stm\nhttp://www.lifeissues.org/ultrasound/4Dindex.htm\n\nPain Perception in the Unborn:\nhttp://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/fetalpain.html\n\nRape and Abortion:\nhttp://www.deathroe.com/Pro-life_Answers/Answers.cfm?ID=31\nhttp://www.afterabortion.info/Victims/index.htm\nhttp://www.family.org/fofmag/sl/a0039249.cfm\nhttp://www.dakotavoice.com/200611/Guest/20061101_GR.html\nhttp://www.afterabortion.info/PAR/V2/n1/RAPESUM.htm\n\nIs Abortion Ever Necessary to Save the Life of the Mother?\nhttp://www.all.org/article.php?id=10682\nhttp://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/motherslife.html\n\nThe Testimony of Former Abortionists:\nhttp://www.prolife.com/EVERETT.html\nhttp://www.humanlifereview.com/2000_summer/meehan_s2000.php\n\nA Comparison of Abortion and Other Historical Genocides:\nhttp://www.blackgenocide.org/abortion.html
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A lot of people think this is about religion, but it's not. It's about human rights. Scientific DNA testing would prove that the fetus is: A) a human being B) a different individual than the mother (so it is NOT a part of the mother's body), and C) that it is alive. To end the life of a fetus is to end the life of a living, individual human being. A culture proves its worth by how it treats the most vulnerable people within its society. Here in America, we seem to have no trouble killing these vulnerable humans. We freak out about animal rights, but human rights are thrown in the garbage along with aborted fetuses.
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First of all, Abortion is define as: the expulsion of an embryo or a fetus that is not normally able to live outside the womb. Spontaneous abortion or miscarriage may result from human imperfection or from an accident. Deliberately induced abortion simply to avoid the birth of an unwanted child is the willful taking of human life.\n\nHow should the Source of human life affect our view of this matter?\n\nActs 17:28: “By him [God] we have life and move and exist.”\n\nPs. 36:9: “With you [Jehovah God] is the source of life.”\n\nRom. 14:12: “Each of us will render an account for himself to God.”\nTherefore,  the Jehovah God view the life of a child as precious even during the very early stages of development after conception.\nPs. 139:13-16: “You [Jehovah] kept me screened off in the belly of my mother. . . . Your eyes saw even the embryo of me, and in your book all its parts were down in writing.”\n\nHas God ever stated that a person would be called to account for injury to an unborn child?\nEx. 21:22, 23: “In case men should struggle with each other and they really hurt a pregnant woman and her children do come out but no fatal accident occurs, he is to have damages imposed upon him without fail according to what the owner of the woman may lay upon him; and he must give it through the justices. But if a fatal accident should occur, then you must give soul for soul.” (Some translations make it appear that in this law to Israel the crucial matter was what happened to the mother, not to the fetus. The original Hebrew text, however, refers to a fatal accident to either mother or child.)\n\nHow serious is the willful taking of a human life for a reason not authorized by God?\nGen. 9:6: “Anyone shedding man’s blood, by man will his own blood be shed, for in God’s image he made man.”\n\n1 John 3:15: “No manslayer has everlasting life remaining in him.”\n\nEx. 20:13: “You must not murder.”\n\nDoes a doctor’s opinion that allowing a pregnancy to go full term would be harmful to the health of the mother justify an abortion?\nMedical opinions are sometimes wrong. Would it be right to kill a fellow human because that one might harm his fellowman? If at the time of childbirth a choice must be made between the life of the mother and that of the child, it is up to the individuals concerned to make that choice. However, advances in medical procedures in many lands have made this situation very rare.\nIf we personally are to receive that kind of love and respect, we also have to apply Bible standards in our attitude toward the members of our family. How does the Bible say that we should view the children that we produce? (Ps. 127:3; contrast Isaiah 49:15.)’\n\nPs. 127 reads: "Look! Sons are an inheritance from Jehovah; The fruitage of the belly is a reward."\n\nIsaiah 49:15 reads: "Can a wife forget her suckling so that she should not pity the son of her belly? Even these women can forget, yet I myself shall not forget you."
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Maybe a fetus or two.
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are you not in high school yet? Well, two people have sex, sperm tries to make it to an egg in the female body once it does it latches on germinates and then a fetus is made. fetus grows into baby inside amniotic sac, once baby is born comes out of cervix and umbilical cord is cut and theres ur baby.
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The unborn fetus is completely dependent on the mother for all vital functions. The oxygen and nutrients ALL come from the umbilical cord by way of the placenta. Their is no oxygen in amniotic fluid for the baby.. The lungs are not inflated in the unborn fetus and although it may swallow amniotic fluid while in utero, it does not enter the lungs. The circulatory system is adapted to life within the uterus. Little blood flows through the pulmonary artery because of natural openings in the heart that close at birth or shortly after. When the umbilical cord is clamped, the lungs take on the function of breathing oxygen and removing carbon dioxide. The first breath helps to expand the collapsed lung but full expansion may take several days. Sometimes during birth a baby may aspirate some amniotic fluid it has swallowed into its lungs, usually not a problem unless the baby has passed meconium during labor .
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This is for civil cases: Many states require that a child must be born alive for its death to constitute the first element of a wrongful death action, so the death of a fetus might not be actionable. An attorney can tell you what the precise law is in your state.\n\nAfter 24 weeks, the DA may or may not bring up a manslaughter -- a crime of killing a human being without malice -- indictment.
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At thirteen, usually!\nIt is a flush of an un fertilized egg produced by female.\nOf course, only female produce eggs.\nIn human if it is fertilized then it will become baby.