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posted 5 years ago by onetruephilosoraptor 5 years ago by onetruephilosoraptor +55 / -0

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– AntonioOfVenice 1 point 5 years ago +1 / -0

A woman begetting even a single bacterium is still impossible.

Yes, and then you would precede the word with an article.

The more important thing to note is that a bacterium remains such. A human zygote unless killed will develop into a human embryo, than fetus, then infant, child, adult, and senescence and die unless it is killed prematurely.

Why would the human zygote be entitled to more protection based on potential?

How is drawing the line at first trimester, or 12/13 weeks not entirely arbitrary?

You may as well ask at what point a single grain of wheat becomes a heap. Just like the age for driving, there has to be some cut-off point that is reasonable, and that may be considered arbitrary by some, but not unreasonable.

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– Homopratensis2 2 points 5 years ago +2 / -0

Potential really has little to do with it, and did I say that it was entitled to "more" protection?

A sperm and egg have potential....to become a human zygote...our first stage of development.

A zygote has realized its potential to become human. It will only continue to develop more completely over time.

I think a reasonable cut off point is conception...it's biologically distinct and knowable. It's stringent and so will prevent the problem with time based cutoffs (which are determined by last menstrual period, which isn't verifiable) being at best approximate. At least driving age is based on your birthdate, trivially verifiable.

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