An Abortion of a Post
A Catholic apologist I follow recently said that �religion isn�t required to show that an unborn child is a human being.� The particular phrasing of this statement makes it obvious. A child of a human is a human. No need for debate there. The less clear question is this: is an unborn zygote or fetus a child? For the sake of argument, let�s say yes, but that still isn�t entirely the point. After all, the corpse of a human is still a human. The morality of abortion must take into account more than black and white definitions. Killing cells isn�t a morally wrong act by anyone�s standard. If it was, everything from sun tans to common medical procedures would be stigmatized or illegal. A fertilized egg is a very active collection of cells. In my opinion, the main distinction between human cells and human people is consciousness. While the moral argument of aborting a mind cannot be made until the brain develops, the moral argument for aborting a soul can be made at conception...providing o...