Cells aren't human beings; human embryos ARE. If you deny this, then you are ignorant of basic seventh-grade science. That many die of natural causes (i.e. are miscarried) is irrelevant; just because born people often die of natural causes doesn't mean they aren't human beings, or that it's okay to kill them intentionally.
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On what Bible passage do you base that assertion? Have you read Exo 21?
True, people die all the time and that doesn't mean they weren't people.
maybe if they cared about them once they were born (instead of the usual "oh that newborn must have sinned. Its his fault his parents are poor or he's sick or any other number of problems" that point of view, while still besides the point and wrong (clump of cells should not come before the one its being a parasite-of and growing in) it wouldn't be nearly as bad...
If you really learned anything in 7th grade biology you would know that all the traits that are uniquely human don't show up at all untill the embryo is at least 6 weeks old, and human mental abilities are not developed until well after birth. don't show up untill well after birth. a young human embryo looks almost exactly the same as a chicken embryo. Did you know that sometimes fertilized chicken eggs get into the food supply, by your logic we are murdering thousands of cute little chicks a year.
And what is the logical conclusion of this assertion, the goal of the propaganda? Women subjugation? Embryos are human cells that depending on circumstances may have the opportunity to develop into a human child, a human adult, etc. Just like spermatozoids are not infants, even if they can seed an egg to begin the cell production process. An important point to mention is that abortions are not done to purposefully discard embryos and unwanted pregnancies and STDs ideally prevented using safe sex methods, rape prevention and good health promotion. I suppose that you're also against sex education about this and the availability of preservatives? Is the issue a moral panic about an irrational urge to reproduce as much as possible, to a point where women should have nothing to say and be reduced to breeding machines? How is it that I can guess that? The purpose justifies the pseudoscientific misrepresentation for the argument?
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