I searched this forum to see if a thread like this already existed but I couldn’t find it. If this has already been posted I apologize.
I’m here to voice a thought and am looking for intelligent responses in effort to debate this position. The question is: When does life begin? I know prolife people believe it begins at conception while prochoice believers seem to lean towards actual birth. There seems to be a flaw with each stance. At conception you simply have a mass of dividing cells growing in size. A tumor does this and we do not claim a tumor is alive so how can we say this mass of cells is alive? The birthing process does not equate to life either since an infant can be still born. What I am left with is the start of life must relate to our society’s definition of the end of life or moment of death. When someone at an accident scene or hospital is declared dead, the declaration is made after checking for a heart beat. No heart beat = death. If the absence of a heartbeat equates to death, wouldn’t the presence of a heart beat equal life and therefore the start of it?
Remember this question is about the start date of life, not abortion so please refrain from discussing women’s rights, incest, rape, religion, etc.
I’m here to voice a thought and am looking for intelligent responses in effort to debate this position. The question is: When does life begin? I know prolife people believe it begins at conception while prochoice believers seem to lean towards actual birth. There seems to be a flaw with each stance. At conception you simply have a mass of dividing cells growing in size. A tumor does this and we do not claim a tumor is alive so how can we say this mass of cells is alive? The birthing process does not equate to life either since an infant can be still born. What I am left with is the start of life must relate to our society’s definition of the end of life or moment of death. When someone at an accident scene or hospital is declared dead, the declaration is made after checking for a heart beat. No heart beat = death. If the absence of a heartbeat equates to death, wouldn’t the presence of a heart beat equal life and therefore the start of it?
Remember this question is about the start date of life, not abortion so please refrain from discussing women’s rights, incest, rape, religion, etc.