When does human life begin?

When does pregnancy begin? Doctors disagree

That a zygote is human does not imply that it is a person


I really can't tell you when personhood begins, but I can say with absolute certainty that there's no consensus among scientists


"When Does Human Life Begin?" Teaching Human Embryology in the Context of the American Abortion Debate


I invite you to actually read these articles. Issues like this do not get resolved by quotes of a sentence or two in a Facebook post. The issue of whether something is life does not address this debate. By the simplest definitions of life, yes, a cancerous tumor is alive and has a different DNA than its host. That is why it spreads on its own. Yes, non-viable pregnancies that may or may not result in miscarriage can be considered life, and the natural conclusion should be that all women who have miscarriages are guilty of third-degree murder, negligent homicide or manslaughter, depending on the state laws. Obviously, this is nonsense, but it is nonsense because we already recognize that the issue does not boil down to the simplest definitions.

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