Quote Originally Posted by Seraphim View Post
As an example: it has been mentioned that many embryos are out there as a result of fertility treatment. What happened to the other embryos? They became someone's children.

Supporters seem to want to differentiate between an embryo and a fetus, but there isn't much difference besides time between the two. An embryo is worlds different than an unfertilized egg. At the point the egg is fertilized the process of growth begins. Growth towards becoming a human being.

You can differentiate between an infant and a child and an adult, but at what point does one become the other? And aren't they all the same person regardless of what point in their development they are?

As someone who had been told that my wife and I would not be able to have children, I can tell you from personal experience that there is a HUGE difference between an unfertilized egg, and a fertilized one. An unfertilized egg=no children, fertilized egg=children.

So, if harvesting body parts etc from a full grown fetus is unacceptable, why is terminating the growth of a fertilized embryo acceptable?
Because there is an enormous difference between a sentient being and a clump of cells. This is the crux of the debate -- the difference between a life and a potential life. Not every potential must be realized.

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