Skimming an article today about the latest abortion “house
of horrors” to follow the conviction of Philadelphia
abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnesll, this time located in Texas and run by Dr. DouglasKarpen <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325786>
(warning, extremely graphic descriptions—that’s why I was skimming it), I was
struck by a question in the comment section:
I still want to know... When does the fetus become a "human?" I know and agree it is the woman's choice... but when is it considered a human?- Xakk , Atlanta
This is an excellent question. The answer, while complicated by those pushing the pro-abortion / women’s choice line, is exceedingly simple. There is only one scientific, non-political, non-partisan answer to that question: Conception.
With the advent of newer and better medical technology, the tired
line of “viability” (i.e., the age at which a child can survive outside of the
womb) is being obliterated and replaced by a new line at an increasingly rapid
pace. Thus this “standard”, once the
main-stay of abortion advocates, is shown to be no “standard” at all. If “humanness” is only equitable to “viability”
or “survivability,” then anyone who has ever used a heart-lung
machine or feeding tube to survive for a period of time was not a “human” while they did so.
Though those pushing for abortion will balk, the reality is that
the only unquestionably definable point at which a human being becomes a human being is at the point
of conception, when the combination of genetic material from the mother and father
creates the completely new and unique genetic makeup of a completely new and
unique individual.
No doubt the acceptance of such a standard would cause
massive shifts in modern humanistic thought and behavior. No doubt this is why such a standard has been
and will be so vigorously opposed by the pro-abortion camp. But regardless how loud or vigorous the opposition,
no matter how ardent the resistance, the fact still remains: there is no other,
viable answer to the question, “When do we become human?” Conception is the only unshakable standard.
