The Question That Pierces The Veil

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.