The statement “all humans should have the right to life regardless of development” should not be a controversial statement.
The definition of “human” is at the core of this debate. What makes one human?
“a featherless biped”
No but in all seriousness, DNA. The DNA of a human is different from DNA of a duck or a moose. You could go more philosophical of course.
Bear with me. Tonsils and an appendix have human DNA, as do eggs and sperm. Are you saying that if something has human DNA, it should be protected as human life? I doubt you are. So what makes these things different or the same?
The difference being that those things you mention are a part, whereas from conception you’re talking about a whole.
It is the same difference between chopping off my hand and saying that hand has unique rights over saying I have unique rights.
@expansion-joint I was in chem lab so I couldn’t respond. @searching-for-repentance sums it up. The organism as a whole has human DNA, not every cell has it’s own individual rights, the organism as whole does. It’s basic bio
single cell > tissue > organ > organ system > organism
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