04-19-2008, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Chesby05
I haven't read the whole thread, but to answer the OP's question, it is my opinion that life begins when the heart starts beating in utero - approximately four weeks after conception, which is about two weeks after the fertilised egg implants in the uterus.
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Which would make someone six weeks pregnant, right? I believe when you fall pregnant, you've actually already been pregnant for two weeks. I don't know how they work that out, but I imagine this is right, as I have heard the heart starts beating at six weeks, not four.
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Originally Posted by Chesby05
It's a little difficult for me to make myself believe that something with a beating heart isn't alive.
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Connect someone to the right machinary, and you can make a heart beat artificially - this is why a person who is brain dead can have a heart beat. A beating heart does not necessarily means something is alive.
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Originally Posted by Chesby05
And seeing as I woke up this morning with a nice series of boots and punches to my left kidney, I have a hard time making myself believe that life begins at birth, which is what many claim.
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I believe that life (officially) begins at birth, because then the baby has been born, and has a far greater chance of survival than any other time. Being born also means the baby no longer relies on the mothers body to survive - it can survive without the aid of her bodily nutrients.
I do however, believe that perhaps once a fetus has passed the stage of viability (and I would prefer this to mean that there is at least a 50% chance of survival) they should be afforded more rights, but not so many as to be deemed more important than the mother. Perhaps make it slightly more difficult to have an abortion at this stage - although it honestly doesn't bother me when a woman aborts, be in the first few weeks, first few month, or final few months. It's her decision, and although it may offend me, I don't believe I have the right to interfere.
I have a question for you: When your baby is born, would you consider him/her to be more of a life than he/she already is? Or do you already consider your unborn baby to be a life - such as your own?
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