From: utzoo!watmath!watarts!bernie
Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Re: abortion
Article-I.D.: watarts.1720
Posted: Fri Mar  4 08:04:47 1983
Received: Sat Mar  5 02:05:36 1983
Reply-To: bernie@watarts (Bernie Roehl)

It's hard to know whether tina@phs was serious in her comments, but I'll
assume she is and procedure from there.  (If I'm wrong in the above
assumption, Tina, let me know).
To say that an embryo is the same as a full-grown human being is absurd.
At the moment of conception, an embryo is a cluster of cells so small that
they're barely visible under a microscope; to claim that that amorphous
clump of organic matter is "human" is like claiming that a seed is "the
same as" a full-grown tree.
I don't argue that at some point in its development the embryo becomes
an independent human being, and I can see some purpose in discussing the
question of when exactly that point is, but I can say with some certainty
that it's not at conception.
				--Bernie Roehl
				...decvax!watmath!watarts!bernie