When Does Life Begin
When Does Life Begin
Patricia Cole
PHI 103 Informal Logic
Instructor Leslie Dunn
May 27, 2013
When Does Life Begin
Abortion is one of the most controversial topics discussed today, and should be illegal because life begins at conception, It should also be illegal because there are many risk for the women, and it should be illegal because abortion is an act of murder.
Abortion should be illegal because it is taking a life that begins at conception. Scientist uses these “five characteristics to determine if a fetus is a living thing. Living things are highly organized, all living things have an ability to acquire material and energy, all living things have the ability to respond to their environment, all living things have the ability to adapt, and all living things have the ability to reproduce. According to this elementary definition of life, life begins at fertilization, when the sperm unites with an oocyte. From this moment, the being is highly organized, has the ability to acquire material and energy, has the ability to respond to his or her environment, has the ability to adapt, and has the ability to reproduce” (When does Human Life Begin, 2013). "Development of the embryo begins at Stage 1 when a sperm fertilizes an oocyte and together they form a zygote” (England, Marjorie A. 1996). By the fifth to sixth week of conception the fetus is living inside the mother and is metabolizing nutrition, excreting waste, moving, sucking its thumb, growing and as early as twenty one days after conception, the baby’s heart has begun to beat and his or her own unique blood type. “Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process
Patricia Cole
PHI 103 Informal Logic
Instructor Leslie Dunn
May 27, 2013
When Does Life Begin
Abortion is one of the most controversial topics discussed today, and should be illegal because life begins at conception, It should also be illegal because there are many risk for the women, and it should be illegal because abortion is an act of murder.
Abortion should be illegal because it is taking a life that begins at conception. Scientist uses these “five characteristics to determine if a fetus is a living thing. Living things are highly organized, all living things have an ability to acquire material and energy, all living things have the ability to respond to their environment, all living things have the ability to adapt, and all living things have the ability to reproduce. According to this elementary definition of life, life begins at fertilization, when the sperm unites with an oocyte. From this moment, the being is highly organized, has the ability to acquire material and energy, has the ability to respond to his or her environment, has the ability to adapt, and has the ability to reproduce” (When does Human Life Begin, 2013). "Development of the embryo begins at Stage 1 when a sperm fertilizes an oocyte and together they form a zygote” (England, Marjorie A. 1996). By the fifth to sixth week of conception the fetus is living inside the mother and is metabolizing nutrition, excreting waste, moving, sucking its thumb, growing and as early as twenty one days after conception, the baby’s heart has begun to beat and his or her own unique blood type. “Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process
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