I’ve heard it argued that a fetus is not a baby because it could not survive outside the womb on its own. But what about three-day old baby? Or even a two week old baby? If you set it down on the floor and leave it alone…will it survive on its own? Or will it die? So what’s the cut-off for determining whether it’s a baby or not?
It really comes down to this: when does life begin? When is it a baby? At the point of conception? First trimester? Third? At the point of actual delivery? When the umbilical cord is cut? Two weeks afterward? When?
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
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Monday, February 02, 2009
I think it's when the kid gets his own credit card
and you're not paying the bill.
When they graduate from medical school.
ReplyDeleteAnd when does the average ethicist and college professor survive on his, her, or its own? Don't they all depend upon farmers for their food, the city water department for their water, L.L. Bean for their chinos and sandles, and taxpayes to pay for all of it?
ReplyDeleteIf surviving on your own is the test, it would seem there are blessed few humans on the planet.
Maybe none.
Cheers,
-John-
When is it a baby?
ReplyDeleteWhen the democratic party says it's a baby.
The 3 month rule is so Roe v. Wade 1973.
ReplyDeleteWe've grown since then and so has our tolerance for murder.