An Argument for Life

The first question I ask is, Should all humans have equal rights? of course they will answer, yes.

Next, I ask if the embryo is alive or dead. At first they try to argue that it's not alive, but then they have to admit that it's not dead, because dead embryos almost always result in spontaneous abortions, and besides the embryo is growing--obviously alive.

Then I ask what species the embryo belongs to. They'll look at you blankly at first. You'll have to prompt them a little, telling them that it has to be an embryonic something. Is it a fish? A pig? A frog? They'll finally have to admit, but not willingly, that it's a human embryo.

Then I ask if the embryo has DNA. They say that it must.

The last question is, Whose DNA is it? There's usually no answer to that question.

They agree that the embryo is alive not dead. They agree that it is a human embryo with DNA. They're stuck when they have to admit that the embryo's DNA isn't the woman's.

I ask, Who, then, does that DNA belong to?

Then we get to the pound of flesh-like situation. Since the embryo has unique human DNA, it is not an extension of the mother's body. People who support abortion, claim that it's the woman's right to get rid of any tissue that belongs to her. Well, the DNA proves that it is human tissue and that it is not her tissue.

Can the woman abort the tissue of another human ( The person already agree that it is a human embryo with DNA) when destroying that tissue results in the death of the other? (The person agree that the embryo is alive.)

They'll fall back on the abortion laws that say that a human embryo hasn't attained legal personhood.

I ask them the first question again.

"Should all humans have equal rights?"


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Originally published by "Kalt" on Catholic Answers Forums, here.