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\"Zygote-image\"<\/a>Huffington Post<\/em> blogger Janis Powers doesn\u2019t like<\/a> the terms \u201cpro-life\u201d or \u201cpro-choice.\u201d She feels they stack the deck too firmly in pro-lifers\u2019 favor, the former \u201ccast[ing] any dissenters in the shadow of death,\u201d the latter a vague \u201cpassive approach to conflict resolution,\u201d \u201crefusing to decry any belief as wrong.\u201d Personally, I thought refusing to decry any belief as wrong was pretty much the only way to sanitize killing your own son or daughter, but Powers has decided that \u201c[i]t\u2019s time to aggressively deconstruct the Pro-Life messaging and let the true meanings of the words speak for themselves\u201d:<\/p>\n

Life<\/a> is “the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.<\/p>\n

This definition makes patently clear that there is no “life” at fertilization. When a sperm and an ovum join, they set off a complex series of chemical reactions. Simply, the fertilized cell starts to divide, a process called mitosis. As this process repeats itself, the fertilized egg becomes a cluster of cells, which then magically and beautifully becomes a human embryo.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All it makes patently clear is that nobody at HuffPo<\/em> reviews this stuff before publishing it. Powers gives a definition, declares that the resulting zygote doesn\u2019t match it\u2026and then immediately describes the zygote in a way that fits perfectly with the definition of life she just cited. That cell division she mentioned is<\/em> the beginning of growth, and nothing new is added to fundamentally change its composition, meaning its changes originate internally. It\u2019s an organism, it\u2019s not dead, and it\u2019s not inorganic. You don\u2019t have to take my word for it, either – just consult with the abundant<\/a> scientific authorities<\/a> who attest to it, most non-partisan and several pro-abortion. Once upon a time, Alan Guttmacher himself admitted<\/a> it: \u201cThis all seems so simple and evident that it is difficult to picture a time when it wasn\u2019t part of the common knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the way, Powers\u2019s chosen authority on what words mean also defines<\/a> \u201chuman being\u201d simply as \u201cany individual of the genus Homo<\/em>, especially a member of the species Homo sapiens<\/em>,\u201d and\/or \u201ca person, especially as distinguished by other animals or as representing the human species,\u201d which seemingly means that the personhood debate is settled in our favor. Thanks, Janis!<\/p>\n

Some may confuse the replicating cells as a “life” form. And cleverly, the Pro-Life taxonomy has decided to include this phase of cellular modification under its safety umbrella by claiming that “life begins at conception.” This slogan is problematic because the divine protection it seeks to assign is applied with varying vigor, based on the location of the zygote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Uh, no, that\u2019s the opposite of our point. We\u2019re the ones arguing that location doesn\u2019t<\/em> make one any more or any less human.<\/p>\n

In other words, fertilized eggs inside a woman’s body are treated differently that those created in a petri dish. If life begins at conception, the where’s the uproar over the dispensation of scientifically fertilized eggs?<\/p>\n

Even more disconcerting is that typical in vitro fertilization necessitates the insertion of numerous fertilized eggs into a woman’s womb. The expectation is that several of the eggs will die, with the hopes that at least one will survive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If she\u2019s truly unaware of pro-life objections to in vitro fertilization, she can start familiarizing herself with them here<\/a> or here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Biologically speaking, by the time a woman gets around to learning that she’s pregnant and to arranging for an abortion if she desires\/is able to have one, the zygote has developed into… something. Thanks to amazing technological advances, we are able to detect humanoid features in the earliest stages of embryonic development. The Pro-Life movement, a philosophy of faith-based beliefs, ironically relies heavily on this technology to justify its cause. We’ve all heard the slogan, “Abortion Stops a Beating Heart.” Reading it on a bumper sticker fails to communicate that when a heartbeat is first detected, the size of the embryo is comparable to a lentil.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s amusing how an insidious sentence fabricating some \u201cirony\u201d in pro-lifers relying on technology to support allegedly \u201cfaith-based beliefs\u201d rests in the middle of one of the least self-aware paragraphs I\u2019ve ever read. Aside from the moral irrelevance of the embryo\u2019s size, Powers has inadvertently admitted that her own parsing of the zygote stage\u2019s details is all but irrelevant to the abortion debate, since the baby is well past that stage by the time one\u2019s pregnancy is discovered. As the Association of Pro-Life Physicians explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n

At the average time when a woman is aware that she is pregnant (the fifth to sixth week after conception), the preborn human being living inside her is metabolizing nutrition, excreting waste, moving, sucking his or her thumb, growing, and doing many other things that non-living things just do not do.\u00a0 As early as 21 days after conception, the baby’s heart has begun to beat his or her own unique blood-type, often different than the mother’s.\u00a0 (Moore & Persaud, The Developing Human, p.310; Nilsson & Hamberger, A Child is Born, p.86; Rugh & Shettles, From Conception to Birth, p.217.)\u00a0 At 40 days after conception, brain waves can be read on an EEG, or an electroencephalogram.\u00a0 (Dr. H. Hamlin, Life or Death by EEG, JAMA, Oct.12, 1964, p.113.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next, Powers moves to values, and in leaving scientific jargon behind, she drops the only thing giving her convoluted analysis the veneer of substance:<\/p>\n

Some people call that life.<\/p>\n

Some people don’t.<\/p>\n

Some people call it life, and still want an abortion.<\/p>\n

Whether a first semester embryo is a person worth protecting is a matter of opinion. And we cannot continue to enact restrictive anti-abortion laws based on opinions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No, it\u2019s a matter of reason, science, and first principles, and the opinion aspect is no greater or smaller than the degree to which all political questions come down to opinion. That\u2019s why our system decides things by voting: to decide between differing opinions. If a majority of people are persuaded that life at fertilization is more reasonable and that protecting all life is more just, why can\u2019t we enact laws based on it?<\/p>\n

In a society of religious freedom and tolerance, the only faith that is constitutionally binding is our faith in each other. And I have faith in women.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Okay, now you\u2019re just making stuff up. \u201cFaith in each other\u201d is a Disney platitude, not a governing philosophy. Not only is there nothing in American law making it \u201cconstitutionally binding\u201d (seriously?), but America was founded on almost the exact opposite idea: human nature being what it is, nobody<\/em> can be trusted to lord it over the rights of another<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Consider that in the majority of divorce cases, primary custody of the children goes to the mother. We as a society believe that the mother is the person best positioned to make choices for her children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps, but the really<\/em> wrong choices, like neglecting or abusing her kids, are still illegal.<\/p>\n

Some believe that a zygote’s or an embryo’s rights are more important than those of the woman who must carry it. If that is the case, then why is it legal for pregnant women to smoke? We have clinical data that proves that smoking is detrimental for a developing fetus, yet we still allow it. We allow pregnant women to drink alcohol and to eat poorly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First, I\u2019m not sure how current law on smoking while pregnant is a morally authoritative example, considering that the position she\u2019s trying to refute is that current law is wrong when it comes to abortion. Second, there are countervailing examples behind the door Powers just opened. The Center for Disease Control\u2019s page on the subject<\/a> speaks of the pre-born baby as a patient and potential victim, with his or her well-being on the same level as Mom\u2019s. Further, Richard Poupard explains [PDF]<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Isotretinoin (Accutane) is a drug that is used to treat acne but that causes severe fetal injury and birth defects. The FDA restrictions for isotretinoin are so tight that before the medication can be dispensed, a woman of childbearing age must pledge to use two forms of contraception if she is sexually active. Prior to filling the prescription, she also must verify the types of contraception she is on via the Internet or telephone and take two pregnancy tests (one administered by her doctor and one by a certified laboratory), both with negative results. She must use the most accurate tests available (never home pregnancy tests) to confirm that she is not pregnant. We accept these as reasonable restrictions on a woman\u2019s right to bodily autonomy in order to optimize the safety of her child.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Powers concludes by proposing a replacement for \u201cpro-choice\u201d: \u201ccall me Pro-Faith.\u201d Which may be more apt than she realizes – her column embodies everything wrong with stereotypical faith: deciding significant moral questions on feelings rather than reason, a tenuous grasp on science, and twisting and skipping fact and logic in whatever way is necessary to arrive at a pre-selected dogma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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