A fetus is no more a human than an acorn is a tree.
I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.
As I said, I believe life starts at conception.
Man comes not from an egg but from an animalcule that is found in male sperm.
I am very, very proud to say that I am pro-life.
Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.
Embryo is one of my favorite groups ever.
When sperm and egg unite, something goes from inanimate to animate. It is life.
I'm proud to be pro-life.
Now, an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but, in fact, the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person.
To all conservative women out there: If you are so sure the embryo needed for stem cell research are precious human life that can't be destroyed, then implant one in your uterus and bring it to term. That's right, put your cervix where your mouth is.
My personal opinion is that life begins at the point of conception, and abortion is morally indefensible.
The 'life' in 'pro-life' denotes not the quality of life, but life itself.
A seed, after all, is an embryo, a potential plant waiting for its moment to grow. It has what it needs to begin. But it can also put itself on pause. It can wait.
I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our children represent.
It is no accident that propels people like us to Paris. Paris is simply an artificial stage, a revolving stage that permits the spectator to glimpse all phases of the conflict. Of itself Paris initiates no dramas. They are begun elsewhere. Paris is simply an obstetrical instrument that tears the living embryo from the womb and puts it in the incubator.
Sure, they’re pro-life. They believe that live begins at conception and ends at birth.
It is true that the Jewish tradition emphasizes the moral mandate to save life. It also has a different position from the Catholic Church on the moral status of the embryo. It has a more developmental view of when human life, in the sense of personhood, begins than does the Catholic Church.
