Message from @Cody
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That is how identical twins work, I believe, yes.
The DNA of a fertilized egg is different from that of the mother and father
Therefor its human life
Just becuase it requires the mother to get to be self sustaining does not mean it's a part of the mother
By that metric, could I take some of my muscle tissue and rearrange the genetic structure to create a new human life?
An egg and sperm cell does not have DNA that is different from which the cell originates.
@Bookworm probably close to most people here, something to be avoided at all possible but conflicted. Which is why i'm interested in when life that is considered full human starts.
I consider it on conception
"Just becuase it requires the mother to get to be self sustaining does not mean it's a part of the mother"
but that does make it a parasite
Never said it wasn't?
I'm sorry, Grenade, I was asking your position on when life began. What are you talking about when you're saying something is to be avoided if at all possible?
It acts as a parasite would
no, but if i have the choice to attach a parasite, why do i lose the choice to remove it?
@Bookworm story, this started on abortion. and i believe abortion is not a form of birth control
Becuase you dont have the choice to attach one
although avoiding creating human life at all possible would solve all human problems
can't have human problems without humans.
I supppose by a strict definition yes (though one could argue the part of 'at the host's expense').
As I stated earlier, having sex is like signing a contract
Going offline soon, see you when I can.
you have the choice to attach a parasite. you can take a leech and let it attach.
having sex is that same choice, although it includes making the leech too.
now, a leech can live without a host, a developing human cannot.
Having sex is not attaching a parasite
well, not until about 7 months anyway (or was it 6?)
Its signing a contract
Even then, Grenade, a human is dependant on aid for its survival for at least several years, and usually far longer.
yes, but it doesn;t require the mother
specifically, the mothers body
you can pass it around to other people
which is why i think the ability to transplant fetus, and artificial wombs, would solve the problem. Fetus doesn't die, women gets to remove a parasite
My point being having sex signs a contract that if a baby were to happen then you must take responsibility
You dont consent to the baby
That seems congruous with current social norms.
well, then you believe you can sign away the rights to your body
You consent to contract of life if you decide to partake in sex
and cannot take those rights back ever
until the contract is through
Yes, that would be the point of a contract.
a contract can be nulled