Thread: Political Discussion: My Thoughts on being Pro-Life

I wanted to share my thoughts on being pro-life. Anyone is welcome to comment here, and if you would like disagree, you are safe to do so. I will attempt to defend my position, but I will always respond to you with respect. I hope others will do the same.

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I feel really called to share this message, because I strongly believe that abortion is the greatest human rights violation of our time. It is a discrimination against an entire group of people, of human beings: the pre-born. Don't think they're human? Look to science. Here are some definitions for you:

Definitions:

Embryo:
an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization (after which it is usually termed a fetus).

Fetus:
an unborn or unhatched vertebrate especially after attaining the basic structural plan of its kind specifically : a developing human from usually two months after conception to birth

Infant:
a human child from birth to the end of the first year of life.

Child:
a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority

Adolescent:
Adolescence is the phase of life between childhood and adulthood, from ages 10 to 19. It is a unique stage of human development.

Being an embryo, and being fetus, is a stage of human development. We didn't come from an embryo. We didn't come from a fetus. We didn't come from a baby. We WERE an embryo. We WERE a fetus. We WERE a baby.

And if you still disagree, I ask you: if they aren't human, then what are they? And understand that science would not be on your side on that one.

From Princeton University, "When does a human life begin?
Life Begins at Fertilization with the Embryo's Conception. "Development of the embryo begins at Stage 1 when a sperm fertilizes an oocyte and together they form a zygote." "Human development begins after the union of male and female gametes or germ cells during a process known as fertilization (conception)." (Source)

Now that we've established that a pre-born human is indeed a human being, here is my main argument:

Human beings have the basic right to live. But history has shown that right to life denied at various points, and it still is today, for various reasons. The only requirement that should be made for having a right to life is to be human. Not human plus. Not human plus a certain skin color. Not human plus a certain ethnicity. Not human plus a certain religion. Not human plus will never suffer. Not human plus no disabilities. Not human plus above the poverty line. Not human plus a certain age. Not human plus a certain stage of development. Not human plus conceived only outside of rape. Not human plus no dependency on others. Human. That's it. No plus.

(and yes, I borrowed that concept from the video I posted earlier)