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Comment Re:Ends & Means (Score 1) 394

I'm not sure I understand your point.

Science is not arbitrary. A fertilized embryo (one cell, where there were two gametes) is a new "person" for any measurable use of the term (avoiding arguments over "personhood" or "sentience").

Failure to implant is a death sentence. But being under a death sentence doesn't make you not a person.

Comment Re:Ends & Means (Score 1) 394

The slavery analogy is referring to the law. The current law is that some human beings can be killed, while shifting those same people 1m in any direction suddenly gives them full rights.

Sex cells are not people. They have only 23 chromosomes, and all of those are taken from the parent/host. Embryos have ~46, and do not match either parent.

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