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>No, I've shown how absurd conclusions have to be drawn from 'has human DNA and is alive'.

No, you have not.

>Then throw it down.

I did. You claim a fetus is not a human life. It obviously has human DNA making it human. It is obvious alive. It is also very different from a culture of cells. A culture of cells is just sitting in a dish. A fetus is a growing developing person.

>I'll tell the hair follicles at the root of the hair on my brush that next time I brush out a tangle after riding in my friends convertible. They'll be quite pleased to hear they are humans.

Your hair follicles are not building a new person.

>No, look up what viability means. Yeesh. It would be nice if you even knoew the basic terms under discussion.

I got news for you, a one year old is not viable. Show me a one year old that can survive on its own. (Delete comment to counter personal attack).

>Again- silly thesis, for all the reasons I've mentioned. You need more than A DNA sequence otherwise absurdity rapidly follows.

Ahhh, so you are starting to understand. Good. That is why a fertilized egg is different than any other cell in the human body. It is more than the blueprint for a new person. It is their construction crew. It begins building the new person from day one.

>My 'crazy belief' is that full human life begins at viability (which is somewhere in the third trimester). My belief also states that an unborn child is precious and sacred, and that If someone was pregnant with my child, I would do everything i could short of infringing upon their rights to stop them from aboting it. But thats my belief, and thats where my rights end WRT that belief.

Well good. I am glad to hear that. It sounds like you will be a good father, and I mean that.

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