Pro Life or Pro Death? A Science Lesson For Today.

As a Libertarian I am Pro Choice, and as a Catholic Christian I am Pro Life. Most would see this as a contradiction of terms, but it really is not. The term Pro Choice has been characterized by those who defend Abortion, but it truly coincides with the libertarian principle of self ownership. In Catholicism it is what we call free will. I believe in Free Will and the right of everyone to exercise it. The other side of that coin is the acceptance of the consequences of that free will. If you choose to drive while intoxicated, it is possible that you could crash, destroy property or possibly kill someone or even yourself. The consequences could range from having to repair your car, make restitution for damages, pay fines, suffer imprisonment, or even death. Believers know that living a morale, holy life will be rewarded in heaven and that the consequence of leading an immoral or amoral life might result in damnation in hell. We all have the right to make this choice, however because of Free Will. So I am definitely Pro Choice and know that each individual must make his or her decisions and live with the consequences of those decisions.

So if Pro Choice is not the opposite of Pro Life as the secular narrative keeps insisting, what is? I would Say Pro Death. I used to say Pro Abortion, but now there has become a Euthanasia push as well, so Pro Death, seems more appropriate.  It has even gotten to the point where some countries are allowing the termination of children with autism and other extreme disabilities.

In discussing Abortion, I have found that the question most asked is when is it OK to abort a developing baby. My belief system says never, but perhaps we are not really asking the right question. And this question does not apply to Euthanasia, so new questions have been introduced in order to justify a Pro Death position like under what conditions is OK to euthanize someone. So in order to be sure we are asking the right questions, I looked at the Science of the Human Life Cycle. The following is from a post I entered on Facebook during my last election cycle....

TODAY'S Science lesson:
Human development is the process of growth to maturity. The process begins with fertilization, where an egg released from the ovary of a female is penetrated by a sperm cell from a male. The egg then lodges in the uterus, where an embryo and later fetus develop until birth.
The first cell called a zygote is a eukaryotic cell formed by a fertilization event between two gametes. The zygote's genome is a combination of the DNA in each gamete, and contains all of the genetic information necessary to form a new individual. In multi-cellular organisms, the zygote is the earliest developmental stage. In single-celled organisms, the zygote can divide asexually by mitosis to produce identical offspring.
An embryo is an early stage of development of a multi-cellular diploid eukaryotic organism. In general, in organisms that reproduce sexually, an embryo develops from a zygote, the single cell resulting from the fertilization of the female egg cell by the male sperm cell.
The zygote possesses half the DNA from each of its two parents. In plants, animals, and some protists, the zygote will begin to divide by mitosis to produce a multi-cellular organism. The result of this process is an embryo.
In human pregnancy, a developing fetus is considered as an embryo until the ninth week, fertilization age, or eleventh-week gestational age. After this time the embryo is referred to as a fetus.
A fetus is the unborn offspring of an animal that develops from an embryo. Following embryonic development the fetal stage of development takes place. In human prenatal development, fetal development begins from the ninth week after fertilization (or eleventh week gestational age) and continues until birth. Prenatal development is a continuum, with no clear defining feature distinguishing an embryo from a fetus. However, a fetus is characterized by the presence of all the major body organs, though they will not yet be fully developed and functional and some not yet situated in their final anatomical location.
The remaining stage of the Human Life cycle after birth are: Infant, Toddler, Child, Pre Adolescent, Adolescent, Young Adult, Adult, Middle age, and Old age.
So if you are OK with terminating Human Life, the only questions left are: At What Point in the life cycle and for What Reasons.... THAT is the real discussion isn't it.
Because the Human Life Cycle... is Science, not opinion.

So, in discussing Abortion or Euthanasia with people, I have started to use "terminate a human life" instead of the usual argument about when its a baby, if its a baby, The Pro Death proponents should understand what they are supporting. Many are in denial about what it is they are supporting by ignoring the science of it. ... and Euthanasia ... That's just wrong.


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