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<blockquote data-quote="moomoo" data-source="post: 3272755" data-attributes="member: 138753">Thank you for this post.&nbsp; As someone who argued that scientifically life begins at conception (despite supporting the legal premise that abortion should be legal and unrestricted), I feel vindicated by your post.&nbsp; It seems to me that if something is living tissue and is a genetically unique organism, it&#039;s &quot;alive&quot; biologically.&nbsp; Sentient thought, and ability to stay alive without outside intervention, aren&#039;t part of the equation.I&#039;ve always found the definition of life that someone is not &quot;alive&quot; until it&#039;s no longer dependent on the mother pretty unpersuasive.&nbsp; After all, a two-week-old baby is entirely dependent on its mother for everything.&nbsp; It&#039;s utterly helpless.&nbsp; We&#039;re not like deer who are born able to walk on their own, eat on their own, and otherwise fend for themselves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moomoo, post: 3272755, member: 138753"] Thank you for this post. As someone who argued that scientifically life begins at conception (despite supporting the legal premise that abortion should be legal and unrestricted), I feel vindicated by your post. It seems to me that if something is living tissue and is a genetically unique organism, it's "alive" biologically. Sentient thought, and ability to stay alive without outside intervention, aren't part of the equation. I've always found the definition of life that someone is not "alive" until it's no longer dependent on the mother pretty unpersuasive. After all, a two-week-old baby is entirely dependent on its mother for everything. It's utterly helpless. We're not like deer who are born able to walk on their own, eat on their own, and otherwise fend for themselves. [/QUOTE]

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