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<blockquote data-quote="strungout" data-source="post: 3272860" data-attributes="member: 149514">The problem is we have no strict scientific definition for when &#039;life&#039; begins, but we do know that it isn&#039;t at conception (which I will consider to be the beginning of gestation).Fertilisation doesn&#039;t even occur until 3 weeks after conception. So at that point we are literally talking about a single celled zygote. That&#039;s not some previous life. The mould on the out of date cheese in my refrigerator has a better claim to being a sentient being than a single celled zygote.Brain development doesn&#039;t start until week 5 and I refuse to consider anything without at least a partially functioning nervous system to be a living thing worthy of legal protection.I think a reasonable threshold is somewhere between week 6 and week 12. I think that any abortion after week 12 should only be carried out for medical purposes. Looking at some stats, 80-90% of abortions in the UK or US are carried out at</blockquote>

[QUOTE="strungout, post: 3272860, member: 149514"] The problem is we have no strict scientific definition for when 'life' begins, but we do know that it isn't at conception (which I will consider to be the beginning of gestation). Fertilisation doesn't even occur until 3 weeks after conception. So at that point we are literally talking about a single celled zygote. That's not some previous life. The mould on the out of date cheese in my refrigerator has a better claim to being a sentient being than a single celled zygote. Brain development doesn't start until week 5 and I refuse to consider anything without at least a partially functioning nervous system to be a living thing worthy of legal protection. I think a reasonable threshold is somewhere between week 6 and week 12. I think that any abortion after week 12 should only be carried out for medical purposes. Looking at some stats, 80-90% of abortions in the UK or US are carried out at [/QUOTE]

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