Originally Posted by jayeff

If you actually believe that egg + sperm = human, then aren't you condoning murder by not supporting an anti-abortion law?

I'm also curious how you equate a protozoan with human life, yet claim that is not a religious view? And if your point is that a fertilized egg is the beginning of human life, why do you draw an arbitrary line there? Why isn't the line a while later when distinctly human characteristics begin to emerge? Why not before fertilization when both partners to the sex act are already impelled by genes and hormones to reproduce? Isn't their nature the real source of life?

And if so, do you have a problem with placing a barrier between sperm and egg so that sex becomes recreation instead of solely a means to create new life? Vasectomies? Hysterectomies? More ways to deny life.

So to clarify. Is your concern the denial of life or the termination of life? And if you perceive abortion at any stage as the termination of life, again, how can you oppose any anti-abortion law without being an accomplice to murder?