Best of CU
Hey all,
Be sure to pick up Buzz Magazine today. It is the Best of CU edition and I've got about ten pictures in there. Pretty cool!
Alternatively, you can stop on over at the217.com to look at the Best of CU, although not as many of my pics are on there.
On a more intense note: While trolling 'the book,' I came across the anti-FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act) group. In one of the message boards, the question was posed
If Life Doesn't Begin at Conception, Then When?
The thought here was, if you're not pro-life, when do you actually think life begins. The most interesting thought (and to me, saddening) came from a person who will remain un-named to defend their privacy.Either way, it does not matter at all. Human beings are not allowed to use another human being's body without that person's direct and ongoing consent. A fetus could be human and abortion would still be legal.Interesting. This person has basically described a fetus as a freeloader, and if we don't want it, it is ok get get rid of it. Aren't these pro-choice policies typically held by a group of people that believe it is good to help the less fortunate? And since when would it be ok to kill a free loader?
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I don't think this is the right question be be asking; "When does life begin?" Humanity is a cycle and there's no real point where life "begins." It's just passed on. Sperm and eggs are alive. So are the cows we eat, the criminals we execute and the bacterial we kill when we wash our hands. Life itself does not seem to be the deciding factor in our ethics (except that some value the general continuation of life. It's not as sad that one penguin might die, but for penguins to go extinct would be a tragedy).
Now, when an egg is fertilized, we're left with an organism that has distinct human DNA. But I'm not sure this DNA creation can really be the basis of our ethics either. A woman's body will abort a pregnancy on its own if it detects a problem (I've seen numbers saying that as many as 30% of pregnancies end this way - mostly in the first trimester and many times without the woman even realizing she was pregnant first).
Maybe we should be asking "When does suffering being?" or "Where does consciousness begin?"
In any case, we need to move toward agreeing on that question instead of pro-life and pro-choice stones.
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