Re: D.Sklansky: Why is an embryo a person?
"What about the sperm that is just about to penetrate the egg to fertilize it? Naturally, it's about to become a zygote, and eventually, a person. Can I kill the sperm at that point?"
No. At least not if you believe you shouldn't kill non cognizant embyos.
On the other hand if the point of demarcation is true cognition, then it isn's murder until the baby is maybe 13 months past conception.
Fuzzy cognition may occur at five months and some may argue for that to be the cutoff point.
My only point has always been that the question should not be based on whether the baby is inside or outside the womb. I have no problem with those who argue that killing a newborn is not necessarily murder.
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