Originally Posted by RichieLion

While there are many differtent religious and philosophic beliefs and theories pertaining to when life begins, SCIENTIFICALLY life begins at conception. At the very moment of fertilization or conception, the moment when the father's sperm joins the mother's ovum, the fetus contains all the genetic information that baby will have for the remainder of his or her lifetime.

Any medical embryology book you reference will confirm that this new unique human creation is a defined sex and is alive, complete and growing.

At the very moment of conception, this creation is completely human, unique from any other living organism. This new developing baby has the same 46 chromosomes he or she will have until death. The fetus is a living human being who contains SEPERATE and UNIQUE chromosomal structures from it's mother.

That means they deserve all the same rights to life that other INDIVIDUALS enjoy. There can be no doubt that human life exists from the very onset of pregnancy.

No human being should be discriminated against based on his or her stage of development, place of residence (inside the womb) or arbitrary notion of "when life begins".