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There’s neither scientific fact nor biblical teaching to support this position though. I often see “Thou shall not murder” as a defense for antiabortion policie
by redeux 4y ago
There’s neither scientific fact nor biblical teaching to support this position though. I often see “Thou shall not murder” as a defense for antiabortion policies, but it takes an unsupported leap to call it murder to begin with. Genesis says that life begins at first breath, which is far after most societies consider abortions legal and moral.
There’s also no indication that people even used to think that life began in utero, and that anything less than a fully formed infant was alive and capable of surviving.
- nvahalik 4y ago> There’s also no indication that people even used to think that life began in utero You obviously haven't read a bible to any depth. God talks about "nations" being in the womb of Rebekah. He opened/close the womb of Rachel and of others in scripture. Samson was a Nazerite "from the womb". Job says that God "made him" in his "mother's womb". I could go on and on. Please read up on this some more, your argument is very ignorant of what scripture actually says about this.
- redeux 4y agoA reference to the womb does not imply life.
- erikpukinskis 4y agoScripture actually says that God recognized certain people before they were even conceived. God is omniscient though, so I don’t think that’s a useful standard for the cops to use when deciding who to throw in jail.
- l33t2328 4y ago> scientific fact “Science”(whatever that means) doesn’t really weigh in on what “personhood” is.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoWhat "science" says is that we can keep a fetus alive that had the misfortune of being born at... 24 weeks, I think? But the number keeps moving - it used to be 28. So at least at some distance after conception, yes, medical science supports seeing a fetus as a human, with life of its own.
- f154hfds 4y agoSee my comment elsewhere in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31866064 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31866064
- RHSeeger 4y ago> Genesis says that life begins at first breath It says no such thing. It says that Adam's life began upon first breath. Adam was also created as a full grown man, so it's clearly not an example for human life as a whole. The Bible doesn’t teach that every man comes to life at first breath any more than it teaches that every woman comes from the rib of a man (from https://www.str.org/w/does-bible-teach-life-begins-first-breath https://www.str.org/w/does-bible-teach-life-begins-first-bre...) The Bible does say, in multiple places, clearly imply that life begins in the womb. For example, when John leaped for joy in his mother's womb, announcing the coming of the Lord.