EmilyD wrote:
Development of human life begins immediately upon fertilization of a woman's egg by a man's sperm. Here's how it happens.....
It's just a matter of time before science and technology make it possible to see without doubt that life begins at the time of conception - fertilization. We're almost there...so far, this is what scientists are seeing now: During the first 24 hours, once the sperm and egg bind to each other, the membranes of these two cells fuse, creating in less than a second a single hybrid cell: the zygote, or one-cell embryo. To protect his or her bodily integrity, within minutes the zygote initiates changes in its ionic composition, releasing zinc in a spark that induces “egg activation,” first modifying the surrounding zona pellucida blocking further sperm binding to the cell surface. Cooperation between sperm and egg components to achieve replication of DNA, cell division, and growth occurs as maternally (mother) and paternally (father) derived factors in the zygote begin interacting with and chemically modifying each other to initiate the final round of meiotic division in the maternally derived nucleus to enable DNA replication.
That is within 24 hours of fertilization....but they're looking at even those 24 hours in an effort to see deeper into the cells and their immediate activity upon that fertilization. It won't be long before this argument about when life begins will be settled by science.
So you see, your "clump of cells" (did you get that from permafrost???) is a stage of development of a human life. Pretty soon you won't be able to argue that.
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A zygote is smaller than my pinky nail .. Not valid argument .. I know how it works ..i know how to prevent .. I do not need anyone legislating what I can and cannot do with my body ...