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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] UM: Spelling corrected. Many thanks. I corrected my spelling of "repetitive." Thank you. Shik: "doesn't it come down to how one defines "life?"" THANK YOU! That's EXACTLY what it comes down to. Not the mantras of "a woman can choose" and "it's a private matter", but whether the child is alive or not. Now let's do this step by step, just so there's no confusion. Premise 1: Death is the end of life. Premise 2: The clinical definition of death is the point at which brain activity can no longer be detected. Conclusion 1: Therefore, the end of life is defined by the absence of detectible brain activity. Conclusion 2: If the [i]end[/i] of life is defined by the end of brain activity, it would seem to follow that life itself is defined by the [i]presence[/i] of brain activity. Since it's possible to detect brain activity in an unborn child at around six weeks, as I recall from the last time we had this argument, it seems logical to conclude that the child is clinically alive starting at that point. Personally, I think it's alive before that, but I can't clinically proove it, so... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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