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Originally posted by sgtclub
I've been pitching that at some point science will be able to tell us definitively when life begins, because many pro-choicers do not believe, as you correctly do, that life begins at conception.
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But you're still stuck with the same problem: defining "life" is inherently philosophical. Is Terry Schiavo alive? (not to mention, if so, whether she's human). Human life is not a scientific definition--it's a collection of certain attributes which, if you have enough of each or in total, you're considered human and entitled to certain protections.
I would be frightened by any scientist who presumed to declare when "life" begins.
