And 18 year olds are held to be adults, but I question the logic of that, too.No, it doesn't. 'Life' is one thing, human life another, and human life, everywhere and always, has been held to begin at birth.
And 18 year olds are held to be adults, but I question the logic of that, too.No, it doesn't. 'Life' is one thing, human life another, and human life, everywhere and always, has been held to begin at birth.
Neurons start forming at around 11 weeks.If human life ends when the brain ceases to function, doesn't it follow that it begins when the brain begins to function?
And 18 year olds are held to be adults, but I question the logic of that, too.
Which is why the law making 18 year olds adults is not totally realistic. When does the brain begin to function, though? That should be pretty easy to establish via an EEG. According to this:Neurons start forming at around 11 weeks.
However the frontal lobe doesn't completely form until age 25 and stops changing substantially after around 35. Among other things the frontal lobe inhibits the amygdala ("lizard brain") from doing something stupid. (Not always successfully.)
Generally speaking, the first measurable brain waves can be captured on an electroencephalogram (EEG) around the 12th week of pregnancy.
That's roughly the first trimester. I'll buy that. I think that's what is allowed in federal law.life begins around the 12th. week
Yep. Seems like the law has it about right.That's roughly the first trimester. I'll buy that. I think that's what is allowed in federal law.
Who's law? not mine or the God I believe in..Yep. Seems like the law has it about right.
God does not make the laws in the USA. It is a secular state.Who's law? not mine or the God I believe in..
You are confusing a "blueprint" of a person with the person to be created from the blueprint. That's what DNA is. A blueprint.The moment you say “I was X since before I was born,” you are admitting to the rather unavoidable truth that you were you before you were born. If “person” is important to the definition of “you,” then you must always have been a person for as long as you’ve been you.
There isn't a "both ways", and it has nothing to do with liberalism. It's common sense biology. You are trying to attach religious morals to biology and then condemn it as being liberalism.But I guess as a liberal.. you can have it both ways.
the Federal law and Supreme court. odd thing about America...laws are not made to fit your personal God....well should not be at least. My God Says 3 years old, now don't trample my religion with your federal laws....I want my Religious Freedom!Who's law? not mine or the God I believe in..
At the end of the day if anyone were to ask me to choose or attempt to force my hand on a topic – I choose Christ every time. I will choose Christ even against the Constitution of the United States of America. ( and I love the Constitution) Why, because this place is not my home.God does not make the laws in the USA. It is a secular state.