[net.abortion] Unique genetic entities. reply to Matthew Rosenblatt

kjm@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Ken Montgomery) (09/12/85)

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>> "You" were also once a sperm cell.  And/or an egg?  And/or inanimate matter.
>> [RICH ROSEN]
>
>No.  You know when a unique genetic entity comes into existence with the 
>genes that determine who "I" am.
>[Matthew Rosenblatt]

Are identical twins the same person?  Supposing (for the sake of argument)
the notion of a "right to life", would they have, between them, the right
to only one life? (0.5 :-))

Is a polar body a person?  As I remember my biology, during the process
of fertilization an extra, complete set of chromosomes forms: the "polar
body".  It is thrown away.  Does it have the "right to life"?  How do
you plan to implement this "right" for it?

Is conception manslaughter? (0.01 :-))

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