Tag Archives: human being

Conspicuous Absence of Humanity

Posted on November 16, 2014 by intelligentchristianfaith

Much of the abortion debate rages over sophisticated biological terms like gamete, sperm, egg, haploid, diploid, embryo, fetus, zygote, conceptus and so on. One should be careful however not to let the terms slip from distinctly human debates–to other animals. … Continue reading →

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Are Human Fetuses Parasites? (revised 5.6.19)

Posted on June 24, 2014 by intelligentchristianfaith

  Occasionally abortion-choice advocates refer to fetal humans as parasites. We know what they are getting at. The child-in-utero is dependent on the mother, drains her energy, eats her food, etc. But, is “parasite” the right idea here? Are fetal … Continue reading →

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What Is an Abortion? (John D. Ferrer, 6 May 2013)

Posted on May 5, 2013 by intelligentchristianfaith

Abortion is a fact of life, happening naturally across the whole animal kingdom–humans included. Among people these natural abortions are called miscarriages. But that is not the sense debated much in America. The issue at hand is non-natural abortion, also … Continue reading →

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