July 26, 2006
More Evidence against Abortion
You're likely not seeing a lot of coverage of the
latest news out of the Yale School of Medicine. Why is that? Because it's a discovery that, at it's core, provides more evidence that will dispute abortion on demand.
It seems the researchers there have discovered when humans develop a part of the brain that makes us human (and not animals) -- the cerebral cortex. And no, it doesn't develop only after birth, much to the chagrin of the pro-death anti-life pro-death choice "pro-choice" crowd. Instead, it develops 31 days after the human egg has been fertilized.
Those who argue that there's no human life until after birth, after the second trimester, or even after the first trimester now have even less ground to stand on. This research shows that humans begin developing as humans in just 31 days -- so you cannot legitimately claim that an abortion at 3 months is killing "just a fetus" or a "non-human."
This is more evidence that was not known when the fatal "Roe v. Wade" decision was handed down that shows that it was a wrong decision based on science (never mind the state's rights violations).
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those on the left "la la la la la la la, I can't hear you!!!!!"
Any evidence to the contrary, the leftards will continue to believe that it is not a human being till it is comes out of the womb and breaths.
Of course, if we are talking about unborn animals,then we must protect their unborn young.
Posted by: William Teach at July 26, 2006 09:15 PM (doAuV)
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Anyone on the left who even nods in the direction of someone who is pro-life will be labeled a heretic.
Posted by: Ogre at July 26, 2006 10:34 PM (o2crh)
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But it's JUST a GLOB of cells Ogre. Useless cells.
It can't think. It doesn't feel pain. It doesn't see or speak or think. How do they know this?? They don't so every new finding is very important.
Posted by: Raven at July 27, 2006 01:43 AM (fDjqx)
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They know it because John Kerry says it's so.
Posted by: Ogre at July 27, 2006 02:16 AM (o2crh)
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Sorry, Ogre, but you're wrong on the facts. The researchers didn't find that the cerebral cortex developed at 31 days. They found that the first neuron developed at 31 days. This neuron precedes all other neuron types in the brain, including those that make up the cerebral cortex. At this stage, it has no connection to other neurons, so it forms no synapses to signal pain or other responses, and it does not have sufficient complexity to sustain cognitive abilities like pain. It does have a stress response, but so do sperm.
Additionally, the cerebral cortex is not unique to humans; rather, it is present in all vertebrates. In fact, there is no gross neural anatomical structure that I know of that is present only in humans.
So, to correct William Teach's prediction, the response from those on "the left" is:
Read more carefully. Failing that, ask someone who knows the field and isn't trying to sell you something. Science will never be able to answer the social question of "what is a person", but to say that an embryo at 31 days development has cognition is simply false.
Posted by: Shygetz at July 28, 2006 02:12 PM (VPFKi)
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Oh, right. I'm sorry. What was I thinking?
Would it make any difference at all if I re-wrote that section for you so it read "The cerebral cortex STARTS developing at 31 days?" I bet not. But the meaning would be exactly the same.
Posted by: Ogre at July 28, 2006 02:36 PM (/k+l4)
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