On 8/1/2012 11:21 AM, Han wrote:
-MIKE- wrote in news:jvbl7f$3ge$1
@speranza.aioe.org:

The human being inside
the womb will never get a chance to see how difficult or easy life is.
Bottom line, it is a life.
The fetus is a /potential/ life. There is a difference.

A fertilized ovum is a life, genetically different from either parent.
The question is not whether it is life -- it unquestionably is. The
question is when that life becomes a human, or is otherwise entitled to
protection by law. After birth, you can end a human life if the
person's brain ceases to function, or in defense of self or others. The
same test should be applied to life before birth, with the burden on the
person seeking to end the life to prove that it does not have a
functioning brain (this usually commences around week 8-10) or is
necessary to save the mother's life.