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#782 - Highlights from the Whatever Abortion Debate

The Counsel of Trent

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The Difference Between a Zygote and an Egg

Every being with conscious experiences will have a first experience. I believe that something is an organism if you can give it time, nutrition and a proper environment. And embryo is between an embryo and a corpse. The difference is a corpse is a human organism that is lost organic unity. An embryo is a living organism. It's parts work together to grow other parts. When it becomes sophisticated enough it will grow a brain to take over to keep development going. That's only with the help of the mother though. All of us need our mom's help when we're little. We need to be shell-ing-outs. Nothing else. Past birth needs to be connected biologically to another thing.

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