Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost View Post
For some reason, you appear to be extrapolating my argument to characterise me as pro-life.

Cells are alive. What that status confers in regard to rights is the subject of this debate. You posit the idea that rights come with consciousness. I would disagree, since that's not something that can easily be measured. I am happy with the idea that rights accrue on the basis of viability, which is the position taken by the vast majority of legal systems.
So if someone burns my hand and kills some of the cells in my body he will answer for murder? That's pretty thin...

Quote Originally Posted by Viking View Post
When's that?
IIRC, 14 weeks...