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...other things as they grow--they continue to be the same thing, just at a later stage of development. Our growth and maturation, both inside and outside the womb, is the continuation of the same being, not a transformation into a different species. I did not come from a fetus, but I once was a fetus. I did not come from an infant, but was once an infant. Conception marks the beginning an individual's human life because that is the first time when she exists. At conception, a full human genome comes into being for the first time...
...impossible for a fetus to possess rights [because] rights belong only to human beings, i.e. individuals," he said...
Bernstein said a fetus is not actually a human being...
...opposed to euthanasia because I believe it violates the basic sanctity of all human life. I must admit that I am pro-choice, but that stance is based on the opinion that a fetus in the early stages of pregnancy is not a living human being. However sick or invalid, no one can deny that a patient is as human and that his life is as important as anyone else's. These views stem not from any particular religious belief, but out of a basic respect for human life anywhere and in any condition...
Heavier babies are exposed to more estrogen, and the rapid cell division spurred by the exposure may increase the probability of damage to the genetic material of the fetus, researchers suggested...