Are Human Eggs Persons?

| No Comments | No TrackBacks

Women's Rights in the Brave New World Where Eggs are People -- Jim Spencer

  • If a fertilized egg is a person, isn't every woman whose uterine wall fails to implant one guilty of involuntary manslaughter?
  • If a fertilized egg is a person, wouldn't every fertility clinic that discarded a frozen embryo be guilty of murder?
  • If a fertilized egg is a person, shouldn't every pregnant woman be entitled to an extra tax deduction?

No TrackBacks

TrackBack URL: http://www.engagingideas.net/mt/mt-tb.cgi/143

Leave a comment

Pages

Powered by Movable Type 5.11

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by webmaster published on October 2, 2007 10:59 AM.

Neuroscience and Fundamentalism was the previous entry in this blog.

Mill: Culture and the Satisfied Pig is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.