There may be no heart, no brain, no anything other than a clump of cells. Further more, it's not like the embryo develops "special" at an early stage. An unwanted pregnancy caught early on may well have an embryo that has zero difference from a dog embryo at the same stage of development.
In essence, we are all just lumps of cells...just at different stages of development. But to go with what you mentioned...
There's a beating heart after 3 weeks. Most women don't even know they are pregnant by that time. A brain isn't much farther after that. Here's a question for you...since when does a particular organ convey humanity? If someone had an artificial heart, are they regarded as no longer human? How about for those moments when a person is having a heart transplant, and a machine is running their circulatory system. Are they so much garbage?
It is very intersting, however that you brought up the development of "special". That is why I am anti-elective abortion. Because none of you (you refering to pro-choice advocates) can point to a distinct place where that "special" develops. When does it go from being a "clump of cells" to a person. The exact moment...exact mind you, when one thing is different from another. There is only one point, one exact & identifiable moment, when this is the case. That point is conception. That is when what was is no longer, and what is goes forward to be something completely new.
We do not base human rights off of a stage of development. We afford newborns, who are far from self-aware, the same rights as we do those who are. We afford those with mental disabilities the same rights as those who have full capabilities. Why is an unborn person (person as defined as a completely seperate individual) not afforded the same rights? Your arguement that its "just a clump of cells" is foolish, as its not "just a clump of cells". Instead, it is a person who will one day have the capability to talk to you.
Oh, and by the way, there is a *huge* difference between a human and dog embryo. Just because things may look similar to the untrained eye does not mean that they are.
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Anti-Abortion CBS Super Bowl commercial
27/01/2010 05:35:37 PM
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I think that its a fantastic idea...
27/01/2010 05:46:17 PM
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agreed... somewhat.
27/01/2010 05:52:26 PM
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See, that's the debate here...
27/01/2010 06:03:01 PM
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depending on the developmental stage, an embryo might be nothign more than a clump of cells.
27/01/2010 07:18:25 PM
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You make baby Allah cry. *NM*
27/01/2010 07:58:01 PM
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was it the dog comparison?
27/01/2010 07:59:22 PM
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yeah except islam allows abortion in certain conditions
28/01/2010 05:43:29 AM
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Shall we be technical....
27/01/2010 09:28:20 PM
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And since when are you a trained eye?
27/01/2010 09:52:05 PM
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If there's a chance the mother might die...
27/01/2010 07:30:54 PM
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What if the "real" preson is an asshole? I'd gamble on the baby who has the potential to not be.
27/01/2010 08:44:57 PM
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Which is why I'm against elective abortion
27/01/2010 09:33:59 PM
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Then we are in accord.
27/01/2010 10:00:32 PM
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I want to see an atheism Superbowl ad
27/01/2010 06:21:02 PM
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Go ahead and pay for one....
27/01/2010 06:37:18 PM
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how does atheism take anything away?
27/01/2010 07:20:49 PM
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LOL It only "takes away" mental enslavement.
27/01/2010 07:50:56 PM
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Who says?
27/01/2010 09:42:07 PM
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You're not "open" to anything.
27/01/2010 10:02:03 PM
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I don't need your sadness dude...or your pity.
27/01/2010 10:19:43 PM
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Personally speaking
27/01/2010 10:36:45 PM
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Tolerance much?
27/01/2010 08:11:12 PM
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Don't read an emotion into that I didn't put into it.
27/01/2010 09:44:37 PM
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Your comment is rude and narrow minded. Regardless of what emotion you feel
28/01/2010 03:20:11 PM
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Fortunately, positivity doesn't appear to be the qualifying characteristic
27/01/2010 08:26:28 PM
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Well there is a difference between...
27/01/2010 09:47:36 PM
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The fact is that it was a positive message, whether you agreed with it or not.
27/01/2010 09:52:47 PM
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I don't think it is the same thing
27/01/2010 07:17:19 PM
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Followed by an add of all the babies that should have been aborted? *NM*
29/01/2010 05:53:43 PM
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The problem is the hyprocrisy of CBS.
27/01/2010 07:56:58 PM
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And they claim this is the result of you liberal types pissing and moaning.
27/01/2010 08:40:57 PM
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"the buggery agenda"
27/01/2010 08:47:28 PM
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I know, I loved it! I might start using that instead of Fagenda. *NM*
27/01/2010 09:03:53 PM
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You might need to rework titles too. "Most Buggered", "Her Buggerness"
27/01/2010 09:06:44 PM
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I really, really hope a pro-choice group buys the next ad space
27/01/2010 08:09:16 PM
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Replace Hitler with Ben Affleck and I'd help pay for it.
27/01/2010 08:12:25 PM
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That would work also. The main thing is to pick someone who has committed crimes against humanity
28/01/2010 10:57:28 AM
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But how would you folks argue on the internet then? I'd still have Stalin... *NM*
27/01/2010 08:49:17 PM
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*brain explodes*
27/01/2010 08:30:51 PM
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are your sinuses clear now? *NM*
27/01/2010 08:54:18 PM
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Oddly enough, they aren't.
27/01/2010 08:59:27 PM
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the super bowl is no place for political messages, no matter how thinly veiled.
28/01/2010 05:15:13 AM
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Are you saying that CBS should be required to run an opposing ad? *NM*
28/01/2010 05:19:39 AM
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if they are going to approve a political message, they should be required to air the opposite view
28/01/2010 05:27:33 AM
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The problem with Pro-Choice is...
28/01/2010 02:12:13 PM
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Not really a fair comment
28/01/2010 02:44:21 PM
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Re: Not really a fair comment
28/01/2010 03:27:03 PM
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I can't see Youtube at work and am out the next couple of nights so I can't see it till the weekend
28/01/2010 03:36:48 PM
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I know you were going to tell me that it was slanted...
28/01/2010 03:57:37 PM
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That is unfair on me
28/01/2010 04:18:07 PM
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...which is yet another argument for publicly funded healthcare
28/01/2010 03:46:25 PM
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Re: ...which is yet another argument for publicly funded healthcare
28/01/2010 04:03:46 PM
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I don't think it's so much a matter of supplying misleading information,
28/01/2010 11:07:24 PM
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