Andrew Sullivan has been wondering about the mortality rate of newly-conceived human beings, he says, for a section in the book he’s writing. He says today:<\/p>\n
\nThanks so much for your numerous responses to the zygote question. I’m deluged with information in a matter of hours, so no need for more. I’ll write up a post detailing what I found out for tomorrow’s Dish. But the bottom line is clear: if you believe that human beings exist from the moment a zygote comes into being, there are almost no environments more dangerous for humans than inside their own mother.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The "waste" of nature, as it is commonly called, can<\/em> indeed be a challenge. However, I’d say there’s an important little point to remember: Anything that’s alive has a 100% mortality rate. There is no environment more dangerous to human beings than planet earth. Sorry. C’est la vie. Literally.<\/p>\n
Further, I’d say that if you don’t believe that human beings exist from the moment a zygote comes into being, the burden is on you to demonstrate 1)what the zygote is and 2)the precise point at which a human being does<\/em> come into being. It’s a matter of life and death, you know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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