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Human life is science, not faith.<\/p>\n

With the recent overturning of the Supreme Court Decision Roe v. Wade<\/em>, I have noted that many of the people unhappy with the overturning criticize that Christianity and the Bible have influenced the overturning, and that science must prevail.\u00a0 They are upset that religious views are being imposed on the whole country.<\/p>\n

What these critics do not realize, is that human life is not about faith, but science.<\/p>\n

If you Google the simple question, \u201cwhen does human life begin?\u201d the very first result is from an article on the website of Princeton University.\u00a0 It reads, \u201clife begins at fertilization with the embryo\u2019s conception.\u00a0 Development of the embryo begins at Stage 1 when a sperm fertilizes and oocyte and together they form a zygote.\u00a0 Human development begins after the union of male and female gametes or germ cells during a process known as fertilization (conception).\u201d<\/p>\n

As I sifted through the various results, I came across an article from a website titled \u201cEvolution News and Science Today\u201d which asserted, \u201cfrom a scientific standpoint, at the moment of fertilization of the egg by a sperm, a completely new organism is present.\u00a0 The organism is not a part of the mother\u2019s body although he or she is located within the mother\u2019s body.\u00a0 The argument that this unique human being present in the mother\u2019s womb from the moment of fertilization is a part of the mother\u2019s body until sometime later in gestation is, from a scientific viewpoint, bizarre.\u201d<\/p>\n

The question that arises from the abortion debate precisely is \u201cwhen does human life begin?\u201d\u00a0 If a human life does not begin at the moment of conception, then what is inside the woman\u2019s body?\u00a0 Those cells that are quickly dividing and multiplying will not grow up to be a panda bear or an orangutan.\u00a0 The clump of cells at the moment of my conception has grown and developed to the clump of cells that I am today.\u00a0 It is not an issue of potential or what those cells will become, those cells are already a human.<\/p>\n

As I listen to the uproar over abortion rights denied, I find myself asking, \u201cwhat is the alternative?\u00a0 Killing the baby?\u201d\u00a0 Many argue that children will be brought into a world where they will suffer.\u00a0 Is the solution killing the child so he or she will not suffer?\u00a0 Or is the solution remedying the sources of the suffering?\u00a0 We kill the sufferer rather than remedying the suffering.\u00a0 Kill the baby as soon as you find out he has down syndrome, rather than fighting for a society that is open and compassionate toward those who are different or have a handicap.\u00a0 That\u2019s not compassionate \u2013 that macabre.<\/p>\n

The Pro-life movement as a whole is backed up by many religious groups and people, however, the Pro-life movement must focus on arguments that do not cite faith or religion.\u00a0 An argument that cites the Bible does not help me when I am speaking with someone who is not Christian. \u00a0The Pro-life movement must move forward speaking of the science behind its thinking.<\/p>\n

Since 1973 when the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down, science has advanced tremendously.\u00a0 We know so much more about gestation and genetics.\u00a0 Imaging has advanced to levels that we can see babies smiling and giving thumbs up in the womb.\u00a0 After fifty years, taking account of how much science has taught us about life in the womb, the Supreme Court must follow the science and update its ruling on abortion.<\/p>\n

The Pro-life community is confident because we know that science is on our side.\u00a0 Recently, my neighboring parish, Saint Boniface in Springfield, Georgia, had some pro-life signs vandalized. \u00a0The picture on this post is the least offensive of the vandalized signs. \u00a0On the other one, the vandals wrote \u201cF*** children.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Time will prove who is on the right side of this argument.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"