If you don't know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should be enough for all of us to insist on protecting the unborn.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Uncertainty about life warrants caution against burial. This logic extends to protecting the unborn.
- In plain terms
- If unsure if something is alive, do not bury it; apply this to unborn life.
- What can you take from it?
- Err on the side of caution when life status is unclear.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does life begin?
- How do we define certainty?
Another view
The analogy between a body and an embryo may not hold scientifically.
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We cannot diminish the value of one category of human life - the unborn - without diminishing the value of all human life.
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