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The end of human conception/fertilisation marks the point at which the sperm and the egg (gametes) have combined into a new, living, single organism with a unique, human genetic structure.
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2) FROM 1 IT FOLLOWS THAT:   
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This new being belongs to the species Homo sapiens.
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3) FROM 2 IT FOLLOWS THAT:
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For the purpose of this discussion, "human being" is the biological definition meaning a member of the species Homo sapiens.
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Human beings overwhelmingly reproduce sexually and not asexually (identical twins or potentially cloning.)
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If the zygote, embryo or fetus were an actual part of the pregnant woman instead of a distinct human being inside her, then human beings would exclusively reproduce asexually.
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The life of an individual human being begins at conception/fertilization.
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All normal, healthy human beings have an inherent capacity for functioning as persons do.
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To be a person means that a being has a capacity to function as persons do including the ability to reason, love, recognize truth and beauty, understand language and all other functions commonly ascribed to persons.
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The "immediate capacity" to function as a person means that a being is capable at the present moment of functioning as persons do.
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The "inherent capacity" to function as a person means that a being is capable of functioning as persons do but not necessarily at the present moment.
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A person in a deep, dreamless sleep or who is otherwise without consciousness (e.g. under anesthesia, sharp blow to the head) lacks immediate capacity but retains the inherent capacity to function as a person.
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A being that lacks immediate capacity but retains the inherent capacity to function as a person is a person for it is only as a person that one can function as a person.
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The unborn are human persons.
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Roe v. Wade permitted legal abortion nationwide.
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The equal protection clause of the 14th amendment of the US Constitution states that all persons are granted equal protection under the law:
"nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws"
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Roe v. Wade is in direct violation of the 14th amendment and is therefore unconstitutional.
[The founders of the feminist movement were opposed to abortion and slavery as well as being for the equal treatment of women because they were true believers in the equality of all persons without exceptions. They had it right.]
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