Pro-life advocates define human life as beginning at the moment of conception, while pro-choice supporters claim that once the egg and sperm are united this is just a living organism and not a human life. ... Once the sperm and egg unite, the 23 chromosomes of each are brought together to form one cell with 46 chromosomes. Once this cell with 46 chromosomes is formed, that one cell has all of the DNA, the entire genetic code that makes up a human being. Everything which constitutes a human being is in that one cell from conception on it just takes time to grow and develop. ... Science says tha...

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Pro-choice is when a woman believes that a fetus is not a human being it is just a bunch of tissue cells. ... Willke state that once sperm breaks the egg and fertilizes the egg it is considered to be human being. Even though this is a single cell it is considered an individual human being because no one in history will ever create this cell again. ... But having a full set of human DNA does not give the zygote full human rights - including the right not to be aborted during its gestation. ... Anti-abortionists claim that each new fertilized zygote is already a new person because its DNA is un...

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A female's ovum (egg) and a male's sperm are both clearly alive. ... Almost all of these eggs are destined to die and be ejected from the body. ... Or is it when the sperm and egg meet, causing the conception of the baby? ... So, the cell is now a human being at that time because there is a presence of a soul. ... And this life has its own unique set of DNA, which contains a blueprint for the whole genetic being. ...

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When the sperm meets the egg, a person begins. The person has an entirely new set of DNA than both parents and is an individual. ... That is, he can reproduce his own cells and develop them into a specific pattern of maturity and function. ...

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Carrier testing can be used to help couples to learn if they carry - and thus risk passing to their children - a recessive allele for inherited disorders such as cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia, or Tay-Sachs disease. Genetic tests - biochemical, chromosomal, and DNA-based - also are widely available for the prenatal diagnosis of conditions such as Down syndrome. ... On the other hand, pre-implantation genetic testing is the use of the male's sperm and the female's egg through invitro fertilization to come up with some possible embryos, which can be used to detect disease. ...

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