Can Science Tell Us When There's A Right To Life? (church)

[TurkeyOnRye]

Originally Posted by Mestemia

The only thing that fits the Bill is abstinence, though one might argue that not having sex interferes with having sex...

True, there is nothing else that fits the bill (and yes, I would argue abstinence does interfere with sex. ).

But perhaps one day we'll have birth control pills that you take once and last for years, or perhaps some other method that we have not yet considered. Who knows what stuff like nanotechnology or synthesized medicine might bring?

[Mestemia]

Originally Posted by TurkeyOnRye

True, there is nothing else that fits the bill (and yes, I would argue abstinence does interfere with sex. ).

But perhaps one day we'll have birth control pills that you take once and last for years, or perhaps some other method that we have not yet considered. Who knows what stuff like nanotechnology or synthesized medicine might bring?

nanotechnology?

lol
The first thing I pictured was a bunch of little robots killing off the sperms as they raced down the fallopian tube.

[Storm]

I'll go against the tide here and say that, while science cannot answer the question, it can inform the answer.

Science can tell us (and has) when a fetus becomes independently viable (iow, when it can survive outside of the womb), iirc that's at approximately 25 weeks.

I've heard it argued that the fetus' right to life is attained with viability.