Comments on: It Gets People Talking http://generationsforlife.org/2008/0506/purdue/ Weblog of the Pro-Life Action League's Youth Outreach Division Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:17:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Jamie Pellek http://generationsforlife.org/2008/0506/purdue/#comment-206734 Jamie Pellek Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:08:39 +0000 http://generationsforlife.org/?p=564#comment-206734 That idea is absolutely genius, and I commend the writers of The Exponent. The pro-life responses in the editorials were, in my opinion, much more mature and backed with legitimate responses-- rather the hateful and distasteful slander thrown from pro-abortion students. I really envy the young woman who talked about how a baby is formed, she gives me hope after reading her intelligent remarks. I would just like to point out (I'm just venting/trailing off of her editorial but...) The medical arguments against abortion are compelling. For example, at conception the embryo is genetically distinct from the mother. To say that the developing baby is no different from the mother's appendix is scientifically inaccurate. A developing embryo is genetically different from the mother. A developing embryo is also genetically different from the sperm and egg that created it. A human being has 46 chromosomes (sometimes 47 chromosomes). Sperm and egg have 23 chromosomes. A trained geneticist can distinguish between the DNA of an embryo and that of a sperm and egg. But that same geneticist could not distinguish between the DNA of a developing embryo and a full-grown human being. Props to the students affiliated with The Exponent. That idea is absolutely genius, and I commend the writers of The Exponent. The pro-life responses in the editorials were, in my opinion, much more mature and backed with legitimate responses– rather the hateful and distasteful slander thrown from pro-abortion students. I really envy the young woman who talked about how a baby is formed, she gives me hope after reading her intelligent remarks.

I would just like to point out (I’m just venting/trailing off of her editorial but…) The medical arguments against abortion are compelling. For example, at conception the embryo is genetically distinct from the mother. To say that the developing baby is no different from the mother’s appendix is scientifically inaccurate. A developing embryo is genetically different from the mother. A developing embryo is also genetically different from the sperm and egg that created it. A human being has 46 chromosomes (sometimes 47 chromosomes). Sperm and egg have 23 chromosomes. A trained geneticist can distinguish between the DNA of an embryo and that of a sperm and egg. But that same geneticist could not distinguish between the DNA of a developing embryo and a full-grown human being.

Props to the students affiliated with The Exponent.

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