187: How to talk about the Science of Human Life

Central to conversations about abortion is when human life begins, and in today's episode, host Cam takes a deep(er) dive into how to talk about the science of human life.

The first step in establishing the importance of when human life begins is reiterating the human rights argument which includes the following questions:

1. Do you agree all humans get human rights?
2. If something is growing (in an organized way), isn't it alive?
3. If that living organism has human parents, isn't he or she a living human?
4. Doesn't that make abortion a human rights violation?

Next, we'll offer clarifications, including at times tracing our lives back from our current age and stage of development to the moment of fertilization, before appealing to biological authorities and offering a more thorough understanding of the ...