Luke 1:44
For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
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COMMONSENSE REALITY. At conception, a person's chromosomes-- his or her genetic (DNA) codes-- are joined, with half of the genetic codes coming from the father and half from the mother. At the precise moment of conception, a unique, complete, separate, and irreplacable individual is formed. There will never be another person like this unborn child. Protected in the mother's womb, this fertilized ovum (egg) may develop into an infant, then a child, and then an adult.
The God-given gift of life is passed to the next generation at the moment of conception. To argue otherwise flies in the face of common sense.
THE QUESTION OF INDEPENDENT LIFE. Life begins at conception, not at some arbitrary age during gestation, at birth, or after birth. An unborn baby in the mother's womb is clearly a person. It is irrelevant whether the developing child needs the mother's protection or whether the child could live outside the mother's womb. Even after birth, every person is dependent upon others for his or her life to be sustained.
To understand this point, consider a five-year old boy, who is preparing to enter kindergarten. His parent hands War and Peace to the boy, and asks him to read the first chapter aloud. "I can't," protests the boy. "Well, then, you don't deserve to go to school because you can't read," scolds the parent.
Of course the little boy cannot read, but he has the potential to be able to read in the future. After a suitable period of time in school, there is every expectation that he will learn to read.
An unborn baby developing in his or her mother's womb has the potential of becoming a child and, then, an adult, living independently outside of the protection of his or her mother's womb.
