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--- thoughts:politics:abortion [2021/09/11 19:10] – [On Mercy] Owen Mellema
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 Another, much earlier definition is after the formation of the placenta. The placenta is a marvel of human evolution, a necessary step between laying eggs giving live birth. Without it, the mother's immune system would eradicate the baby, in the same way it would eradicate any other foreign substance. Because the placenta is needed to protect the baby from the mother, it could be argued that this is the phase at which we consider it a human and a separate system. That would be at the beginning of the first trimester.
+===== Conclusion =====
+Childbirth is a truly fascinating and marvelous process. Perhaps it's my background as a software engineer, but I can't take for granted the fact that the creation of such a highly complex system //just works//, no project managers or engineers with blueprints needed. Think about it - it works well enough that it is considered unusual when a baby has even a small defect!
+They come out of the womb, grow a bit, put together some patterns, and before long they are doing crazy stuff like programming computers and writing blog posts. Life is truly special, and every moment of it's incredible journey should be cherished, especially including it's beginning.