Sy Borg wrote: ↑August 27th, 2024, 7:22 pm Okay, let's ignore religion. Embryos have no sentience. No brain, no sentience. The cows, sheep, pigs, goats, chickens and even fish that we eat are sentient. In some cases, like pigs and goats, highly sentient. Even after nine weeks, the foetus's brain is rudimentary, still vastly less sentient that the animals we routinely slaughter and eat.
Abortion of embryos is completely ethical, if that is what the woman wants/needs. There will come a point where a foetus is viable, and at that point abortion ethics are less clear. Of course, flexibility and reason tend not to be much considered in today's divided (by design) world.
When is the it sentient? When the brain is formed? Because in that light, the human brain is not fully formed until the age (for most) of 25. I have pictures of my children in ultrasounds and they looked human, one even was sucking his thumb and the other kicked the ultrasound wand. And by 6 weeks the heartbeat can be heard. That's life.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." NF from Motto