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 ALWAYS BE

HAPPY

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 ALWAYS HAVE A
SMILE

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 AND
REMEMBER

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 WE ARE JUST
FOR A
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 START YOUR
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 Abortion: Life? Choice? Right?

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 Canibals H:\_canibalismeasiatique-1.pps

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 Why Should We Try to Persuade?
1999 Gallup Poll on Abortion
 Opinion nearly split
Undecided
(10%)
Prolife Prochoice
(42%) (48%)

Only ~50% feel strongly either

way Strongly
Nearly half have no strong Prochoice
opinion (i.e., can be No strong (26%)
persuaded) opinion
(45%) Strongly Prolife
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 Extension of Abortion

In One year – 5,00,00,000

One Day – 1,50,000
In India/per Day – 35000
In Kerala/ Per Day -3500

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 Abortion Rates in Western
Industrialized Countries

30

25 22.9 22.2
18.7
Rate per 1,000

20 16.5 16.4 15.6

15

10 7.6
6.5
5

0 Source: Henshaw et al., 1999a

United Sweden Canada Germany
(1996 data)
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 Who Has Abortions: Age
40-44 <15
35-39 3% 1%
15-19
8%
19%

30-34
14%

25-29 20-24
24% 32%

Source: Ventura et al., 2001

(1997 data)
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 Who Has Abortions: Marital Status
Divorced, widowed
10%
Separated
7%

Never-married
Married 64%
18%

Source: Henshaw and Kost, 1996

(1995 data)
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 Who Has Abortions:
Family Income
>$60,000
14%
<$15,000
29%

$30,000-$59,999
38%
$15,000-$29,999
20%
18%

Source: Henshaw and Kost, 1996

(1995 data)
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 Who Has Abortions:
Religious Identification
None 24%
Protestant
37%

Other 6%
Jewish 1%

Catholic
31%
18% Source: Henshaw and Kost, 1996
(1995 data)
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 Who Has Abortions:
Number of Prior Abortions
Three or more
8%

Two
13%
None
51%

One
28%

Source: AGI, 2001a

(1997 data)
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 Why is Abortion Wrong
 Human life is as precious as the life of Jesus
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 Good and Evil

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 Scientific Arguments

• When does human life begin?

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The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented
Embryology
"Human development begins at fertilization… This
highly specialized, totipotent cell marks the
beginning
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of each of us as a unique individual.”29
 Essentials of Human Embryology
“at fertilization, embryonic development
of a new individual begins.”

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Medical Embryology Textbooks

“ At fertilization, a new,
genetically distinct human
organism is thereby
formed…”

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 What Do Medical Doctors Say?

Dr. Alfred Bongioanni (University of

Pennsylvania):
“I have learned from my earliest medical education
that human life begins at the time of conception.”
Dr. Jerome LeJeune (University of
Descartes):
“after fertilization has taken place a new human
being has come into being.”

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 Human Embryology
 Fetal heart begins
to form 18 days after
conception
 Measurable heart beat 21-24
days after conception

Fetal brain begins to form on day 23

Brain waves produced by 6 weeks

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 Safest Place?

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 Stages of Embryogenesis

Day 2
2-cell embryo Day 3-4
Day 1
Multi-cell embryo
Fertilized egg

Day 5-6
Day 11-14 Blastocyst
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 Derivation and Use of
Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
Isolate inner cell mass
Outer cells (destroys embryo)
(forms placenta)
Inner cells
(forms fetus) Culture cells

Day 5-6
Blastocyst “Special sauce”
(largely unknown)

Liver
Heart
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Kidney Heart muscle
 Abortion Stops a Beating Heart

Conception: The baby’s DNA is established. This determines

the baby’s gender, hair color, eye color, skin tone,
height, and more.

18 days: The heart begins to beat.

19 days: The baby’s eyes begin to develop.
Four weeks: Arms and legs begin to develop.
Five weeks: The baby’s mouth, ears, and nose are
forming.
Six weeks: The baby kicks and has measurable brain
waves .
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Eight weeks: All body systems are present.

The baby sucks his thumb and responds
to touch.
Ten weeks: The structure of the baby’s entire body is
formed, even fingerprints and eyelashes.
Eleven weeks: The baby’s organ systems are complete.
The baby breathes, swallows, digests,
sleeps, tastes, hears, and hiccups.

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 Scientific Conclusions

 Human life begins at conception

 Human development proceeds rapidly (all organs
and systems are in place by week 8)
 Abortion stops a beating heart
 Most abortions occur after the fetus exhibits
measurable brain waves

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 Means for Abortion
I pill
 Sucking
 D&C
 Saline Abortion
 Caesarian
 Medication (RU 48) – Premature
delivery
 Delivery and instant killing
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 How does i- pill function?

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 Suction – 10 Weeks

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 Saline Abortion

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 Abortion Statistics by Weeks of
Gestation
Weeks of Gestation Abortions (% of total)
<6 22
7 18
8 18
>8 42
Therefore, 78% of abortions occur after fetal brain
waves have begun
Elam-Evans, L.D., et al. 2002. Abortion Surveillance -- United
States, 1999. Surveillance Summaries 51(SS09) 1-28. (Center for
Disease Control and Prevention)
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 Legal Arguments

Violation of the
Right to live

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 Legal Definition of Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of a

human being, or a fetus, with malice
aforethought.

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 Christian Arguments and
Response
We may not do evil so that good
will result (Romans 3:8)
Humans are created in the
image of God before birth
The human soul begins before
birth
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 Bible: Human Life Begins Before Birth

 "He fashions us in the womb? (Job

31:15)
 Thou hast been my God from my
mother's womb. (Psalms 22:9-10)
 For Thou didst form my inward parts;
Thou didst weave me in my mother's
womb. (Psalms 139:13-16)
 See also Isaiah 44:2, 24

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 When Does Ensoulment Occur?
 John the Baptist: (Luke 1:15)
 Paul: even from my mother's womb, …
(Galatians 1:15)
 Jeremiah: "Before I formed you in the
womb ..." (Jeremiah 1:5)

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 Murder Defined by the Bible
 People are not to be murdered because they
are created in the image of God. (Genesis
9:6)
 Murder: intentional, with premeditation
(Joshua 20:3)
 Abortion is intentional, and premeditated

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 Embryo Is Not a Person??
“Persons . . . are members of a social
community that shapes and values
them, and personhood must be defined
in terms of interactions and
relationships with others.”
Susan Sherwin. 1999. Ethical Issues: Perspectives for Canadians. Ed. Soifer, Eldon. Peterborough, Ontario:
Broadview Press, p. 267
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 Embryo Is Not a Person –
Rebuttal
Personality definition problems
 Does a human non-person exist?
 Society has excluded certain humans from
personhood before (e.g., African slaves,
Chinese, etc.) Should we make a new list of
human non-persons?

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 Embryo Is Not a Person – Rebuttal

 The
lack of certain personality traits
would remove from personhood:
– Those who are in a coma
– Elderly with degenerative disorders
(Alzheimer's, etc.)
– Mentally deficient
– Is is okay to consider these human beings as
non-persons?
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 Is he not a person?

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 At Conception, It Is Only a
Single Cell
Claim:
 Fertilized eggs are single cells, like blood
cells or other parts of the body
Rebuttal:
 This single cell is unique from both the
father’s and mother’s cells and is the
beginning of every new human being

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 Moral Arguments

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 Abortion Deaths
Deaths From Abortion
Year Legal Abortions Legal Illegal
1972 ? 24 41
1973 615,831 25 21
1974 763,476 26 7
Tietze, C. 1983. Induced Abortion: A World View. The
Population Council, New York.

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 The “Hard” Cases
Abortion must be available for:
 cases of rape or incest
– Represent only 1% of all cases
 cases of fetal abnormalities
– Represent only 1% of all cases
 mother’s health is at risk
– Represents only 3% of all cases

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 Every Child Should Be Wanted
(Wanted Children Are Less Likely to Be Abused)

Reported Child
Year Abuse Cases
1973 167,000
1980 785,100
1987 2,025,200
2000 1,726,000
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, National
Center of Child Abuse & Neglect; National Analysis of
Official Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting
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 Women Have a “Right” to
Control Their Own Body
 Is the fetus part their body?
– Separate circulatory system
– Unique DNA
 Do we have rights to do anything with our
bodies?
– Assault
– Illegal drugs
– Use of drugs/alcohol during pregnancy

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 Do You Personally Believe That
Abortion Is Wrong?
Even though 51% claimed to
be “pro-choice” only 36%
believe that abortion was not
morally wrong
Don’t Know
(8%)
No Yes
(36%) (56%)

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates.

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I Am Personally Against Abortion,
But…
 Why are you personally against abortion?
 If you believe it is immoral, why do you think
it should be legally allowed?
– I am personally against murder, but…
– I am personally against robbery, but…

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 Abortion Vs. Slavery
Abortion (2003) Slavery (1850’s)*
“They’re not persons” “They’re not persons, but
property”

It’s a personal choice It’s a personal choice

It’s a religious issue It’s a religious issue

*Stephen Douglas used all of these arguments in

favor of retaining slavery
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 History of Human Stem Cell
Research
 In 1968, the first bone marrow transplant
was successfully used in treatment of SCID
 Since the 1970’s, bone marrow transplants
have been used for treatment of
immunodeficiencies and leukemias

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 Bone Marrow Stem Cells

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 History of Somatic Cell
Nuclear Transfer (Cloning)
 1952 – Briggs and King cloned
tadpoles
 1996 – The first mammal cloned
from adult cells was Dolly, the
sheep.
1998 – Mice cloned
1998 – Cows cloned

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 “CC” Carbon Copy

History of Cloning
 2001 – Cat cloned
2002 – Rabbits cloned
2003 – Mule cloned

2004 – Bull serial-cloned

2005 – Dog cloned

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 Possible Uses of Stem Cell
Technology
 Replaceable tissues/organs
 Repair of defective cell types
 Delivery of genetic therapies
 Delivery chemotherapeutic agents

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 Early Successes – Human
Cloning
 2001 – First cloned human embryos (only to
six cell stage) created by Advanced Cell
Technology (USA)
 2004* – Claim of first human cloned
blastocyst created and a cell line established
(Korea) – later proved to be fraudulent

*Hwang, W.S., et al. 2004. Evidence of a Pluripotent Human

Embryonic Stem Cell Line Derived from a Cloned
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 Cloned Human ESC
Differentiate Into Different
Tissue Types
Neural Retinal

Bone Cartilage Epithelial

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 Unknowns in Stem
Cell/Cloning Research
 It is uncertain that human embryonic stem
cells in vitro can give rise to all the different
cell types of the adult body.
 It is unknown if stem cells cultured in vitro
(apart from the embryo) will function as the
cells do when they are part of the
developing embryo

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 How does life come to being?
 Love one another Love2008.wmv

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