At Least the Ecuadorians Get It Right

Over at LifeSiteNews.com, there's a great story about the condemnation of abortion from Ecuadorian Obstetricians and Gynecologists based on science, not religion.

As the story states...

The members of the Federation note that the humanity of the embryo is not a matter of religion, but of medical science.

"Science teaches that human life begins at conception," the declaration states. "If it is also true that it is affirmed by religion, it does not for that reason cease to be a strictly scientific truth, to be transformed into a religious opinion. He who denies that human life begins with conception does not need to contend with religion, but science. To deny this certainty of biology is not to express a lack of faith, but a lack of basic knowledge of human genetics, something that is even known by the general public."

The declaration also corrects a common misconception about the fetus: that it is a "part" of the mother, rather than a distinct human life. "To affirm that the woman can do with her body whatever she wishes, besides being a conceited claim, has absolutely no basis in science: the embryo is not part of the body of the mother, nor is the fetus an internal organ of her body: the DNA of the embryo is distinct from that of its parents," the doctors write.

I think that's going to be my argument going forward. Prove to me, scientifically, that a fetus is not a living creature. Prove to me, scientifically, that a fetus is genetically part of the mother.

You can read the entire article HERE.