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From: kjm@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Ken Montgomery)
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Subject: Unique genetic entities.  [reply to Matthew Rosenblatt]
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 21:22:50 EDT
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>> "You" were also once a sperm cell.  And/or an egg?  And/or inanimate matter.
>> [RICH ROSEN]
>
>No.  You know when a unique genetic entity comes into existence with the 
>genes that determine who "I" am.
>[Matthew Rosenblatt]

Are identical twins the same person?  Supposing (for the sake of argument)
the notion of a "right to life", would they have, between them, the right
to only one life? (0.5 :-))

Is a polar body a person?  As I remember my biology, during the process
of fertilization an extra, complete set of chromosomes forms: the "polar
body".  It is thrown away.  Does it have the "right to life"?  How do
you plan to implement this "right" for it?

Is conception manslaughter? (0.01 :-))

--
The above viewpoints are mine.  They are unrelated to
those of anyone else, including my cat and my employer.

Ken Montgomery  "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs"
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