Let's imagine science progressing to the point where that clump of cells didn't need a host to survive. We're not far from there. Maybe 10 to 30 years. Doesn't change the underlying fact that the clump of cells could then become a human being w/o regard to the mother's support.
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No it doesn't. Now that's cognitive bias. Why does rational need brain development or other metrics? Only to fit your arbitrary definition. It's life. It's a human life. Whether it can think or feel pain does not change that.
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You can make an ethical argument based on scientific knowledge about awareness or ability to suffer. Not on when something becomes a human life which as you say is arbitrary.
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Enjoying the discussion, btw. Thanks for thinking this out with me.
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