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The Plain Truth About When a Human Being Begins to Exist

It is an axiomin the science of Human Embryology that the existence of a

human being begins when sperm and the ovum meet, that is, at fertilization orconception.

Embryology asserts this as a fundamental truth inasmuch as, like any othernatural science, it has i t s owncriteria for determining when the existence of ahuman being occurs for the first time.

It is taught that the union of sperm and ovum creates a new, distinct andseparate living organism as shown by: 1) a new and distinct genetic code in thenewly formed organism, 46 XX or 46 XY, making the fertilized ovum a human

male or female; and 2) the occurrence of cell division, a conclusive sign of thebeginning of a new living organism, in this case humanin kind, or, a humanbeing, inasmuch as it is the result of the union between a human male cell(sperm) and a human female cell (ovum).

That the newly formed human being exists in a very simple cellular state(zygote/embryo) will not change the fact that it is already human in kind, that issubject, however, to degreesof developmental changes as it passes through theentire continuum of life before and after birth, always retaining and never losingits human nature from the very beginning to the end of its life.

Hence, when the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists(ACOG) claimed decades ago that life begins at implantation (usually in theuterus) and not at fertilization, they were overstepping their boundaries and wereencroaching in a territory beyond their competence.

It is worth noting also that any evidence ACOG presents to show that human lifebegins at implantation will not in any way weaken, much less nullify orinvalidate, the criteria or evidence advanced by embryologists in support of thefact that fertilization marks the first moment of a human beings existence.

The embryologists criteria for determining the moment when a human being firstexists stand valid and unchallenged as they establish clearly that where beforefertilization no human being exists, after or upon fertilization a human beingbegins to exist, as explained in the third paragraph above.

Furthermore, embryologists prove, and common sense dictates, that the resultingunion between a human sperm and a human ovum is a living organism that is

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human in k ind, or a human being, or a human person, which, although still in itssimplest cellular state, is capable of undergoing degreesof development, as saidearlier. Hence, what the ACOG claims to be a human beings first moment of lifeis really nothing more than that samehuman beings more advanced state ofdevelopment, retaining its same nature, that of being a human being, as it

passes through the entire continuum of life, from fertilization to life before andafter birth, as stated above.

Also, implantation presupposes that what is implanted was already alivein thefirst place and that it is the same k indof organism that resulted from fertilization,that is, a l i v ing humanorganism, or human being.

It is therefore clear that one root cause of the controversy between embryologistsand OB-Gynes of ACOG lies in the failure or refusal of the latter to acknowledgethe radical difference between the k indof being and that beings changing

degreesof perfection or development.

Another root cause of this controversy is the failure or refusal of ACOG toacknowledge the fact that, just like other natural sciences, the sciences of humanembryology and obstetrics and gynecology have their own respectivefundamental principles that arm them with their own unique ways of proving theirrespective claims within their different but related domains.

This is why ACOG grossly errs in concluding that life begins at implantation simply because the more advanced state of development of the human organism

begins in the uterus - while failing or refusing to appreciate the logic ofembryologists whose specific object of study and expertise consists indetermining precisely the exact moment when a new human life truly begins,where there was none before fertilization took place.

This is why it must also be pointed out that ONLYembryologists have thecompetence to question or challenge the fundamental truth that a human beingbegins to exist at the moment of fertilization or conception.

And if any reputable embryologist dares to challenge this, he must present hisown scientific counter-evidence proving that earlier evidence of the science ofhuman embryology was dead wrong, and that in vitro fertilization and embryotransfer are false and deceptive in claiming that cell division takes place whensperm and ovum meet, showing clearly the signs of a new living organism.

It is of course doubtful that any embryologist worth his salt would even dareimagine going this far for fear of questioning not only the science of humanembryology but the entire in vitro and embryo transfer technology/industry in

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which so many capitalists have invested billions of dollars, all of whom must firstbe assured that on petri dishes are produced authentic living human organisms.

And to clarify further, embryology answers definitively the question WHENthe first moment of a human beings existence begins - at fertilization - whether

sperm and the ovum unite in the fallopian tube through the natural means via thesexual act between a man and a woman, or in a petri dish via artificially createdmeans as in vitro fertilization.

On the other hand, ACOGs claim answers the question WHERE life begins inthe uterus - which obviously presupposes already a l iv ing humanorganismbefore implantation, an all-important and crucial fact that in vitro fertilization andembryo transfer establish conclusively!

Hence, ACOGs controversial claim that a human beings first moment of life

begins at implantation is completely negated by in vitro fertilization and embryotransfer, and is, therefore, not only clearly false but utterly impossible.

It is, therefore, not only correct but necessary to re-affirm the plain truth that theScience of Human Embryology asserts that a human being first begins to existat the moment of fertilization or conception, an axiomatic truth contained in allreputable Embryology text books in all medical schools throughout the world.

Consequently, should the Supreme Court declare this truth openly, it will only bestating a scientific fact based on solid rock-hard evidence of the Science of

Human Embryology, and not on religion, philosophy, ideology or any otherconsiderations that cannot help justify this universal truth through the light ofnatural reason alone.

Tony F. RoxasInservitium Catholicae Fidei

August 25, 2013