If you intend to bring in some other “sense” of the term “human being,” it is only figuarative and metaphorical (as in reference to evil terrorists and criminals as not human). Of course we know many on the left do seem to think that way about the human species. Regardless, figurative language like that has NO business in the determination of law or rights.

You (correctly) make the delineation from cell to tissue to organ to organism, but at conception you are saying a single cell, not even a tissue much less an organ, is an organism. (yes there are single celled organisms but since Homo Sapiens Sapiens is definitively multicellular that’s not germane)

Science can’t argue the matter because “human being” isn’t really a scientific term in the sense we are using it.

There hasn’t yet been any polling on it, but polls consistently showed it was favored in 2006.

For many people the question of “When does life begin” is not the same as “when does a glob of cells become a human being.” For a lot of people, the latter is a harder question to answer.

Then we need better science education. It’s a fundamental tenet of biology that cells make up tissue that makes up organs that make up an organism. The organism is a distinct member of the human species. That means there is a human being. The differences are consistently observable and scientifically defined. This basic biological fact was discovered in 1827, and it’s why doctors (rather than religious groups) had the practice banned at that same time. The “progrssives” (the ones who wish to ban flush toilets, cars, light bulbs, and free enterprise) like to trot out pre-1827 arguments in to make the facts appear to be beliefs (and vice versa). I guess being in control of the education establishment has helped them advance the lie.

All the science organizations who go nuts over the supposedly false ideas and teachings regarding evolution need to treat this with just as much importance. One can only assume it’s a liberal agenda that is holding them back.

You just raised my fear factor by 100.

Regardless, it won’t work. I read where Colorado voters had actually OPPOSED a PARTIAL BIRTH abortion ban around 2000. Do you honestly think THIS might even come close?

In June, Rasmussen had it at 52-35 against among CO voters. With even the Catholic church there opposing it (for fear the court will make abortion a stronger precedent), I wouldn’t hold out any hope.

“I see regular people fighting over legitimate issues.”

That’s the difference between us. I care about these things here… while you care about legitimate things.

I suspect that you will be amazed at what becomes legit in the coming months.

Under Obama and a filibuster-proof Democrat Senate and House, aboriton will become federally funded and all state regulation that changes women’s minds (and protects women and children) will be wiped out. That will vastly increase both the rate and numbers of abortions. See abortion trends in New York City and the UK for an example of the consequences.

Remember Bill Ayers said:
“Memory is a Mother*ucker”

Obama’s tax plans…
Obama’s liberal spending plans…
His ties to ACRON….
His ties to Bill Ayers…
His ties to Franklin Raines….
His ties to Jim Johnson….
His ties to Frank Marshall Davis…
His ties to Wright….
His endorsement from Castro….
His involvement with Fannie Mae Freddie Mac…
I could go on and on

More info on Obama…

Putting Sarah Palin in the limelight as vice-president will certainly stop some abortions from happening even without a legal prohibition. Sarah Palin leads by example.

Legally McCain-Palin can at least protect infants born alive, something obama doesn’t do.

For many people the question of “When does life begin” is not the same as “when does a glob of cells become a human being.” For a lot of people, the latter is a harder question to answer. For others, it’s as simple as the former: life begins at conception. But for most of us, it requires deep and spiritual soul searching to come to a decision on this most serious issue. For Obama to say that “it’s above my paygrade” to have an opinion on these questions is just flippant and it trivializes a subject that is gravely serious to most thinking Americans.

If he had said that he has a sincere moral, ethical and spiritual struggle with those questions he would have appeared to be at the least, genuine. But as has been shown in the above essay by Robert George, Obama has no internal struggle with any of this. That in itself, makes him nothing like the majority of Americans.

That, and the fact that the only thing genuine about Obama is his struggle for self perservation and advancement.

This man continues to make my skin crawl.