Sanctity of Life
When Does Life Begin?
Many say life begins at conception. Others argue strongly that life does not start until implantation in the womb. Still others say that human life begins only when the umbilical cord is cut, making the newborn child an independent agent. How is fact separated from opinion?
Is Killing Morally Wrong?
Bioethicists Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Franklin Miller state, “If killing were wrong just because it is causing death or the loss of life, then the same principle would apply with the same strength to pulling weeds out of a garden. If it is not immoral to weed a garden, then life as such cannot really be sacred, and killing as such cannot be morally wrong.”
Stem Cell Research
Many involved with the research of embryonic stem cells do not believe a new person begins at conception or don’t care. Embryonic stem cells are viewed as property, not people. Harvesting ESCs kills the embryo.
Kill a Handicapped Child?
On the BBC-TV’s Sunday Morning Live, advice columnist Virginia Ironside surprised viewers by saying, “If a baby’s going to be born severely disabled or totally unwanted, surely an abortion is the act of a loving mother. . . . If I were the mother of a suffering child I would be the first to want to put a pillow over its face.”
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Articles About Sanctity of Life
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May 13, 2022 from Answering Abortion Arguments
One argument that has surfaced in the pro-abortion camp is the unborn baby in the womb is merely a parasite, taking what it needs at the expense of the mother.
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March 31, 2022 from Ken Ham Blog
Should we be concerned about “complex genetic tests” being offered to parents ahead of in vitro fertilization, and if so, why?
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Jan. 28, 2022 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
A baby is usually born during gestational weeks 38–40 amid many complex and miraculous developmental changes to the baby . . . and the mother.
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Jan. 26, 2022 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
How the unborn baby develops in the last stage of pregnancy, is protected by the mother’s immune system, and is nourished by the placenta until birth
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Jan. 22, 2022 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
Hair becomes visible, lungs continue to form, and most babies can live outside the womb with significant care in this week of life in an unborn child.
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Jan. 18, 2022 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
What we know about an unborn baby’s head, body, skin, hair, weight, hearing, and movement 21 weeks after fertilization.
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Jan. 14, 2022 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
At the halfway point of the pregnancy, the baby’s sex is visible by ultrasound and he or she is at least partially protected from murder in the womb.
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Jan. 12, 2022 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
At 11 weeks, the unborn baby is only about 1.6 inches and is already moving and kicking, demonstrating amazing and rapid development in the womb.
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Jan. 9, 2022 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
By nine weeks of life (11 weeks gestational age), a baby has developed arms and legs (with individual fingers and toes), which he or she can begin to move.
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Jan. 5, 2022 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
At eight weeks gestation, the baby is growing more noticeably and has developed a sense of touch–a sign of intricate design and the blessing of a new life.
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Dec. 28, 2021 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
The human embryo begins to show intricate features, including a regular heart rhythm on day 28 of development that points to the careful design of a Creator.
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Dec. 22, 2021 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
At less than 0.5 cm long, the tiny baby is growing rapidly and has three “layers,” which are the groundwork for further development.
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Dec. 18, 2021 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
Just three weeks after fertilization, the tiny unborn baby’s brain, spinal cord, and other organs begin to form, demonstrating early complex development.
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Dec. 11, 2021 from Prenatal Development: Life of an Unborn Baby
How we know human life begins at fertilization, as the Bible affirms, and the cultural consequences of ignoring the facts.
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Aug. 30, 2021 from Ken Ham Blog
The US Senate failed to pass an amendment banning human-animal hybrid research, showing even more disrespect for the sanctity of human life.
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May 24, 2021 from Ken Ham Blog
Richard Dawkins advocates for the death of preborn babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome, a sign of increasing moral relativism in our culture of death.
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April 26, 2021 from Ken Ham Blog
Planned Parenthood CEO distances the organization from eugenicist founder while the child sacrifice of abortion is still committed against many “black” babies.
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April 10, 2021 from The New Answers Book 4
You really are special because of who God created you to be. You are more than a plant, an animal, or a grain of sand. God created you in His image!
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Jan. 1, 2021 from Answers Magazine
Meet the team of artists and writers behind the world’s most pro-life museum exhibit.
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Jan. 1, 2021 from Answers Magazine
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