When does life begins?

When does life begins? There is a tremendous consensus in the scientific community about when life begins. This is hardly controversial. How do scientists distinguish between life and non-life? A scientific textbook called “Basics of Biology” gives five characteristics of living things; these five criteria are found in all modern elementary scientific textbooks: Living things are highly organized and have an ability to acquire materials and energy, to respond to their environment, to reproduce and to adapt. According to this elementary definition of life, life begins at fertilization, when a sperm unites with an oocyte. From this moment, the being is highly organized, has the ability to acquire materials and energy, has the ability to respond to his or her environment, has the ability to adapt, and has the ability to reproduce (cells reproduce by cell division). Even before the mother is aware that she is pregnant, a distinct, unique life has begun his or her existence inside her. Since life begins at conception, abortion is akin to murder as it is the act of taking human life. Abortion is in direct defiance of the commonly accepted idea of the sanctity of human life.

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