Difficult Concept?
In response to Created Equal , a student at Columbus State today passed out slips of paper as seen in the photo above. On it are four images: a chicken egg, an acorn, a silk worm and a bit of silk, and sperm-egg fusion. Each image has its respective caption: "This is not a chicken/tree/dress/person." And the conclusion at the bottom (which my finger is partially covering): "This is not a difficult concept." I must say that I agree--that this argument is not difficult. But ease of comprehension does not guarantee veracity. Let's break it down: 1. "This is not a chicken." I agree. Here's why: this is an egg which has not been fertilized. A non-fertilized chicken egg is analogous to a woman's non-fertilized egg that is shed monthly during menstruation. Those opposed to abortion do not argue that the egg lost during a period is the death of a human being. Our contention is this: what is made when sperm and egg unite is a new hum