Simply do a search on “is an embryo an organism.” It is already an early stage in the life cycle of an organism.
https://www.princeton.edu/~prolife/articles/embryoquotes2.html
An organism is not necessarily a person though.
Are you the organism that was in the womb? Did your life begin in the womb?
I was an organism in the womb, but I may have combined with another organism at some point.
My point is that embryos do not share the same characteristics that we would normally associate with a person. If you saw a being split into two, and just go on as two beings, you probably would not classify that as human.
Modern Definition
The following biological definition comes from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) discussion paper (2006).
" human embryo means a discrete entity that has arisen from either:
(a) the first mitotic division when fertilisation of a human oocyte by a human sperm is complete; or
(b) any other process that initiates organised development of a biological entity with a human nuclear genome or altered human nuclear genome that has the potential to develop up to, or beyond, the stage at which the primitive streak appears;
and has not yet reached 8 weeks of development since the first mitotic division.
https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php%3Ftitle%3DEmbryonic_Development
I am not trying to say that they are not organisms. Just that they have characteristics that we would not associate with a single human being.
Two merging into one, one splitting into two. A person can not do those things.
No, I’m not the same.
And you’re moving the goalposts. Human life and human being are not the same thing
That isn’t the question. The question is if human life at that stage is a human being.
So you are stating the exact thing I have stated.
Actually we do at a certain developmental stage of our lives. You’re saying that much.
The answer is yes, your life cycle began in the womb.
Bingo
No one argues that.
You are not the same individual organism in its own life cycle?! Stop the presses! Alien abduction, abortion and impregnation! You were involved in an alien switcharoo, I guess.
Nope. That was then, this is now. I’m not the same person I was ten years ago.
Rofl, this is what pro abortion comes down to? You can’t even bring yourselves to embrace basic human embryology and human development?
Are you the same life was the question. Stop dodging.
Who denies that? That’s an answer looking for a question.
No. All of those cells have since died.
You are not the same organism because you have repaired and replaced your cells…um, that’s a defining characteristic of an organism. Lol. Repair, growth, etc.
Organism does not equal person.