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Quote by: Ender's Shadow  At point of conception, the the genetic identy of a human being is set and it is only a matter of time before the zygote developes into an organism that we can easily recognize. Therefore, the cluster of cell tissue is an individual and beacuse of its human DNA, it's genetically human. So, if an individual is human, isn't it murder to kill them?
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You know the cheek tissue on the inside of your mouth, where you can actually bite off a tiny bit without any pain? If i gave you a bit of that, it would be (a) a cluster of living cells and, (b) each cell will have a complete copy of my DNA. it would be biologically the same as zygotic cells, except the cells may have differentiated into different roles. Would it be murder if you destroyed those cells? No.
The embryo is not an individual, sentient human until it's brain clicks on, and a brainwave is present. That is when I believe the line should be drawn.