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Embryos are not human beings
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Anonymous 10w

What are they?

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Anonymous 10w

What’s your ethical standard of when personhood begins?

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Anonymous 10w

At what point does it magically become a human being, then? Is it a praying mantis? An eagle? What else would it be other than a human? Please, enlighten me.

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Anonymous 10w

you need test accommodations if you think this is a human being

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

Go ahead and look up the scientific definition of a human being

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

Scientifically, a human being is defined as a member of the genus Homo, specifically the species Homo sapiens (Latin for "wise man" or "thinking man"). Here's the first result.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

Honey AI pops up for everyone. Just bc it pops up doesn’t mean it’s accurate.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

Human beings are fully developed.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

How exactly does this definition rule out embryos grim being human persons?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

Are children fully developed?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

I didn’t say human persons!

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

An individual organism of the species Homo sapiens

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

I didn’t say it wasn’t human you dumb ass

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

“Embryos are not human beings.” - quite literally you

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

A human being is a fully developed independent organism… I’m saying it’s not fully developed dumbass

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

would you say that your skin cells are human beings too? lmao no because that sounds genuinely fucking stupid.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

human being noun : an individual of the species of primate mammal that walks on two feet : a person -Merriam Webster Synonyms: person, life, creature, thing, etc. You said they aren’t human beings. You didn’t say they aren’t fully developed. Don’t embarrass yourself.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

“an individual”

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 10w

also, you can refer it to the definition I already posted in chat dumbass 💋 maybe you should take your own advice about not embarrassing yourself!

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