Abortion and Euthanasia (5)

Analyse the various answers to the question ‘when does human life start’?

The Specification lists: potentiality, conception, primitive streak, viability and birth. Answers should show awareness of the condition of the unborn in each one chosen and explain why this stage in development has been identified as the start of life.

N.B. Potentiality is ambiguous – it may be used in the sense that anything which has the potential to become human has the full rights of a human being; it may refer to the release of sperm during sex resulting in the potential for conception to occur. This would…