Tomorrow, our legislative House members will have the final reading on whether or not to put a personhood constitutional amendment on the ballot in the next election. It has passed the house and is on its way to the Senate.
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| 20 weeks Pre-born (Life Institute picture) |
Hopefully, the People of Montana will have a chance to vote on the issue. In our society, we all have the same standard, whether it is secular or Biblical, and that is that we are not allowed to murder. Yet, many in our society go, to great lengths, and draw lines as to when life begins in order to take a life. Lines that destroy life right up until the moment before baby takes his/her first breath. We need to take away those lines. God doesn't give us the gift of life with the intention that it is only a gift if baby breathes, or can feel pain, or whatever threshold is used to mark that line between human being and "non person."
Google describes life as having “the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.” When the zygote (beginnings of a human baby) is formed, it fulfills this definition. This little baby, at the beginning of his/her life, is complete. Baby has everything that is needed to develop and grow. Even the road map for their eye color and hair color is there. Like all life, it only needs nourishment.
Google describes life as having “the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.” When the zygote (beginnings of a human baby) is formed, it fulfills this definition. This little baby, at the beginning of his/her life, is complete. Baby has everything that is needed to develop and grow. Even the road map for their eye color and hair color is there. Like all life, it only needs nourishment.
Is the beginnings
of a person considered a “Homo sapiens” being? Merriam-Webster describes Homo
sapiens as “the species of
human beings that exist today.” When baby continues through the many stages of development (which development continues on that developmental road map long after baby is born) is there a point when he/she is less human, or non-human? Are there degrees of humanity?
When does the soul enter the baby? Is the awareness of the soul already with the little one at its beginnings? If baby is a human being, at any stage of development, can we deny the child the hope and promises that has been given to all mankind? If baby is a "person", he/she should have the protection of, and be able to possess, the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that is protected by our Government.
In the months ahead, hopefully, the People of Montana will be allowed to discuss and look into what their values are in Montana and then vote on them.
When does the soul enter the baby? Is the awareness of the soul already with the little one at its beginnings? If baby is a human being, at any stage of development, can we deny the child the hope and promises that has been given to all mankind? If baby is a "person", he/she should have the protection of, and be able to possess, the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that is protected by our Government.
In the months ahead, hopefully, the People of Montana will be allowed to discuss and look into what their values are in Montana and then vote on them.
