Dear Editor:
I have to agree with James Brescoll that the question of when
life began remains an unanswered mystery. That fact, however, has
nothing to do with the current discussion.
Dear Editor:
I have to agree with James Brescoll that the question of when life began remains an unanswered mystery. That fact, however, has nothing to do with the current discussion. Life itself does not begin at conception. Conception of a human only occurs when two already living human organisms, what we have named an egg and sperm, unite to form another human.
My life began this way, Mr. Brescoll’s and the lives of the billions of people living on earth today began this way. We humans do not create life itself, only another human. It doesn’t matter when life itself began. A life of a human begins at conception, runs it’s course and ends in death. Another person can only determine the length of a life once conception happens. To stop a life you have to terminate it by causing its death. The only difference between stopping a human’s life at eight weeks or 18 years is that in the latter case you will probably know their name.
Lee Petersen, Gilroy
Submitted, Aug. 7
