The problem lies in how the words are used. Fertilization is an initiating process – a verb. With humans, it is not an end state of that process. People are born – not hatched, so the gestational environment (egg) that avians require is not the same needed by mammals*. If a human egg (oocyte) is fertilized (undergoes that process) it is no longer an egg. It is transformed. It changes its state of being.<\/p>\n
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (HESCR) and abortion proponents play word games, using a valid phrase “fertilized egg”, but fallaciously redefine the meaning to a thing which exists after the process is finished. It’s only valid to say it’s a “fertilized egg” between the time the zona pellucida has been penetrated until amphimixis is complete – at which point you have a zygote – a one cell human being. The actually process of fertilization is no longer occurring to an egg – which has been transformed.<\/p>\n
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Here’s an illustration to clarify:<\/p>\n
Someone is holding a glass of water. We could say – that’s a melted ice-cube, and understand that at some point prior to our immediate observation an ice-cube as an object was in the glass.<\/p>\n
But would we talk about drinking a melted ice-cube as though the cube still existed?<\/p>\n
Now we’re going to extract a few drops from this “melted ice-cube”. Where’s the ice-cube? It’s not an ice-cube anymore. The ice-cube has ceased to be.<\/p>\n
Now let’s take our illustration one step further. Suppose while holding the glass of “melted ice-cube”, the “melted ice-cube” started to grow, filling up the glass on it’s own. Where’s the ice-cube now?<\/p>\n
Melting is a process that transforms the state of water from a solid to a liquid. At the end of melting, there is no identifiable object “ice-cube”. We can only understand it as having existed at the time of the transformation, but not after.<\/p>\n
The same thing applies to eggs and fertilization. Human eggs are not self governing “growing” organisms – but that describes living human beings.<\/p>\n
The Endowment for Human Development (EHD)<\/a> appears to have solid neutral information <\/a>on human development and the zygote<\/a>.<\/p>\n The next time someone refers to a “fertilized egg” ask them a simple question: “Do you mean after conception – when the pronuclei have fused?” (Or you could ask them if they were hatched…)<\/p>\n It might lead to a discussion about when we become human beings.<\/p>\n Note: When writing this post I was quite surprised at how many professional organizations used the term “fertilized egg” when referring to a human zygote. Would they be upset if others called them “fertilized eggs”?<\/p>\n *Okay – so the platypus is a mammal that lays eggs. Humans are not platypus.<\/p>\n Related Posts: Melting is a process that transforms the state of water from a solid to a liquid. At the end of melting, there is no identifiable object “ice-cube”. We can only understand it as having existed at the time of the transformation, but not after.<\/p>\n The same thing applies to eggs and fertilization. Human eggs are not self governing “growing” organisms – but that describes living human beings. Continue reading
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