LIFE BEGINS FIRST DAY OF WOMAN'S LAST MENSTRUAL CYCLE

You read it correctly! Life begins before conception. Even before the sex act giving rise to the conception takes place. It occurs the first day of the woman's last menstrual cycle.

 

That is what the State of Arizona says.  Arizona's Governor recently signed such a bill. It is now the law of Arizona.

 

The new law clearly defines when the life of an unborn child begins.The law basically claims that fetus life begins not at conception, but up to two weeks before. It is measured from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman.

 

The new law is an attempt by the abortionist faction to shorten the time frame within which legalized abortion may take place. The first twenty weeks of a pregnancy is the time within which an abortion can be legally performed. 

 

Conception is generally recognized as when the woman's egg and male's sperm unite. Such has been the date from which the twenty  weeks was measured. By pushing the date for conception from a legal perspective back to the first day of the woman's last period, the abortionist have shaved two weeks off the twenty weeks. Now, in Arizona at least, the twenty weeks will be measured from a date two weeks earlier.

 

Ridiculous. Arizona is playing amongst other things with God's work and scientific teaching.

 

The Bible, other religious writings, the Church, various religions.....all cannot tell us with any degree of certainty when life begins. God never spelled it out. Scientists and religious have blessed us with their opinions. However that is all they are. Opinions. Even the tablets God gave to Moses failed to identify when life began.

 

My lifetime has revealed to me at least four different instances when life begins..

 

When I was in law school more than fifty years ago, it was when the baby was born. The fetus had to come out kicking, screaming and breathing. Otherwise the law generally took the position that no life had begun.

 

Then came the theory with which most of us are familiar. Life/conception begins when the woman's egg and male's sperm unite.

 

During the ongoing abortion war, a third theory was offered. One which many believe is the true time when conception begins. it is the time when the sperm inoculated egg adheres itself to the uterine wall. Without the adherence, there can be no life. The egg and sperm are flushed down the toilet.

 

Now comes Arizona with a new definition of when life begins. The first day of the woman's last menstrual cycle. A folly as there has been no conception in any form. The sex act giving rise to the conception has not yet even occurred.

 

Arizona's new law represents a form of insanity. Anything to achieve a result. Even in the face of scientific impossibility. Who can object, if it is law.

 

I object. Many of you may object. The Governor and legislators of Arizona do not. An example of why politicians are becoming less desirable creatures with every passing day.

 

Religious philosophy teaches us that the end does not justify the means. Something erroneous/wrong cannot be used to effect a desired result.

 

Manipulating the law as Arizona has done in this instance is a wrong means. It is like rewriting the Bible, contradicting scientific fact. It is not correct. It should not have been done.