Of course this tiny cluster of cells have the same value as a human adult! Think about the beauty of how it came about to be. A sperm and an egg come together to form one new cell.
Two cells join together to become one new cell. Can you find any other occasion in the body where this occurs that does not have to do with the creation of life? Now think about how quickly it multiplies and creates the features of a baby.
The Zygote, these cluster of cells, already have 46 chromosones. it's blue print. The way its going to turn out is already planned from hair colour, eye colour even the characteristics that come from the mother and the father. It has a DNA structure which makes it unique.
Also to back this up:
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- [FONT=trebuchet ms, arial, helvetica][FONT=trebuchet ms,arial,helvetica]metabolism, [/FONT][/FONT]
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Source: Carl Sagan,
"Billions and Billions", Random House, New York NY (1997), Pages 163-179.
Unfortunately over 78% of abortions occur after 6 weeks, later I will post the stages of developement so you can see what this baby has in this six weeks.
What I'm trying to say that turning of life support is fine because it is allowing the course of nature to take over.
This is different from an abortion, because abortion is killing a life.
Turning of life support and abortion are two different things. Turning of life support is fine but an abortion is wrong because literally you are MURDERING a human life.