If your 15 year-old daughter found out she were pregnant, as a parent, would you support an abortion? What if your father had to be keep alive with tubes and machines? Do you want adesigner baby?? If a criminal took the life of a family member, would you want him to die? All these life issues of abortion, euthanasia, genetic engineering, and capital punishment are very complex and controversial. Before researching, discussing, and debating these life issues in class, I never really took a stance or formed an opinion. I remained neutral because I recognized the pros and cons of the two sides of the argument. After reading chapter 13 (Reverence for Human Life), and the completing the all the life issue activities, I support the virtue of reverence for human life and agree with theconsistent ethic of life.? We should hold human life as a sacred gift to be cared for by us until physical life reaches its natural end. I also agree with the church, who believes that all human life, from womb to tomb, is scared and therefore deserves protection and care. Lastly, God, not humankind, is responsible for life and death.
             With the complex issue of abortion, I am pro-life. I also feel that life begins with the first signs of brainwaves, usually 6-8 weeks after conception. Although many people argue that life officially begins with conception, studies have shown that up to 50% of all fertilized zygotes may never implant along the walls in the uterus. In the stages of coneption, where the fertilized egg is complete and unique with the genetic entitity of 46 chromosomes, implanation, or when a heartbeat develops, I feel that these embryos have the potential and possibility, or less than 50% of growing into a baby. To support the brainwaves theory, many doctors declare a person dead when no activity occurs in the brain. Doctors can always hook a patient up on a respirator or a pacemaker to prolong his life, but without brain activit...