You both like Abortion.
Stranger: Hey
You: hey
You: pro choice or pro life?
Stranger: pro life
You: gotcha
You: at what point in a pregnancy do you...how do I say this...
You: are you against emergency contraception like Plan B or the morning after pill?
Stranger: no
You: Ok, so where do you draw the line in a pregnancy?
Stranger: I don’t think it’s ever ok unless the moms life is endangered
You: What do you mean? You're not against emergency contraception
Stranger: I believe life starts when the fertilized egg implants in the uterus, not conception
You: Gotcha
Stranger: yeah
You: Why at implantation?
Stranger: because at that point it meets the characteristics of life, one of which is “can grow and develop” and an embryo can’t start developing until it’s implanted
You: At implantation it meets the characteristics of life, one of which is “can grow and develop” and an embryo can’t start developing until it’s implanted. Hm. OK. To meet the characteristics according to you? Because couldn't it be defined that a fertilized egg "can grow and develop"? Or at the other end, couldn't a...
Stranger: no because it’s unable to grow and develop until it has been implanted
You: ...fetus before 6 months, usually not "grow and develop" without a womb.
Stranger: correct but it’s still growing and developing within.
You: Seems a bit arbitrary to define implantation as the point it meets your characteristics of life.
You: kinda my point, but
Stranger: I meant not really
You: I gotta get back to work as my lunch is almost done
