Human Lives or Clumps of Tissue?

Okay people let's get serious.  Are human embryos "human lives" or "clumps of tissue"?  Let's evaluate that for a moment.  When I was in high school biology class, I remember learning that life begins when a sperm and egg combine.  You simply CANNOT skip that step and have a full grown person.  Hence, it's the beginning.  I hope we can all agree on that much.  I think most of us can remember that if we were half way paying attention.  So, when did this clump of tissue or cells argument come into play?  First of all, what does that mean?  I think it's double-talk, since all human lives are basically clumps of tissue or cells.  I mean aren't we all just walking talking clumps of cells?  Of course we are.  But, I believe when people say "clumps of tissue or cells" they mean that it is like your liver or kidneys or heart, etc.  In other words, not a WHOLE human being.  [clearing throat]  Okay, that can't be the definition of an embryo, simply because everything that you are is self-contained the moment the sperm hits the egg.  Let me say this another way for people who still believe an embryo is like your liver.  Any organ in your body is a "piece" of who you are.  It is by no means the whole person.  So, your liver does not contain the appropriate cells that make up your heart or other organs, such as your brain.  But, an embryo contains all the information necessary to create and contain the WHOLE of you.  So, to say it is just a piece of you or "a clump of tissue or cells" is beyond ridiculous.

We know that killing human lives is wrong.  Saying embryos are clumps of tissue is just a way by which we can justify and dehumanize what we are doing when we kill them.  Like I said, let's get serious on these definitions and quit playing games.  No one can really believe that a little human embryo is anything else other than a human life.  If you do, you're living in dreamland.  A dreamland where killing human lives is a-ok.


Jalesia “Jasha” McQueen is a Mother of 3 boys (one who has Down Syndrome), Veteran, Attorney, Entrepreneur and is currently in the Missouri Appellate Court seeking custody of her embryos, Noah and Genesis. “My dear Noah and Genesis, may you survive and be born.”  Jasha is co-founder and Director of Embryo Defense, a Missouri nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and providing resources for anyone who believes in saving human embryos. www.embryodefense.org.