July 20, 2005
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Since Plan B is the morning after contraception pill that proponents claim prevents implantation, the T&G, (“Go to Plan B” In Our Opinion, July 17, 2005), should have done us the service of answering the question; “Implantation of what?” The answer; the fertilized egg or zygote, would have proved an enigma to this editorial. This single cell, the combination of the father’s sperm and the mother’s egg, has its own unique genetic code. Nine months later that particular and unique baby is billions of cells all descended from that single cell.
“When did you become you?” might be considered an enigma or a philosophical question, but those scientists who look at the facts and conclude that you became you at fertilization have a strong case in the genetic argument. Those scientists, (and senators on
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