Ideas from 'When Does a Life Begin?' by Michael Lockwood [1985], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Moral Dilemmas in Modern Medicine' (ed/tr Lockwood,Michael) [OUP 1988,0-19-286156-9]].

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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion
I may exist before I become a person, just as I exist before I become an adult
It isn't obviously wicked to destroy a potential human being (e.g. an ununited egg and sperm)
If the soul is held to leave the body at brain-death, it should arrive at the time of brain-creation