Stages of the issue
Life is contained in the Living, as is illustrated in the sequence of events in the Bible that brought forth the start of life in mankind.
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Consideration: In the actions of life, the first concern is for the entities that are living souls. A living mother should not be sacrificed for a pre-living embryo, which, though it may have a measure of life, has not been given the breath of life to bring it to the point of being a living soul.
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Another consideration: definition of, life. For purposes of discussion, we will allow that an embryo has a portion of life. However, an embryo does not have human life, yet; because it is a unique category of existence. God described this as the first stage of a two-step process. It is the, fruitful, phase of human reproduction, as described in the commandment that we received at our creation.
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