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Re:The controversy over child killing among Amazon tribes in... by jeffdavis on Sunday July 01, 2018 @10:39AM (#17435759)
At what point is a child imbued with consciousness and a will to live? Who should be responsible for that determination?
Re:The controversy over child killing among Amazon tribes in... by arkades on Sunday July 01, 2018 @11:29AM (#17435952)
While the line drawing fallacy certainly comes into play here, one can with some confidence say that /before a single neuron is formed/ is most certainly a safe spot to point at and say “not yet.”
Re:The controversy over child killing among Amazon tribes in... by jeffdavis on Sunday July 01, 2018 @01:04PM (#17436391)
I didn't quickly find a definitive answer about the time the first neuron forms, but some brief searching around seems to indicate the neurons are already assembling into complex structures before 5 weeks.

So it seems like development of the first neuron would be well before that, and not a very practically-useful line.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_the_human_bra...

Re:The controversy over child killing among Amazon tribes in... by mercutio2 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @11:23AM (#17435930)
The mother.
Re:The controversy over child killing among Amazon tribes in... by jeffdavis on Sunday July 01, 2018 @12:35PM (#17436255)
Until what age? Birth? 1 year old? 18? 80?