4 Quotes by Paul Marx

But tradition and law are not the source of man's equality; They only acknowledge its presence as a fact of nature. The Declaration of Independence speaks of men as created equal -- created, not born; it seems likely that its authors intended to express their conviction, today verified by science, that humanity is conferred by human parents at conception. 'All men are created free and equal,' we say with those Founding Fathers.

The prime and ultimate philosophical question has to do with the nature and destiny of man, Camus once wrote. And surely the nature of the embryo/fetus should be at the heart of any serious discussion of the ethic and morality of abortion. Here, not to define is to define; to ignore is to deny. When abortionists ignore the human manifestations of the developing baby, as established by genetics and microbiology, they define him out of the human race.

Biologically speaking, the character of an animal depends on its chromosomal content, not on its size, shape, age, or stage of development. Any organism with the chromosomes and genes proper to a human being can be nothing less than a human being. Human life exists only in human beings, and all human beings are persons.

To be unwanted is not to be unworthy, is not to be worthless. Because unwanted, the unborn child does not deserve death.