The Beginning of Life

When does life begin?
When does a bunch of cells
Become a human being?

Is it at the blastocyte stage?
Before the cells start dividing
When there is a complete set of DNA?

Is something as small as a period life?
Is it worth protecting?
Does it count as a human?

Do we need to be able to see the child
Count its fingers and watch it move
In order for it to be life?

Or do we need to be able to
Hold it, touch it
And give it a name before it has life?

Someone once told me
That it’s not when life beings
But it is hoping that life has begun

Conception, fertilization, or even after birth
Do I need to figure out when life begins?
Why do I need to form an opinion?

Because what I think
Will influence the way I vote
About embryo stem cell research

Is a blastocyte a life?
Is embryo stem cell research ending a life?
When does life begin

*Thank you COR 302 (Science and Christianity) for making me think about issues like this one.