An Eassy about Life

When does life really begin? Is it
when the first fluttering beats of
the primitive heart of a fetus
start, or when the child is pushed
from the womb into the world?
Does it all actually start at the
moment of conception when the
egg and sperm meet and mix
their genetic code together to
create a new being. Who can say
really. No one knows because no
one is sure of when life truely
begins.
There are many out there who
say an unborn child isn't really a
person, or even alive because it
can not sustain it's own life. If
this were true, then no one is a
real person until they are living
on their own away from their
parents. When you stop and
really think about this, without
listening to the arguments about
when life starts or if something
is considered alive until a certain
time, you would suprised at what
you may find.
When the primitive heart of a tiny
fetus starts to beat for the first
time, it is then that it starts to
actually survive on its own, apart
from its mother. Though at this
time, most mothers-to-be don't
know they are mothers yet, they
begin to change their attitude to
a more gentle caring way and
doing what they can to protect
the tiny life inside them in many
different ways. Its that life
growing inside them that started
those mothering instincts. Its
those instincts that protect it
from harm until it is able to
survive outside the womb and
until it can live apart from its
mother later in life. Even beyond
that point, any mother will
protect her young from
everything she can.
I'm not a scientist, a theologist,
or even a doctor. I am just an
average woman with a child of
her own. From the moment I felt
those first flutterings of life
within me and heard my child's
beating heart for the first time, all
thanks to modern technology, I
have thought about when life
truely began. No matter what,
from the very beginning when
the egg and sperm meet, it is a
living breathing human being.
Sometimes, the life can not go
beyond a few weeks inside the
mother, but its still alive, until it
can not go any longer. There are
times, when that life has to be
ended, in such cases, it is still sad,
but if the mother is to live, then it
has to be done. There are other
times, when frankly, it is best
because there are other
problems such as a tumor which
is eating away at the child little
by little. It doesn't change the
fact the child had to die, but at
least, it had a small chance and
brought just a little happiness
into the mother's life.
So, when does life really begin? I
don't know, but when ever it
does, its all well worth keeping it
going, for the rewards are more
than what anyone truely
deserves.