No, pregnancy is tracked in weeks. I thought you wanted to be an OB? I assume you are not in any medical training yet.
Obviously the development of the child is tracked in weeks, since so many changes happen so quickly. I meant that when you ask someone how far along they are, their general response is a month. I go to my mother’s office after class everyday, I would say that I am pretty knowledgeable on the subject.
Then you should know that in the doctors office they say you are X weeks and X days along. They do not refer to months at all. (Because there a variable number of weeks in the months).
I did not say when you ask them as a healthcare provider, but this is tangential to the point of the post, so I’m just going to end this discussion with you.
Except that we were talking about the medical community and healthcare, not how people talk in everyday life.
Of course I know who the Mayo Clinic is. As I stated, the medical community purposely redefine pregnancy to implantation rather than fertilization after they realized that some contraceptives act in this manner in order to avoid the issue.
That is correct. However, that is not how the medical community defines pregnancy anymore.
NOW who is confused. The Church did no such thing.
And have you heard of Copernicus?
No, I have never heard of the man who proposed the theory and was then censored by the Church for it. Could you please enlighten me?
Copernicus was never censored.
An impure child? I’ve heard of impure acts but that is a new one…we all have original sin but saying “impure” is a stretch. A child, no matter the state of the parents’ souls, is always a blessing.
The Church tried to edit parts of his book and his original book was on the Index.Copernicus was never censored.
Right, but you, being an apparent member of the Catholic church should know that you should not help people commit mortal sins.
Drunkenness is a sin, yet they still used alcohol for medicinal purposes in Biblical times, and even up to the prohibition.
That is where your ignorance shows; pregnancy and abortion are medical terms, that is why you receive prenatal care. A life is not a life until a zygote is formed. Cells are a matter of science, not a matter of faith. The Church cannot give a definition to something they do not know about, that would be like you or me trying to create a new law of physics.
Doesn’t this erode your point? Would you give alcohol to a drunk that you knew was going to abuse it and harm himself, and continue his sin? I hope not! For the same reasons a doctor should not give artificial female hormones to those who (s)he knows will use them to poison their reproductive system.
Which is at the moment of conception, correct?
It’s a sin to take contraception. It’s a sin to prescribe contraception. It’s a sin to encourage another to take contraception. It’s a sin to act as if contraception was not a moral evil and possibly lead others to sin,. You can’t pick and choose which sin you will support. If you do any of these things you would not be living your life as a faithful Catholic.
The pill and IUDs prevent it from fertilizing, the life is not yet created, therefore it cannot be called an abortion, which is the termination of an existing pregnancy.