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Originally Posted by loramin
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Again, a zit on my body is a clump of cells, and it too is "alive", in a sense. But the US Government should not be able to send me to prison for removing it, because it is not a living organism.
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Correct. The core issue is some people disagree as to when a "clump of cells" is considered a human being. There is no scientific consensus on this so far, so it is better to err on the side of caution and not kill something that may turn out to meet our definition of "alive" later on.