I found this very interesting. Maybe you might too.
Wonderful
Regards.
Such videos are not new or really unique. I don't even know that the video is entirely done from MRI images and not from artistic rendering, especially, the infant acrobatically moving in the pelvis so as to escape and be born. There are major ethical concerns. I am more than a little surprised at the idea of doing MRI studies of a fetus. Is it safe? What might it do to future generations? Did they first do MRI studies in mice or chicks to check it was without bad consequences? Next Alexander Tsiaras seems to claim to have won a nobel Prize, but I can't find him in a search of the
Official nobel Prize website.
I find this to be of the sort of self-promotion that is deceiving. It starts by describing how the "baby" divides into two cells as if the baby existed, whereas in fact the baby is merely, at this stage a potential future and experiment! Many times the developing egg doesn't work and is lost. What's special about the egg is that for those that develop and survive birth then from that point on there's a human being. Until then, it's a possibility. Certainly, when the fetus is developing, the mother should not take drugs and excess alcohol and have good nutrition if she wishes to have a healthy child. Despite all that good intent, a fertilized egg is not a person and not a baby. Saying so with pretty images, does not make it so. notice how the images have been optimized, likely as not graphically altered. There's no evidence, for example of sex organs, male or female, that I have noticed, indicating that the work is propaganda and not a scientific endeavor.
When there are just one or a few cells, once the undifferentiated cell divides, that could be split into 2 growing cell masses or 4 or whatever number you wish, as long as one has the technical skills and equipment and women fit to carry the cells to term you could end up with that number of pregnancies! However, a "bunch of cells" is
just and only that that until it develops into a viable human being. One cannot pull apart arms and legs of a developed fetus, never mind an actual newborn baby, to get more of the same! So a bunch of cells is not a baby by any stretch of imagination!
This video production and the author's paid speech circuit, is really propaganda against birth control and early pregnancy termination, and although pretty, is not really about science! Best to imagine it as some publication from a Fox News Team as part of their opposition to Abortions. It's best then imagined after watching their cameras scan the legs and thighs of their pretty anchor women before switching to the wide angle that takes in the team of discussants once more. Essentially, one needs to think of hypocrisy and memic infection of ideas rather than the fabric of human investigation and science that Alexander Tsiaras wraps himself in at each of his appearances!
For more information, read
this. Now I'm not and never have advocated abortions, even early ones. I'm not "Pro-life", just feel that sex education and family example and self respect should lead to responsible sexual behavior within the cultural values of that particular society. If one is going to allow sexual behavior of unmarried couples, then one needs to have birth control taught and made available.
I'm not thinking it's
immoral to extinguish the life of a 10 day pile of cells or even a 2 month organized fetus inn some cases. To my way of thinking, pregnancy should be one of the greatest culminations joy and celebration. Pregnancy, when intended, planned and hoped is one of the greatest gifts a family can receive. It still needs to be nourished by emotional, social and health support systems for the couple. Failure of the latter elements leads to a rotting society, crime and misery.
I must admit that, for myself, I'm actually personally abhorrent of abortion as birth control; mainly because it's foolish and insulting to the wonderful gift of life and so traumatic. It's really stupid to deal with birth control as an emergency! Either be celibate or else be responsible and use condoms or whatever else suits you.
Despite my general distaste for abortion as a solution to birth control, I find
no value in this video as far as social policy and promoting responsible behavior and birth control.
Back to the video and it's author. This fellows film package is just for for subverting our understanding of human development, introducing the term "baby" to apply to a fertilized ovum. Worse, it's presented in the manner of motivational speakers and gurus like and delivered as other like-minded, speakers bureau stars, like the magical-thinking Deepak Chopra. Such simple formulae to life can't actually solve real problems.
Asher