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The human embryo and his right to life: a contribution to the sociology of death

On grounds of existing Law on health measures for accomplishing the rights for free decision making on childbirth from 1978., in Republic of Croatia abortion is allowed up to 10th week of pregnancy. In order to find a suitable answer to the question: does modern westerneuropean culture live and promote the culture of life or the culture of death, in this article i ahve searched for an answer to the question: when actually does human life begin, that is, answer to the question who has the right to bring a decision that life begins with conception or in some other phase of development of human embryo. Concerning that i have shown multiple and conflicting points of view on the subject of when does human life begin listing various different arguments, arguments of those who are in favor of human life beginning with conception and with that the need of protecting the dignity of human embryo, and also arguments of those who think that the dignity of a human person is not the same as dignity of human embryo and that it should not be protected in that sense. The existance of Law on abortion from 1978 makes the Croatian Parliament give a large contribution to the thesis that modern human westerneuropean civilisation is living and legally promoting the culture of death. Supporting that law which ensures that human embryos are destroyed without any legal consequences, that is, the law which states that human life begins with the 10th month of pregnancy and that that very same life is worthless up that point and it can be destroyed without any legal consequences, Croatian Parliament, who is populated mostly by those who declare themselves as catholics, gives a very good basis for the foundation of sociology of death on croatian educational institutions, because it is given a right to the political-law elites of croatian society to bring a decision on when does human life begin. On basis of that i consider that croatian society despite the fundamental constitutional principles is not in any condition to protect the dignity of human embryos, thanks to, amongst other things, to catholic bishops and priests and their flock as well who, in contrast to basic catholic religious principles, are supporting the political parties who are not banning the legal possibility of abortion and with that the destruction of human embryos?

human embryo; right to life; abort; sociology of death

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