Pro-Abortion writer William Westmiller makes the following ridiculous argument:
“A late-term fetus looks very much like a real baby. But it isn’t.
A person is a living human. So is a fetus. But, so is any other cell on our bodies [sic]. In fact, modern genetics inform us that every cell that contains human DNA has all the potential required to develop into a complete person. Even a dead skin cell, like a dandruff flake, has all the genetic potential, given the proper environment, to become a person. So, we can’t use “human” or “living” as definitive characteristics of a person.”
William Westmiller “Human Personhood Begins at Birth” in Christine Watkins, editor The Ethics of Abortion (New York: Greenhaven press, 2005) 40 – 41
One can only guess that he is referring to cloning, an unnatural process that has never been accomplished with humans. Obviously, dandruff flakes will never become people, regardless of what environment you put then in.
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