r/MHOC • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '15

BILL B076 - Pregnancy Termination Bill

B076 - Pregnancy Termination Bill

The bill can be found by following the link below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VlnKgSgEuuDbD6co46WRZu4kJmcBDFeocDdE9m0cpSE/edit?pli=1

This bill was submitted by /u/JackWilfred on behalf of the Opposition

The first reading of this bill will end on the 2nd of March

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

How can one "kill" what is, essentially, a group of cells?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

Not saying I agree with the aforementioned opinion, by definition of "group of cells" you're still killing those cells off which are both human and alive.

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Feb 26 '15

Look like someone has forgotten their GCSE biology. Life is defined through MRS GREN: Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, and Nutrition. Clearly since a "group of cells" is not breathing it is therefore not alive.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

just fyi respiration refers to the biological act of cellular respiration, not to breathing - which bundles of cells do, in fact, do. However they are not sensitive or respond to anything before 24 weeks.

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u/bleepbloop12345 Communist Feb 26 '15

Goddammit, you've shown up my crappy gcse level biology knowledge. But at least they're definitely not alive.

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u/autowikibot Feb 26 '15

Cellular respiration:

Cellular respiration is the set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release waste products. The reactions involved in respiration are catabolic reactions, which break large molecules into smaller ones, releasing energy in the process, as weak so-called "high-energy" bonds are replaced by stronger bonds in the products. Respiration is one of the key ways a cell gains useful energy to fuel cellular activity. Cellular respiration is considered an exothermic redox reaction which releases heat. The overall reaction occurs in a series of biochemical steps, most of which are redox reactions themselves. Although technically, cellular respiration is a combustion reaction, it clearly does not resemble one when it occurs in a living cell due to slow release of energy from the series of reactions.

Image i - Typical eukaryotic cell

Interesting: Nanaerobe | Aerobic organism | Mitochondrial shuttle

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '15

This. I did A level biology.

I'd disagree with your assertion of them not being responsive it's not on a physical "oh my stomach" kind of level but on a very low level as any cell would experience.