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Yes, I am.

I think Wiki page is useful as a starting point for orientation on a subject, but not really considered a source to be cited in a research paper. Also, I came across a couple of links and it says otherwise. Mod note: inappropriate links removed.

The oral contraceptives e.g. pills. Clarification - Can we discuss environmental impact of the pill here apart from health impact?

Example of medical issues against artificial contraceptives: The World Health Organization has classified oral contraceptives as an A-1 level carcinogen, which puts it on the cancer-causing level as asbestos and cigarettes...

Yes, it does. I think that would be a good secular argument against artificial contraceptives. If, for example, contraceptives are carcinogenic, I think that would be another good secular argument against artificial contraceptives. sec·u·lar    [sek-yuh-ler] Show IPA adjective 1. of or...

Great responses so far. Keep them coming. China is the first thing that come to my mind. Birth control didn't accomplish the intended goal and has skewed their population rather dramatically.

All types of artificial birth control. I guess there are secular answers for them all. But you can concentrate on specific type e.g. pills. Maybe other folks can touch on the other types.

The title says all. I heard the religious arguments. Are there any purely secular ones?

Assuming we are talking about a 'modern' chicken and a 'modern' chicken egg, the answer would seem to be: the egg. Rationale: two creatures both 99.999% (etc) genetically similar to modern chickens, but in different ways, mated. The result is an egg that now contains 100% 'modern' chicken DNA.

Then there are positive developments like vertical farming. Growing crops in multistory buildings. There needs to be much more work done on supplying plants nutrients so hydroponic style farming can produce more nutritious produce and grains, but there is a bright future if we devote our...

I understand the classification categories refer to common ancestors (and traits) we have with other animals - Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Primates, Family: Hominidae, Subfamily: Homininae, Tribe: Hominini, Genus: Homo Species: H. sapiens. There's yet more...

There is no clear link between animals and humans, is there?

If we say at birth, then what is the difference between a child 5 minutes before birth versus one 5 minutes after? None, other than environment that child is in. "Personhood" should never be based solely on how you wanted to define it. Is there any place for subjectivity in the beginning of...

I need to narrow down my question to "human life." I frequently heard comment that the "fetus is not human." It cannot be anything but human! Elephants have elephants, lilies have lillies, humans have humans!" If the child is born a human, it must have been a human the entire time in the womb.

Do you agree or disagree that a fertilized egg is a human life? If not human, then what species? If not alive, then how to explain the biological processes that going on inside that we have always believed makes anyone or anything alive. I think this was meant as a more philosophical one...