Interesting Article

***WARNING - POSSIBLE PHILOSOPHICAL CONTENT, MOST LIKELY NOT FUNNY****

I found an article on the New York Times website in which a philosopher of medical ethics argues that the rhythm method, a popular form of birth control amongst the strict anti-abortion crowd, results in millions of embryos dying due to their failure to implant in the womb or their failure to properly develop. Click here for story.

Now there is some questions as to the scientific claims of the timing of the formation of the embyro and its relationship to its viability, but it does raise some troubling ideas.

If you take the position that life begins at conception, is it not cruel to concieve when the embryo has no chance of implantation, and will thus necessarily die. Especially if the parents of the embryo timed their sexual activity to prevent the implantation of any such embryo.

I'm not sure what I think of this.