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> everything that they will be when fully grown is contained there in that tiny little life

No, that's not true. Those two cells require a lot of care and nurturing and education before they become a person.

Have you heard of HeLa cells?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa

They have a full compliment of human DNA, but no one in their right mind would argue that they are a person.

[UPDATE] This pithy slogan just occurred to me: a zygote is a person like a set of blueprints is a house.



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