It ' s a metaphor on life . <| sep |> What if I and many people hold this view as well believe that life begins at conception because the embryo , if it is left in its present state and remains untouched by any outside force , will grow to become a fully formed human just like you and me ? So , in other words , an embryo and fetus is just a phase of human life in the same way that a toddler will become a teenager and a teenager will become an adult . An embryo is a human because if an embryo is left alone , it becomes what we universally accept a person to be . To me , that is a persuasive argument for personhood at conception . Is that unrealistic for me to believe ? <| sep |> Delete your cache that should fix it