El tema de cuándo comienza la vida de un nuevo ser humano es de enorme trascendencia, puesto que tiene impacto en las decisiones que tomemos sobre el respeto a los seres humanos en desarrollo, particularmente lo relativo a los embriones humanos. En este artículo se mencionan algunas de las evidencias científicas biológicas más significativas que sustentan que, indudablemente, la vida comienza en el momento de la fecundación. palabras clave: inicio vida humana; embriones; fecundación. THE BEGINING OF HUMAN LIFE FROM THE BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE The issue of when human life begins is a very important subject since it has a significant impact on the decisions that we have to take in relation to human beings in development, particularly human embryos. In this article we mention some of the more relevant biological evidence supporting the idea that human life begins unquestionably from fertilization.
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