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Additional Source #18 – Book
“[An] embryo [is t]he early developing fertilized egg that is growing into another individual of the species. In man the term “embryo” is usually restricted to the period of development from fertilization until the end of the eighth week of pregnancy”18 18Walters, W. & Singer, P. [Eds.], Test-Tube Babies, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1982, p.…
Read MoreAdditional Source #19 – Book
“FERTILIZATION: What new process is begun at conception? It is life itself. It is a process involving manifold processes: the manifold acts and reactions of a new human life.”19 19Connolly, W. M., One Life: How the U.S. Supreme Court Deliberately Distorted the History, Science and Law of Abortion, Xlibris, 2002, p. 227.
Read MoreAdditional Source #20 – Book
“A human fetus is not a nonhuman animal; it is a stage of human being.”20 20Sumner, W. Abortion and Moral Theory, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1981, p. 10.
Read MoreAdditional Source #21 – Book
“A baby begins life as a single cell, smaller than the period at the end of this sentence, and would be only barely visible to the naked eye. This cell is created by the union of two parent cells: the female egg cell or ovum, and the male sperm cell.”21 21Sumner, W. Abortion and Moral…
Read MorePro-Life Source #3 – Article
“The scientific community continues to prove that human life begins at conception (fertilization).”3 3Faulkner, L., Science confirms that human life begins at fertilization, Live Action, Mar. 1, 2017, https://www.liveaction.org/news/science-confirms-that-human-life-begins-at-fertilization.
Read MorePro-Life Source #4 – Article
“Some of the world’s most prominent scientists and physicians testified to a U.S. Senate committee that human life begins at conception”4 4Alcorn, R., Scientists Attest to Life Beginning at Conception, EPM, Mar. 8, 2010, https://www.epm.org/resources/2010/Mar/8/scientists-attest-life-beginning-conception.
Read MorePro-Life Source #5 – Article
“When it comes to the question of when human life begins, the science is crystal clear: human life begins at conception or fertilization.”5 5Ertelt, S., Scientific Fact: Human Life Begins at Conception, or Fertilization, LifeNews.com, Nov. 18, 2013, https://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/18/undisputed-scientific-fact-human-life-begins-at-conce ption-or-fertilization.
Read MorePro-Life Source #6 – Article
“Human embryos and fetuses are living members of the species Homo sapiens at the embryonic and fetal stages of their lives. They are distinct organisms with human DNA who are growing and directing their own development toward maturity. This is not in dispute.”6 6Stark, P., When does life begin? It’s pretty simple, Minnesota Citizens Concerned…
Read MorePro-Life Source #7 – Article
“In doing so, they ignored the consistent testimony of embryologists that an individual human life does, in fact, begin at conception.”7 7Human Life Begins at Conception, Massachusetts Citizens for Life, https://www.masscitizensforlife.org/human-life-begins-at-conception.
Read MorePro-Life Source #8 – Article
“The more scientists and doctors investigate, the more evidence they find that human life begins when sperm and egg meet and a new cell is formed, in other words, at the moment of fertilization.”8 8Katrina Gallic, LIFE BEGINS AT FERTILIZATION. THANKS, SCIENCE!, March for Life, Nov. 16, 2018, https://marchforlife.org/scientific-evidence-that-life-begins-at-fertilization.
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