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“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…

“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.

“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.

“[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.…

“When one of the father’s sperm cells, like the ones gathered here around the egg, succeeds in penetrating the egg and becomes united with it, a new life can begin.”16 16Flanagan, G.L., Beginning Life, New York: DK Publishing, 1996, p. 13.