Pro-Choice #38 – Book

“[Abortion] goes against all things which are natural. It’s a termination of a life, however you look at it.”38 38Abortion doctor Robert Harris, M.D., quoted in Denes, M., In Necessity and Sorrow, New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1976, p. 147.

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Pro-Choice Source #39 – Book

“We of today know that man is born of sexual union; that he starts life as an embryo within the body of the female; and that the embryo is formed from the fusion of two single cells, the ovum and the sperm.”39 39Guttmacher, A., Life in the Making: the Story of Human Procreation, New York:…

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Pro-Choice Source #40 – Book

“FERTILIZATION–if a SPERM CELL enters, or unites with, a woman’s EGG CELL, fertilization happens. The “fertilized” egg starts to divide and grow”40 40Wattleton, F., How to Talk to your child about Sexuality, Garden City: Doubleday, 1986.

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Scientific Source #59 – Book

Development of the embryo begins at Stage 1 when a sperm fertilizes an oocyte and together they form a zygote”59 59England, M.A., Life Before Birth, 2nd ed., London: Mosby-Wolfe, 1996, p. 31.

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Scientific Source #60 – Book

“The term pre-embryo is useful in the political arena — where decisions are made about whether to allow early embryo (now called pre-embryo) experimentation — as well as in the confines of a doctor’s office, where it can be used to allay moral concerns that might be expressed by IVF patients. ‘Don’t worry,’ a doctor…

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