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In article ,
says...

On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:05:03 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:47:56 -0400, JustWait
wrote:

I wholeheartedly agree! BUT, when someone acts like they are absolutely
SURE that a fetus is a human, then he must know when a fertilized egg
becomes a human.

I don't have a puppy in that fight. ;-)

... nor should the government.

But they did get involved. Rowe vs Wade. It's settled law according to
the Supreme Court, the govt. is involved.

If the government had not become involved before that there would be
no need for R v W.

"With consistency, beautiful and undeviating, human life, from its
commencement to its close, is protected by the common law. In the
contemplation of law, life begins when the infant is first able to
stir in the womb. By the law, life is protected not only from
immediate destruction, but from every degree of actual violence, and,
in some cases, from every degree of danger."
--James Wilson - A Framer of the US Constitution

Until the fundie churches got involved by social engineering and the
law after 1800, there was no prohibition against abortion performed
prior to quickening(18-20 weeks).

It's "commencement" would be birth.