A letter in the July 29 August 4, 2001 National Catholic Register points out the deceptive way that words are being used by the advocates of legal abortion in order to gain support from the general public. One such word is "conception," which the abortion industry has now redefined as the time of implantation of the fertilized egg in the womb, not the time seven to ten days earlier when the egg is actually fertilized and the identity of the human person is fixed. Pro life supporters have consistently argued that life begins at conception, with conception being understood to mean the moment at which the human identity is accomplished.
Millions of unborn children each year have begun their lives at fertilization, then journeyed those seven to ten days, grown independently to one hundred times their original size, and presented themselves for implantation in their mother's womb where they could receive the necessary nutrition to continue their life. Sadly though, many times they meet with a womb made inhospitable by abortifacients such as the "morning after pill," the I.U.D., Norplant, Depo Provera or the "pill." In such cases the newly formed human person dies from lack of nutrition.
Please let us work to attain legal protection for all human beings from the time of fertilization, when life truly begins.
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