Pro-Abortion Is Anti-Science

Although it is backed most strongly by those with an affinity for the secular, objective values of modern science, it was science that led to the creation of state laws against abortion in the nineteenth century. Advances in medical technology and knowledge led physicians to understand that life begins at conception, not at the point at which the pregnant woman can feel the baby kick (usually 18-21 weeks gestation). The point of “quickening”—referring to life—was originally a religious theory that saw God infusing the fetus with a life-bearing soul. It was thought that the baby was not yet alive until the woman felt internal flutters or kicks. Biological knowledge corrected the theory and identified the existence of human life at the point of conception. For this reason, the American Medical Association began encouraging the protection of unborn babies from the very beginning of development. Sadly, by the 1960s, the AMA joined the ABA in rejecting science and embracing injustice.

The above is but one of the "many ironies in the movement for legalized abortion," explained by Jeff Taylor — The Lost Children.

An old post of mine reminded us that "the facts have been known for more than a hundred and thirty years" — This Was Settled By a Zoologist, Not by a Pope . This truth was stumbled upon by the ancients; The Hippocratic Oath obliges doctors to "perform the utmost respect for every human life from fertilization to natural death and reject abortion that deliberately takes a unique human life." Any speculation that life begins at some time other than conception is subjective, and therefore unscientific.