They all admit it's a human life!

 
Those against legalized abortion readily acknowledge that the unborn is a human life. No surprise. 
However, those in favor of legalized abortion also acknowledge that the unborn is a human life. 

Hours
After Fertilization 		 Planned Parenthood. "One sperm plus one egg = one baby." 
Planned Parenthood/World Population "ABCs of Birth Control" Pamphlet, 1973 

Bill Clinton. "...all of us, all human beings, genetically are 99.9 percent the same." 
White House Documents. Remarks By The President, Inter-Continental Hotel, Athens, Greece. 20 November 1999 
Week 6
After Fertilization 		 Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. "At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life." 
US Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood vs Casey, 1992 

NOTE: Despite any disagreements with her abortion ruling that the meaning of human life is subjective, it is incontestable that she is writing about human life. She writes "OF human life." No question about that. The unborn is human life. 
Week 12
After Fertilization 		 Planned Parenthood. "Abortion kills the life of a baby after it has begun." 
Planned Parenthood "Plan Your Children for Health and Happiness" Pamphlet, 1963 

Ron Fitzsimmons. "...the abortion-rights folks know it, the anti-abortion folks know it, and so probably, does everyone else. One of the facts of abortion is that women enter abortion clinics to kill their fetuses. It is a form of killing ...you're ending a life." 
Ron Fitzsimmons, National Coalition of Abortion Providers, New York Times, 26 February 1997 
Week 24
After Fertilization 		 Abortionist Martin Haskell. "well, the object of an abortion is a dead baby."

(Dr Haskell's answer to why they don't just allow the baby to be born normally and give him/her medical assistance - mostly partial birth abortions are aborting viable babies so Dr Tiller lied in his film that he doesn't abort viable fetuses)
OK. So everyone agrees that the unborn is human life from the moment of fertilization. So what's the deal? Well, those in favor of legalized abortion believe that even though the unborn is a human life, it nevertheless is the right of the mother to terminate the life of her baby. Dr Tiller said "until the baby is born, the mother is the patient, not the baby." (1999 interview with Dr George Tiller of KS who specialized in late term abortions)

It is interesting how people today value their dogs more than their babies.  If someone murders a dog, he gets in trouble but a mother can have an abortionist terminate her unborn baby with the blessings of society.

It's also interesting that people agonize about harsh interrogation of terrorists and yet seemingly don't seem to care much about the mass murder of unborn babies.  Terrorists who are threatening our very lives, seem to be worth more than unborn babies to many people.

US Supreme Court, Scott v. Sanford, 1856 
"The question is simply this: can a negro whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves become a member of the political community ...We think they are not, and that they are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word 'citizens' in the Constitution..." 		 US Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade, 1973 
"The Constitution does not define 'person' in so many words ...But in nearly all these instances, the use of the word is such that it has application only post-natally. None indicates, with any assurance, that it has any possible pre-natal application ...the word 'person,' as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn." 
We all agree. It is human life.
What side would you have taken on slavery in 1856?
What side are you taking on abortion now?

  
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