Abortion The human ovum (egg) is clearly alive when it enters the fallopian tubes. A women releases one about every month between puberty and menopause - a few hundred in a lifetime. The majority these are destined to die and be released from the body. Although the ovum is a form of life, there is a public consensus that it is not. Millions of male sperm are liberated during a typical sexual encounter. They are also clearly alive. Viewing them under a microscope shows them to be energetic swimmers. Sperm are very much alive and kicking. But, again, a public consensus exists that they are not human life. The meeting of sperm and ovum often causes conception. Among woman without an IUD, about 50% of fertilized ova develop into a babies which are born some nine months later. The remainder are aborted or result in a miscarriage. The....

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