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LESSON 2

THE PRO-LIFE REPLY TO:

"No One Knows When Life Begins"

"We don't really know when life begins." Pro-choice activists use this reasoning to argue for abortion, claiming that the mother is a designated life, but the life of her preborn child is yet to be determined.

In this video, Tara Sander Lee, a molecular geneticist and Director of Life Sciences for the Charlotte Lozier Institute, delivers a scientific response to this common argument and dives into the developmental stages of the preborn child.

4 mins

Lesson Points

  • Not knowing when life begins should be an argument AGAINST abortion
  • The developing baby grows at an extremely rapid pace, especially in the first trimester
  • At 22 weeks, it is possible for babies to be born and survive outside the womb
  • In the womb, babies exhibit behaviors we do as adults
  • Zygote, blastocyst, embryo, and fetus are all terms that merely refer to age
  • Preborn babies are not parasites; if they were, the mother’s immune system would attack it
  • It is a scientific certainty that human life begins at the moment of fertilization

Ways to Take Action

Send this video to a pro-choice friend or post on social media to help bring awareness to the fact that science has shown when life begins.

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