[Mrs. Don-o]

Everybody knows (really) that life begins at conception. And everybody has known that from the first time they heard about "Daddy's tiny seed" at about age 6 (or earlier if their mom was pregnant with their little brother or sister.)

The problem is that people don't care.

A person who "knows" that human life begins at conception,could saute human embryos in a little butter and garlic and serve them on basmati rice.

It's generally (though admittedly not always) religion that gets them to the point of caring. It's a larger faith --- religious faith usually, though not always --- that gives them the doctrine, or just juices the intuitive hunch, that "human" is not totally like "animal, vegetable, or cybernetic."

It's sacred.

I do understand what you're saying about a secular approach. I did that for years.

What I have seen is that if people lose their all-in attachment to a religious scale of values, they'll get the "science" but they won't give a damn.

[notted]

Exactly! That is the defining difference.