[Tuco Ramirez]

The sad thing is that pro-life activists believe they just have to convince others that a human life is at stake; the reality is that everyone knows this already, and some choose to disregard it.

In the US, you can be punished for destroying a bald eagles egg, but not a human one. The argument about "blobs of tissue" doesn't even rear its head; its simply against the law to destroy the bird's egg.

I guess its a case of priorities...

[MHGinTN]

Your sentence illustrates part of the problem, currently: "In the US, you can be punished for destroying a bald eagles egg, but not a human one." A human egg is an ovum (not an organism, merely a mega cell from an organ, the uterus). A fertilized eagle egg is an organism; a human embryo is an organism, not a blob. [There's much more available for free downloading linked at http://weneedtalk.blogspot.com ... if you're interested.]