[MHGinTN]

What? More nonsense from your posting! "An egg is fertilized and becomes an embryo several days before implantation (implantation being the medical definition of conception)." You may find a reference somewhere to support that foolishness (I'm reminded of the specious term 'pre-embryo' used so cavalierly by those trying to defend exploiting embryo aged humans), but your previous reference to IVF refutes your own absurd assertion! You note IVF in a previous post (IVF being the process of conceiving embryos prior to being implanted) then try to toss this contradiction into the discussion? Typical liberal double-speak, trying to change definitions in the middle of the stream to fit your assertions. Implantation IS NOT THE MEDICAL DEFINITION OF CONCEPTION in the IVF process since embryos are conceived 'in vitro'.

[GovernmentShrinker]

You can babble all you like, but there is not a single IVF clinic in the English-speaking world (and precious few ob/gyn offices) where the staff would refer to "conception" in vitro. Fertilization occurs in vitro, and the hope is that after the embyro is transferred into the woman's uterus a conception will take place. Fertilization is very easy to accomplish, but conception is much more of a challenge. They are two distinct steps. Conception = becoming pregnant, and no woman becomes pregnant by something happening in a petri dish.

If these silly semantic games keep up, anti-abortion activists will next be insisting that "birth" occurs at the moment sperm meets egg. Whatever. Use whatever words you like, but you really ought to get clear on the actual biological processes, regardless of what you choose to call them.