Fertilization IS conception. Conception IS fertilization. Any distinction between the two is an invention of the pro-abortion movement. They have worked hard to redefine “conception” as implantation.
Not really. If that is the case, then why not just call it conception? The way they describe fertilization in their literature seems to imply that first there is conception, then fertilization. They are using the term fertilization because it is what the AMA calls it. It is very misleading.
By not calling it conception, it could cause one to conclude that there are two different times in contention for the beginning of life: conception and fertilization.
I don’t know if you’re Catholic or not, but we Catholics have always called it the Immaculate Conception, not the Immaculate Fertilization.