[Teacher317]

Obama “pay grade” comment purposely ignores SCIENTIFIC FACT that LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION
We must hammer home the SCIENTIFIC FACT that LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION. We have to take control of the language used in the abortion debate

Either you're being disingenuous, or your grasp of science is incredibly weak. Science cannot determine when "life" begins, because the term itself is open to interpretation. Science can determine when brain waves begin, when a heartbeat is likely to continue independenet of the mother, when cells divide, etc. However, it's an arbitrary decision when to label it "life". As you point out yourself, it's about the terminology ("control the language"), not about science.

[Mrs. Don-o]

On the contrary.

"Living organisms

• are composed of a cell, or cells
• have DNA
• reproduce
• sense and respond to change
• use energy to carry out metabolic functions
• grow, whether by getting larger or by producing more cells
• come from other living organisms."

That's from my son's 8th grade Life Science book.

A doctor who cannot tell the difference between a live embryo and a dead one is --- at the very least --- unqualified to be an OB/GYN.