"It's kind of insulting to me that an egg that was just fertilized=my mother in terms of its value."
Your mother WAS an egg that was just fertilized. If her mother had decided that she had limited value at that stage, then not only would she not exist, but neither would you, nor your children and their children.
The only difference between that "fertilized egg" and the poor little girl in #73 is a short period of time - 24 weeks.
She WAS an egg.
Hell, she WAS an egg that WASNT fertilized. I was a SPERM that had not yet gotten to an OVUM. My value now is greater than as a sperm, is it not? Indeed, with the amount of wasted sperm(in the millions) it is kind of ridiculous to equate that microscopic cell with a full-grown, born human being isn't it? Ok, so when the sperm hits the egg, that is the crossover point into being just as valuable and worthy of protection as a 2 month old or 20 year old? Come on.
Again, I'm for restrictions, but I don't equate it from conception to birth like some pro-lifers do. Never will.
We humans have a gestation period of 9 months.