According to ABC, Newt went out of his way to say that life began at “successful implantation” and to comment on the problem posed by his “ideological” friends who had not thought out the consequences. What was that about?
I am a prolife purist in the Catholic magisterial tradition.
Frozen embryos are human beings, but they are not persons.
They don’t (and shouldn’t) have the same rights as persons.
That is the point Newt was making.
As a Catholic, the fact that the Church considers it to be immoral for a woman to “rescue” a frozen embryo by carrying and bearing it helps me see that Newt’s distinction is important to make.
But you are right - this all gets lost in mainstream discourse. Most people can’t be bothered with such detail.