Quote Originally Posted by alan View Post
It is popular these days to strip the unborn of their humanity through language.
It seems popular among some to label a zygote/blastocyst/embryo/fetus as a baby. In medical terms, none of these are "humanity"; labeling these developmental stages thusly is a religious stance. Since reproductive health care is medicine, not religion, the language debate is interesting, can be quite divisive and inflammatory, but is not pertinent to medicine.

I do understand that some feel an abhorrence for abortion. That is why keeping it a private medical decision is good public policy. None should be forced to either carry or terminate a pregnancy, and the literal intrusion of the state in mandating a procedure for women seeking a medical procedure is overreach, to say the very least.