I took the point of the article as some magic moment that life begins. If I'm going to fight to stop abortion from conception I can't be blurring the lines for convenience.
"For the experiment, the team used a sperm enzyme to activate the egg (fertilising the egg with actual sperm for research purposes is illegal under US federal law)"
WTF happened to those fertilized eggs? Murdered babies for the sake of science? Booo
Ehh.. “baby” is a bit of a stretch. This was done in vitro and there was zero chance for development or implantation.
I took the point of the article as some magic moment that life begins. If I'm going to fight to stop abortion from conception I can't be blurring the lines for convenience.
It was never a viable embryo is my point. There is no abortion because there is no development in utero
"For the experiment, the team used a sperm enzyme to activate the egg (fertilising the egg with actual sperm for research purposes is illegal under US federal law)"
6th paragraph from the bottom