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 | Most Fundamentalist and other Evangelical Christians, pro-life
advocates, and religious conservatives believe that:
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| Essentially all m edical specialists, pro-choice advocates, religious
liberals, etc. believe that :
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With such differences in the basic definition of terms, dialogue between pro-choice and pro-life advocates is essentially impossible.
Contrasting definitions:
| Evangelical usage/term | Some others' usage/term | Comments |
| Chemical abortion | A medically induced abortion that involves the use of a medication. | This refers to the use of medication (e.g. RU-486) to terminate a pregnancy. "Others" include medical professionals, pro-choice advocates, etc. "Chemical" implies that the embryo is burned out; "Medical" implies that a pharmaceutical is used to induce abortion. |
| Pro-abortion, Pro-borts, Pro-abort | Pro-choice | In favor of abortion access and choice for others. |
| Abortionists, murderers | Abortion providers | References to physicians who perform abortions. |
| Pro-life | Anti-abortion, Pro-life. | Favoring major restriction or complete elimination of abortion access. |
| Pregnancy starts at conception. | Pregnancy starts when the fertilized ovum is implanted in the womb. | "Others" include medical professionals, scientists, pro-choice advocates, etc. |
| Human life starts at conception. | Human life starts weeks before conception. | Each sperm cell is clearly alive and contains human DNA, from the time that it left a testicle until a few weeks later, at conception. So too for an ovum. Both have been a form of human life well before conception. |
| Human personhood starts at conception. | Human personhood starts later in gestation. | "Others" include many medical professionals, pro-choice advocates, etc. The "morning after" pill may be considered an abortifacient by the former definition but birth control by the latter. |
| "The unborn," "pre-born," "child," or "baby" | Zygote, fertilized ovum, morula, embryo or fetus. | These are largely medical terms. In popular use, the term "baby" is used to refer to any stage of development from pre-embryo to infant. |
| An abortion is an intentional termination of a pregnancy at any time from conception to birth | A therapeutic abortion is an intentional termination of a pregnancy, from implantation to viability. | "Others" include medical professionals, scientists, some pro-choice advocates, etc. |
| In a religious and moral sense, but not at this time in a legal sense, all abortion result in the murder of a human person. | Abortion kills a developing embryo or fetus. | Abortion becomes murder when the ovum, embryo or fetus has become a human person. There is no consensus on when this occurs. |
| A contraceptive device or medication prevents conception. | A contraceptive device or medication prevents pregnancy. | Physicians and pro-choice advocates generally define pregnancy as starting many days after conception, when the pre-embryo implants in the wall of the uterus. |
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or Home > "Hot" religious topics > Abortion > Abortion facts > here |
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Copyright © 2000 to 2006 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Originally written: 2000-OCT-2-
Latest update: 2006-FEB-26
Author: B.A. Robinson
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