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Because of the importance of the Judeo-Christian tradition in America, it is important to understand abortion as dealt with in the Old Testament. The most significant fact is that it is never mentioned.

— Harold J. Morowitz The Facts of Life: Science and the Abortion Controversy (1992)

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At the chemical level, human beings just aren’t all that different from pumpkins or any other life forms.

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All forms of life are related to each other, and the basic mechanisms that drive all of them are the same.

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This type of answer is profoundly unsatisfying, but it’s about all you can expect if you ask the wrong question.

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The fact that both you and the amoeba use these universal molecules in your energy metabolism is as striking an example of the relatedness of life as can be found.

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It is clearly in the best interests of everyone involved that these decisions be made with a maximum of compassion, a minimum of bureaucratic intervention, and the absence of attorneys.

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