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To: DMaA who wrote (469621)	2/3/2012 11:42:42 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794006

"Viable on it's own outside the womb." That is the political decision that has been arrived at. Those that believe it's when "the sperm hits the egg," don't want that, and will fight for inception. They will always lose.

To: DMaA who wrote (469621)	2/3/2012 12:26:08 PM
From: skinowski	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794006

To quote from a post by John C. above, In the thirteenth century, Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas wrote that a soul enters the body at 40 days after conception for males and 80 days for females. That became church doctrine for many centuries, and abortion before that time of ensoulment was not considered a mortal sin. I have no idea what led St. Thomas to this belief, but this illustrates that the question is an old one, and that answers to it continue to evolve - even within Catholicism. What happens in the first days and weeks in utero - in the sense of the "degree" of humanity of the embryo - is a matter of faith. It's clearly not something which the Federal government should have the right to decide. Let people make their own laws locally.