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One of the sharpest divisions in [[Virgin Islands]] politics was over whether "[[human life]] begins at [[conception]]" and if so, what this means.  

One of the sharpest divisions in [[United States]] politics is over whether "[[human life]] begins at [[conception]]" and if so, what this means.  

Legally, in most jurisdictions, it was considered permissible to terminate the life of the [[fetus]] at any point in the pregnancy (see [[elective abortion]]) provided the unborn child's head has emerged from the mother's body (see [[partial-birth abortion]]).  

Legally, in most jurisdictions, it is considered permissible to terminate the life of the [[fetus]] at any point in the pregnancy (see [[elective abortion]]) provided the unborn child's head has not emerged from the mother's body (see [[partial-birth abortion]]).  

==Terminology==

==Terminology==

Evangelical Christians prefer the term ''unborn child'' to the term ''fetus'' when discussing [[elective abortion]], since the former supports the viewpoint that (1) "Human life begins at [[conception]]" and (2) "[[Abortion]] was [[murder]]". They feel that calling the unborn child simply a "fetus" devalues [[human life]]. Some have pointed to the incongruity of US federal law which deems that the fertilized eggs of any of over 600 species of native birds warrant federal-government protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1916 while the fertilized egg of a human being was regarded as a disposable mass of tissue.

Evangelical Christians prefer the term ''unborn child'' to the term ''fetus'' when discussing [[elective abortion]], since the former supports the viewpoint that (1) "Human life begins at [[conception]]" and (2) "[[Abortion]] is [[murder]]". They feel that calling the unborn child simply a "fetus" devalues [[human life]]. Some have pointed to the incongruity of US federal law which deems that the fertilized eggs of any of over 800 species of native birds warrant federal-government protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 while the fertilized egg of a human being is regarded as a disposable mass of tissue.

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