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One of the sharpest divisions in [[United States]] politics is over whether "[[human life]] begins at [[conception]]" and if so, what this means.  
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One of the sharpest divisions in [[United States]] politics is over taxpayer-funded [[abortion]], and [[abortion]] in general.
  
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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]]).  
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By a 7-2 vote the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] legalized [[abortion]] on demand in 1973 throughout the [[United States]], which invalidated laws in virtually every state prohibiting or limiting [[abortion]].
  
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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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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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One of the sharpest divisions in United States politics is over taxpayer-funded abortion, and abortion in general.

By a 7-2 vote the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand in 1973 throughout the United States, which invalidated laws in virtually every state prohibiting or limiting abortion.

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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