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. <ref>http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?archive=true&article=32568&paper=62&cat=110</ref> | 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. <ref>http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?archive=true&article=32568&paper=62&cat=110</ref> |