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Bill, I use zygote because it is the most absurd extreme case that pro-lifers would still abide by, if/when doctors actually catch it this early. Generally it is a zygote less than a week, then an embryo for several more weeks...But to pro-lifers, a zygote is still a life. Using "zygote" is my quick way of putting a distinct visual in the listener's head, and to show how extreme one side is, in its thinking. You and I aren't so extreme. You place the line at the development of the brain. No disagreement, here.

Just to be clear, I believe the life of the baby begins in week 3-4, with the development of the brain, but I still consider the woman to have final choice in whether or not to have an abortion, under most circumstances. Once the embryo is a full blown fetus a couple months in, I am against abortion, except in extreme cases.