Abortion opposition primarily comes from conservative Catholics and evangelical Christians. However, there is no agreement within Christianity, or most other religions, regarding the issue. (link) The Old and New Testaments don't mention it. (link) There is no objective evidence for anything supernatural, let alone a god. (link) Thus, secular morality from biology and socialization should be used only. (link)
There is no agreement on when *life begins or when personhood begins. (link)(link)
- *Life began within the ancient history of the Earth and has been an evolving and continuous process. Thus, the eggs and eggs/sperm produced by animals are not dead tissue. All life on Earth today came from the same source. (link)
The US government/Constitution is secular, with a strong separation of religion and government.
Bodily autonomy is a universally-recognized principle but it is ignored by abortion opponents. (link)
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