The new procedure consisted of probing objects through the cervix and into the uterus of the women to accomplish the abortion (4 Gilbert). ... Bonnie Steinbock, an author who considers herself an expert on fetuses and their legal rights, says, "Conception is the joining of the male and female sex cells which have twenty-three chromosomes each." ... Being alive means that an object grows, develops, and matures. ...

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