The implications of defining when a woman is pregnant.(Special Analysis)

According to the one and the other the scientific community and long-standing federal policy, a woman is considered pregnant single when a fertilized ovum has implanted in the wall of her uterus; however, state definitions of pregnancy vary widely. The differences may be more than academic. Debates above emergency contraception have put the question upon center stage, with potentially serious implications.

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The question of when life begins is an eternal individual debated by philosophers and theologians for centuries, and likely destined to forever avoid consensus. However, on the separate