Part one of term paper
The human ovum (egg) is clearly alive when it enters the fallopian tubes. A women releases one about every month between puberty and menopause - a few hundred in a lifetime. The majority these are destined to die and be released from the body. Although the ovum is a form of life, there is a public consensus that it is not. Millions of male ...

Part two of term paper
... without an IUD, about 50% of fertilized ova develop into a babies which are born some nine months later. The remainder are aborted or result in a miscarriage. There exists a consensus that an infant is the most precious form of life on earth, and needs to be protected under law. The philosophical and religious question behind the pro-choice/pro-life argument is: when does life become human life?. After that occurs, terminating life is a form of murder which many people believe can only be justi ...