In 1973’s landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court suggested that fetuses do not have constitutional rights because there was no consensus on when a human’s life begins and fetuses were not recognized as persons under the law. In 2019, neither proposition is true.
According to a recent Marist Poll, only 46% of Americans believe “life begins at conception” is a biological and scientific fact, and less than one-third of Democrats reported that they believe life begins at conception. If you read Daily Wire Editor-at-Large Josh Hammer’s piece this past summer on my academic research, then you might be aware of the recent international survey that found 96% of 5,577 biologists affirmed the view that a huma’s life begins at fertilization. The biologists represented over one thousand academic institutions from around the world, and most identified as liberal (89%), pro-choice (85%), non-religious (63%) Democrats (92%).
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