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Salon
Science
Nathan Nobis

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Why no one can define when life begins - What They Never Told You

Anti-abortion and pro-choice demonstrators wave their signs outside the United States Supreme Court Building during the former group's annual March for Life, Washington DC, January 22, 1989. Among the visible signs are 'Equal Rights Begin in the Womb,' 'Life Begins at Conception,' and, on the other side of the issue, 'Keep Abortion Legal.' Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images

"When does life begin?"

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was asked this question on the second day of her confirmation hearings to the Supreme Court. This question is asked in nearly all public discussions of abortion.

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