Let's avoid another 100 posts about abortion.  Can we, at least, acknowledge that both medical science and most religions in the world do not view the start of life in the same way as what is articulated here.  Add to this that even catholic politicians must govern in a pluralistic society and aim for the common good - not the position of the catholic church.  Would recommend that folks go back a few months and re-read what Cathy Kaveny wrote at dotCommonweal - essentially, too many catholics have an almost *cultic* viewpoint when it comes to contraception or even abortion and that cultic viewpoint violates Dignitatis Humanae from VII.