A Quote by Ashley Montagu

The basic fact is simple: life begins not at birth, but conception. — © Ashley Montagu
The basic fact is simple: life begins not at birth, but conception.
A favorite pro-abortion tactic is to insist that the definition of when life begins is impossible; that the question is a theological or moral or philosophical one, anything but a scientific one. Fetology makes it undeniably evident that life begins at conception and requires all the protection and safeguards that any of us enjoy....As a scientist I know, not believe, know that human life begins at conception.
What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth.
Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does.
The Moral Majority supports legislators who oppose abortions but also oppose child nutrition and day care. From their perspective, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
The fact is, in Mike Huckabee's case, he can say, 'I was a preacher, I'm a Christian, and so I believe that life begins at conception, ends at natural death.'
The Life at Conception Act legislatively declares what most Americans believe and what science has long known - that human life begins at the moment of conception and, therefore, is entitled to legal protection from that point forward.
I don't believe life begins at conception.
Life begins at conception, but allow early abortions.
Life is the division of human cells, a process which begins at conception.
The Catholic Church did not always teach that life begins at conception.
The Republicans have long had a platform of being pro-life. And I'm someone that believes life begins at conception and should be protected.
The science is settled; it's not even a consensus, it is a unanimity that human life begins at conception.
My personal opinion is that life begins at the point of conception, and abortion is morally indefensible.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s album 'Ready to Die' is an incredible chart of a man's life - it begins with his birth, you hear his mother giving birth, and it goes through the decades.
I have to certainly stand for life. I know that there are some who disagree, and I respect their point of view. But I believe that life begins at conception. The only exception I have to have on abortion is in that case - of the life of the mother. I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize life is that gift from God.
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