When does life begin?

The World

Many Americans opposed to abortion are informed by their Christian faith, which in some traditions teaches that human life begins at conception and that terminating a pregnancy is morally wrong. But what about Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions? What do they say about when life begins? The World’s Matthew Bell reports.  

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