Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   PlannedParenthood Accusers Indicted Date:   1/29/2016 2:07:42 PM

Life begins at birth.  Otherwise we would recognize conception date as the milestone and not the birth.  Also, up until a certain point, a fetus cannot live outside the mother.  I'm sorry, I don't know the number of weeks when it is possible to birth the fetus and have it live.

They are scraping cells from the uterus.  Just a collection of cells and tissue. Up though the first trimester, abortion only involves a D&C.  At 13 weeks on, it involves a partial birth, i.e. the woman goes through a labor like process of the uterus contracting and expelling.   A late stage abortion, which is only done if the mother's health is at risk or if the fetus has some significant malformation, involves an actual full stage labor and "birth".  As I understand it, these are very rare.