[Scandia]

Gianna is the exception. Removal of uterus when there is uterine cancer is allowed, even if the baby is not viable and does not make it. But then, removing the baby to save the mother's life is allowed if the intent is to save both, even if the baby is not viable.

My ideas about abortion may not be as strict as those of the church, but not as lax as Obama's either.

Regarding as to when life begins... I do not think fertilization of the egg (aka conception) is a good point. If all fertilized eggs were to implant successfully, the world's population would be much higher than what it is now. Implantation would be a better point- but I have known people who had miscarriages because while zygote implanted, the cells did not differentiate and at one point they just stopped multiplying and the uterus expelled the mass of identical cells. Heartbeat definitely shows life is present, though.