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In reply to the discussion: I find the Hobby Lobby case to be so deeply offensive, it's impossible to describe. [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Fertilization
If one sperm does make its way into the Fallopian tube and burrow into the egg, it fertilizes the egg. The egg changes so that no other sperm can get in.
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The egg stays in the Fallopian tube for about three to four days, but within 24 hours of being fertilized it starts dividing very fast into many cells. It keeps dividing as it moves slowly through the fallopian tube to the uterus. Its next job is to attach to the lining of uterus. This is called implantation.
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Within the first week, a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) can be found in your blood. It's made by the cells that eventually become the placenta.
http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/understanding-conception
If God hates abortions, whey did he make women so that we have so many miscarriages.
It is difficult to know exactly how many miscarriages take place because often a miscarriage occurs before the mother realises she is pregnant. However, it is estimated that approximately 20 percent of all pregnancies miscarry, with the majority (up to 85 percent) doing so in the first trimester (weeks 1 to 12) [2].
1 in 100 women will experience recurrent miscarriages (three or more successive miscarriages) [3].
http://www.tommys.org/page.aspx?pid=383
Some sources think the number of miscarriages in the very early weeks of pregnancy if higher than recognized. That's because some miscarriages take place before the woman has any idea that she is pregnant.
The whole thing about abortion is born of ignorance about sex in my view.