The idea that life begins at conception is religious not scientific.
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Actually, the Bible talks about the "Breath of Life" multiple times. So there's an argument to be made that the Biblical start of human life begins with the first breath.
At the time of the founding of the United States, the general notion was that human life began with "the quickening," meaning when the woman could feel kicking and motion in the womb. And in the late 1700s and early 1800s abortions were known and legal. Ben Franklin even gives a recipe for an abortifacient in one of his books.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/ben-franklin-american-instructor-textbook-abortion-recipe.html
At the time of the founding of the United States, the general notion was that human life began with "the quickening," meaning when the woman could feel kicking and motion in the womb. And in the late 1700s and early 1800s abortions were known and legal. Ben Franklin even gives a recipe for an abortifacient in one of his books.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/ben-franklin-american-instructor-textbook-abortion-recipe.html