The "pro-life" movement loves to claim that life begins as conception.
What they never claim is that human life begins at conception.
If they did claim that human life begins at conception, they would quickly find they are out numbered in that opinion.
Most Americans don't have any issue with contraception or the morning after pill because they don't believe human life begins at conception.
In an ideal world, Roe v. Wade -- perhaps the most insidious Supreme Court ruling since the infamous Dred Scott decision in 1857 -- would be overturned. And contrary to what most leftists assert, however, this does not necessarily mean that abortion would be universally prohibited and illegal. For example, before Roe became the law of the land in 1973, abortion was permissible in certain states. The legality of abortion, then, should be decided by individuals at the state level -- at least in the short-term -- not by a High Court of un-elected, unaccountable judges in Washington. This would...
If life begins at conception, then similarly, human life also begins at conception.
There are different kinds of contraceptives, but some of them are simply abortifacients - we do recognize the difference, as does anyone else who might choose to rise above the ignorance of their "peers."
I doubt most people are "pro-death".
As far as actual abortion goes, the question of human life beginning at conception is actually irrelevant. Whatever uncertainty may exist, it *definitely* begins before any stage when abortion can take place.