I don't see how one can say that a clump of 64 cells is a child, given that it has the potential to be one Thats not what I'm talking about (although I admit I

I don't see how one can say that a clump of 64 cells is a child, given that it has the potential to be one Thats not what I'm talking about (although I admit I'm generally against.) See "Born-Alive Infants Protection Act" and "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act" to get an idea. Edit: I think the first trimester is a fairly decent cutoff. As far as I am aware this is not a general cutoff in the US.