The issue is not one of comparing chickens and eggs to humans and eggs. An egg is just an egg. A sperm cell is just a sperm cell (and yes it's very unfortunate they come from men). When they do chance to meet they together create life. There is no legal definition in Canada as to when a zygote becomes a legal entity. That has been avoided by the courts as well as the medical community. We more and more live in a disposable society where nothing except self-gratification means a damned thing. So, to hell with human rights, regardless of the age of the human. The reality is that without help, no one posting here would have made it past one week old (on the outside). Maybe there IS something admirable about the mammal part of the animal kingdom. Most creatures will fight for their young. Here, we fight for ourselves.