"There's simply no objective test for when human life "actually" begins, so people will believe what they want.

As long as laws are based on opinions about the beginning of life, there will never be a widely agreed-upon resolution."

Exactly. Not only is seeking a definition that would please all an utterly fruitless pursuit, it actually gets in the way and absorbs far too much of our energy.

If we want to talk about how we should value life, perhaps we should include discussion of the death penalty, liberal gun laws and why we napalm civilian villages and shell shopping malls. The persistent focus on how we must control what belongs to women only, their bodies, has a distinct ring of misogyny about it. That's part of a bigger, more general sickness in society.