Human existence contains only two defining instants,

which are conception and death.

And this is not a matter of “religion” but of biology.

All other milestones, no matter how dramatically recognized in society,

amount to transitional phases in the human life cycle.

So despite all of the grandiose but empty oratory,

any individual who does not advocate the defense of all innocent human life

between those two landmarks

is an individual who holds no regard for the sanctity of human life

on the whole.