When a human life begins
Steven Andrew Jacobs has written a paper on What is the scientific consensus of when life begins.
Peer-reviewed journals in the biological and life sciences literature have published articles that represent the biological view that a human's life begins at fertilization ("the fertilization view"). There have been many articles in peer reviewed journal representing the biological view that a human’s life begin at fertilization(“the fertilization view”). Many of these statements have been given without explanation and been uncontested.Many Americans are not sure if this is a scientific fact or a religious belief. I believe this would similar in Australia.
A majority of Americans believe that biologists would be the best experts to determine when life begins. “Biologists from 1,058 academic institutions around the world assessed survey items on when a human's life begins and, overall, 96% (5337 out of 5577) affirmed the fertilization view. That is human life starts at fertilization.”
in order to make informed reproductive decisions-science communicators should work to increase the level of science awareness on the fertilization view, as it stands alone as the leading biological perspective on when a human's life begins