Thank you. In probably hundreds of posts on this rather obvious point, you are the first person to agree with me.
Why do you think it is so hard for folks to understand this?
Well, I can guess why it's difficult for pro-choice folks to understand it...
Because they are tied to the idea of ensoulment. Ensoulment requires a discrete beginning and end of life.
It's just another example of religion conflicting with reality. They choose to believe the stuff in the book, instead of the stuff in front of their faces.
When you mentally defy reality, isn't that the definition of mental illness? Or maybe mental illness exists on a continuum, too?