The Religious Right, the so called Pro-Lifers, like to declassify humans into a unique category. It's outrageous to even think an embryo is the beginning of a 'legal definition' of life as a citizen of the USA. It is even more outrageous to realize the desperation and deceit a 'sect' in the USA is willing to take in order to achieve some 'idea' of a "Perfect Constitution" so a savior comes as promised.
Women have rights. They have minds. They decide what is appropriate for their lives. And by God they do it with a clear and noble conscience no matter their decision about birth control or abortion. Currently, the dignity that transends gender has been disregarded to the political priorities of the Republican Religious Right !!!
Major Characteristics of Phylum Chordata (click here)
l. Bilateral symmetry; segmented body; three germ layers; well-developed coelom.
2. Notochord (a skeletal rod) present at some stage in life cycle.
3. Single, dorsal, tubular nerve cord; anterior end of cord usually enlarged to form brain.
4. Pharyngeal gill slits present at some stage in life cycle.
5. Postanal tail, usually projecting beyond the anus at some stage but may or may not persist.
6. Segmented muscles in an unsegmented trunk.
7. Ventral heart, with dorsal and ventral blood vessels; closed blood system.
8. Complete digestive system.
9. A cartilaginous or bony endoskeleton present in the majority of members (vertebrates).
