File:Figure 5. Participants’ essay responses to the question, “From a biological perspective, how would you answer the question ‘When does a human’s life begin?’” Separated by participants’ abortion stances..jpg

Biologists’ determination on the descriptive view of when a fetus is first classified as a human was explored in numerous ways. There was a consensus of biologists on all three statements that represented the view ‘a human’s life begins at fertilization’. When given an open-ended essay question that allowed participants to state how they’d determine when a human’s life begins from a biological perspective, a consensus wrote about the same developmental landmark. Overall, the majority of the study’s large and broad sample of biologists held the descriptive view that a fetus is biologically classified as a human at fertilization