When Does Life Begin?

If you were born before 1956, chances are you know a woman who had an illegal abortion; maybe even a woman who died from a botched abortion.  I do.  And if you were born after 1972 it is just so much nostalgia unless, of course, you live in a state that has no providers, or you have no money, or you have to work, or you can't tell your family, or you are afraid of protesters, or you believe in a god that tracks and punishes such things. 

I have been having this reoccurring daymare (not nightmare) that the Right to Life leaders have decided to infiltrate the US Media.  First they made, Knocked Up, a fun light romantic comedy with a star from Gray's Anatomy.  Recently they made Juno which extols the pivotal insight that Juno's unborn baby has nails.  How many thousands of born children with nails are starving, have HIV and/or are dying?  How many Iraqi's have nails? When does life begin?  I would suggest that life begins with the development of a conscience, with inquiry, with curiosity, with attachment and aversion - not with nails at all.