In contrast to Christians, Confucians do not conceive of the embryo as having a separate existence, and so believe that birth is the beginning of life.

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The doctor claims prisoner's wives face this dilemma because they will never have children or more children if their husbands are imprisoned for life, and if they do get out it may be too late to conceive and the husbands may even leave them for another woman who can.

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