Coloradomtnman
Rational and proud of it.
And if millions of 50 year olds died "naturally," it seems that there would be a mass expenditure of funds to research and prevent this death. I'm merely asking why Bush, or why his supporters, have not devoted the same attention to the death of embryos.
When I look at human beings as acting and thinking in both rational and irrational ways, things become clearer for me. What I mean is, when a human being chooses to believe in a specific creator or God despite there being no evidence for his/her/its existence other than a book or that many other believe etc. etc. i.e. no rational or logical evidence of the existence of this thing - I think that human is thinking irrationally.
Now what makes that person think irrationally? Emotions. Example: For some reason human beings want to believe the first thing they've learned. So for people indoctrinated in religion, this could be one of the reasons behind their refusal to allow that their beliefs might be wrong. Born again Christians believe usually because they went through some very tough times and they chose to take Christ into their hearts to help them deal with their crisis emotionally. If they allow a glimmer of doubt to enter their faith, all of what they've gone through to emerge from that crisis is meaningless. And these are just two of many many reasons why people irrationally believe in something they can't prove. Others being fear of death, fear of a meaningless universe, etc. etc.
A human being when thinking or operating under an irrational system of thoughts will, when it comes to substantiating those thoughts, act illogically.
So to answer the question: You're asking why irrationally thinking people didn't act logically... The question answers itself.
Let's just say "self-aware human life" or "sentient human life" because that is one thing that makes being alive and human so special. Embryos or fertilized egg or conceived are all physical characteristics. There's more to being a human being than being a human being physically. Without the mind a human being is a "vegetable".