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by ars 1463 days ago
> The government doesn't believe that life starts at conception. Otherwise you'd be able to get tax deductions for an unborn fetus.

You are incorrect. When you apply for benefits, they ask you how many people in your family, and an unborn child counts as a person.

Most tax benefits work on a yearly calendar, but the ones that work on a monthly calendar certainly count an unborn child.