“I'd say the moment of quickening, when the heart starts pumping.”

— Ely Fair, Evergreen State College senior, Lawrence

“I would have to say in the second trimester, when there is more significant brain development and less chance of a miscarriage.”

— Kimberly Holdberg, data entry, Lawrence

“That's for people to decide for themselves. It's their value judgment. It's too much of a philosophical question to answer definitively.”

— Ryan Haga, unemployed, Lawrence

“A little while after conception. Probably about four weeks. If not, there would be a death every time a zygote developed and a women had her period.”

— Katina Apel, homemaker, Lawrence