3 Apportionment Clause, Art. Emolument Clause, Art. 2, and the superseded cl. Qualifications for the office of President, Art. But in nearly all these instances, the use of the word is such that it has application only postnatally.
None indicates, with any assurance, that it has any possible pre-natal application.
In fact, the Constitution does not define what is morally right or wrong. Rather, it establishes limits on what areas of human conduct are appropriate for the making of Federal laws. Although the question of when life begins existed long before the writing of the Constitution, the founding fathers sidestepped the issue. When Life Begins Most arguments about when life begins revolve around religious issues. Many people believe that the soul enters the fertilized egg at the instant of conception.