Well, I guess I'm not convinced your sisters represent every woman in the world :). Certainly their are many women who don't even believe in a soul or in the ability to communicate that way. I tend to think that there are many women that have an abortion out of fear of the responsibility a child will bring because the pregnancy was unexpected or unintended and in that state of mind wouldn't necessarily be in tune with such things. In any case, even if every single woman in the world did in fact know when their baby gained a consciousness, would every one still base an abortion decision on that? While this discussion is way beyond what the law could reasonably decide at this point, would a woman who had an abortion knowing their unborn child had a consciousness/soul be a murderer (morally speaking)?