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A religious counter argument asserts that, at the very moment that sperm meets ova, a child of God comes into being.

Thus the obsession with Taylor Swift's ova count.

The Alabama court held last week that fertilized ova cryogenically preserved for couples having difficulty conceiving are legally and morally equivalent to newborn babies and, for that matter, 20-year-old adults.

Montgomery said what proponents are seeking would mean that men who have “taken testosterone for years and have developed full beards” would be required to use women’s restrooms because their bodies once produced ova.

The law defines a female as having XX chromosomes, and a reproductive and endocrine system that produces or would produce ova, or eggs.