Warren Terra: I started Googling and, nope. After fertilization a vitelline membrane forms around the new zygote, but that's different from an eggshell, it's really quite separate, as you can tell if you crack a chicken egg: it's there in the chicken egg under the eggshell. Do get "zinc sparks" though.

"Two months after Dobbs, 22 percent of adults said they were uncertain whether eggs inside a woman’s ovaries have shells (they do not)." *rubs temples*

Abortion Debate Shifts as Election Nears: ‘Now It’s About Pregnancy’www.nytimes.com Two years after Roe was struck down, the conversation has focused on the complications that can come with pregnancy and fertility, helping to drive more support for abortion rights.

I choose to believe that those 22% were all just being pedantic about the definition of the word “shell” and whether a cell membrane constitutes a shell. Because the alternative is just too disquieting.

I started Googling and, nope. After fertilization a vitelline membrane forms around the new zygote, but that's different from an eggshell, it's really quite separate, as you can tell if you crack a chicken egg: it's there in the chicken egg under the eggshell. Do get "zinc sparks" though.

The zinc spark is an inorganic signature of human egg activation - Scientific Reportswww.nature.com Scientific Reports - The zinc spark is an inorganic signature of human egg activation

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