Do Evangelicals really believe a fetus is life?

Just about every evangelical I’ve ever met tells me they are absolutely opposed to abortion.  Almost every one of them believes that life begins at conception (a few say in 2-3 days at that cell division).  My evangelical friends seem absolutely sure that abortion is murdering a person.  And I agree with them on these points.

The trouble with the evangelical church however we teach our people the opposite. We teach by our actions and rituals that the fetus may be “sacred” but is not a “real” life.  This contradiction between what we say and what we do will eventually erode our commitment to being anti-abortion.  When a church pronounces one thing with their mouths but practices something else in ritual and actions the kids see it and know they aren’t serious about their stated beliefs—“What we do spea