The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-212) is a United States law which recognizes a child in utero as a legal victim, if they are injured or killed during the commission of any of over 60 listed federal crimes of violence. The law defines “child in utero” as “a member of the species hom o-sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb”.[1] - wikipedia

The zygote contains all of the genetic information (DNA) needed to become a baby.