When it comes to the development of human life, Dr. Ben Carson knows what he’s talking about. And in a new email to supporters, Carson confirms that unborn babies are human beings because “life begins at the moment of conception.”

“I feel like our culture has forgotten—or ignored—some very important and basic lessons when it comes to the development of human life,” Carson says. “Our society has been infected by an anti-life ideology, treating its most vulnerable members as disposable objects. Abortion that was once thought of as a last resort in a medical emergency has become the new normal.”