I don't believe that it is right, and I don't believe it should be legal. People often say that it's a woman's body, and therefore her right to kill the child in her womb. I disagree. That thing is a person, with it's own seperate DNA and rights.
Poll: Abortion- What's your position and why?
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WAY too many people in the world right now. The earth can sustain about 2 billion. The best place to start is to not add to the total, and that's just the starting point. Too many people emitting too much greenhoues gases (I'll mention it's emitted indirectly, in case the detail police monitoring the thread) reducing water supplies that are already being used more than they can be replenished. Frankly, it should probably be illegal to reproduce, and that would only be the beginning of preventing low water resouces, minus the polluted water from the total amount. And people are really bitching about a woman choosing to abort an organism the size of a grain of rice before it can add to the little problem that there are MORE THAN 3 TIMES TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE WORLD. Anti-abortionists live in the most decadent society in the history of humanity. And they're making life even worse for those who already live in extreme poverty. Good Lord help us.
Um... bacteria. Viruses. Several parasites and insects. Even plants, if you want to get really technical. Those are all living things. They aren't intelligent (unless you count instinct as intelligence) they cannot feel emotions and they cannot creat emotional connections.NoMoreSanity said:
Now, I do believe you're entitled to your opinion of abortion being ok, but a fetus is a living thing, no two ways about it. Not only is it a living thing, but it's a living thing with potential to surpass the living thing it's growing inside of, be it from intelligence, strength, or some other thing.
My stance on it? It's not my place to decide for other people, even though I disagree with it. But, I refuse to get into any discussion about it (situations like this being exceptions).
I'm not meaning to insult you or anything, Sanity, but it's just the truth. Whether something is alive or not is not an opinion, it's a fact, and a fetus is a living thing, albeit in a very primitive, early stage of life.
Other. life doesn't begin at conception. i'm not sure at what stage of brain development life DOES begin at, but it's definitely before the third trimester. up until that point, i don't care what happens to the fetus, and 3-4 months should be enough time to decide what you want to do with it. i have no problem with banning elective late-term abortions. obviously the mother's health always comes first and foremost.
by that logic, we never should have gotten rid of slavery.robert632 said:
Now you're just assuming. I read in a magazine recently about a fetus that had been injured when the mother was injured. Some doctor... I can't remember his name (I wish I had the magazine...) removed the fetus, fixed it's spine, stitched it up, then put it back in the womb. The fetus then reached back out and grabbed the doctor's finger, held it for a moment, then let go.NoMoreSanity said:
Now sure, it's not THAT impressive, and it could just be chance that that happened, but it makes me feel that fetuses are capable of basic thought and emotion.
i'm a supporter of that breeder's licence idea that was thought up a while back.
i think that you should need this licence in order to have a child, thanks to the massive overpopulation, and large amount of idiots in the world.
i think there are a few others here with this view, although i cant recall any of their names.
i think that you should need this licence in order to have a child, thanks to the massive overpopulation, and large amount of idiots in the world.
i think there are a few others here with this view, although i cant recall any of their names.
Pro Choice. If someone doesn't want an abortion they don't have to get one. Anyone who tells me what I can't do if it has nothing to do with them is so far up their own ass they can smell their esophagus.
I think that a fetus is alive, and I do think that life is sacred. (In a way, at least.) However, I also think that it's totally up to the woman in choice, and the man if it was an accidental pregnancy as opposed to rape. There are a lot of people who could not provide for a child for whatever reason, and they aren't going to just stand and take it. Many of them will try to get an abortion no matter what the law states, and they risk a lot of personal damage if they go to the wrong place. Careless people don't deserve abortions, in my opinion, but they could just as easily lie. The service shouldn't be provided for them, but it has to be, really.
For the record, I hate abortion. I think it's a terrible thing, and it's awful that we should have to use it at all. However, we've backed ourselves into a corner on this, and we have to give the right to choose.
For the record, I hate abortion. I think it's a terrible thing, and it's awful that we should have to use it at all. However, we've backed ourselves into a corner on this, and we have to give the right to choose.
If you can find me one foetus that has a complaint about being aborted, let me know.LCP said:
Until then, imagine the child isn't "paying" anything. It doesn't know anything about anything, it is only living vicariously through its mother, has no concept of the world and sure as hell wouldn't give much care to dying before it has its first thoughts.
I don't understand you pro lifers, the kid won't care.
Well... not that I'm disagreeing with you on the whole "it's alive" thing, but fetuses don't have a hearbeat until they, you know... grow a heart. So that's a moot point, for a timeDarkside360 said:
