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Moonie
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> I think this is the point where you'll find the most contention. Is a
> foetus a living thing? At what point does life begin? It seems the
> greatest dividing point between pro-lifers and pro-choice.
Yeah, it's a hard question. However, since animal rights activists talk about the rights of gnats and worms, I don't see why they'd dismiss any life lightly. And certainly at some point the fetus becomes indisputably a life that can feel pain.
> To say that a foetus upon conception is a living being can be argued to be
> untrue. It is unable to live without a facilitator, especially at the
> point where it has no shape but merely is a clump of cells (at this stage
> called an embryo). Is then the gauge of when life begins to be measured
> against when life can exist independently?
> In regards to your point about when abortions become illegal; depending on
> where you live in the world, it's around the 12-14 week period unless it
> is of serious health risk to the mother.
> I think there's one last point I'll make here, I don't believe any woman
> enters into an abortion light-heartedly. Options are considered and she
> chooses what she believe is best for her and what could very well be her
> child. I also don't believe that women rejoice in having made this very
> difficult decision.
What world are you living in? Yes, some women don't decide to abort without first giving it a lot of thought, however you're dreaming if you don't believe ANY woman enters into an abortion light-heartedly. How do you explain the women who've had multiple abortions? I don't know what percentage take it lightly, but certainly a significant percentage do. And why wouldn't they, given what is said about abortion in the media, and given how society in general engages in countless bad and harmful things completely thoughtlessly?
> foetus a living thing? At what point does life begin? It seems the
> greatest dividing point between pro-lifers and pro-choice.
Yeah, it's a hard question. However, since animal rights activists talk about the rights of gnats and worms, I don't see why they'd dismiss any life lightly. And certainly at some point the fetus becomes indisputably a life that can feel pain.
> To say that a foetus upon conception is a living being can be argued to be
> untrue. It is unable to live without a facilitator, especially at the
> point where it has no shape but merely is a clump of cells (at this stage
> called an embryo). Is then the gauge of when life begins to be measured
> against when life can exist independently?
> In regards to your point about when abortions become illegal; depending on
> where you live in the world, it's around the 12-14 week period unless it
> is of serious health risk to the mother.
> I think there's one last point I'll make here, I don't believe any woman
> enters into an abortion light-heartedly. Options are considered and she
> chooses what she believe is best for her and what could very well be her
> child. I also don't believe that women rejoice in having made this very
> difficult decision.
What world are you living in? Yes, some women don't decide to abort without first giving it a lot of thought, however you're dreaming if you don't believe ANY woman enters into an abortion light-heartedly. How do you explain the women who've had multiple abortions? I don't know what percentage take it lightly, but certainly a significant percentage do. And why wouldn't they, given what is said about abortion in the media, and given how society in general engages in countless bad and harmful things completely thoughtlessly?
