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Originally Posted by libby  One poster (I think Wenchy) has stated that abortion is a no-brainer in the first trimester, worthy of more consideration in the 2nd, and abhorrent in the 3rd. Well what if we break that down into weeks, or even days of gestation instead of trimesters?
If pregnancy generally lasts 270 days +/-, is it okay to abort until day 200, but on 201 it becomes a crime?
If memory serves, the dissenting opinions in Roe v. Wade recognized that viability would be earlier and earlier as technology advanced, and indeed, that is the case. There are images of heart surgeries being done on babies +/- 22 weeks along. There is one picture in which the baby grabs the surgeons finger. So again, we have a baby in one hospital room being saved through medical advancements, and down the hall another baby of the same gestational age is having it's brain punctured and sucked out.
Either all life is valuable, or some lives can be discarded for whatever reason is perceived as legitimate by the more powerful, or the majority. Hitler and Hussein did nothing different than that which you advocate. |
Libby? If a child is not wanted it shouldn't be born and "evacuated" ASAP. Preferably in the first 8 weeks. Even at that age you will see their stubby little arms and legs thrashing as the vacuum sucks and the curette dices them apart.
If the child is "viable" then I do have a problem with it, and hope people like you will be there to adopt the unwanted child, or you will pay with your tax dollars while this child is being raised.
Do you want to support all of these extra "unwanted" people being raised by parents who NEVER wanted them...and support the parents as well?
I don't, but I respect your opinion.
Are you a foster parent? Have you adopted any of these children? Do you educate so abortion is never even an option?