Quote Originally Posted by buriedmonsters View Post
Okay, so if I decide I do not want my "fetus" at 40 weeks gestation due to...let's say financial troubles, I have the right to kill it? How do you defend that from a moral, or even simply humane, standpoint?
As I said, if it simply out of choice not to raise the child, I would prefer it be early. To wait so long to finally decide not to commit to giving birth is irresponsible. However, from a legal standpoint, I don't think it should be impermissible. As for morals, they change from location to location and from time period to time period. These days, we can afford to try and salvage a sick baby or an unwanted pregnancy because of our technology and wealth, but did you know that in Roman Antiquity it was law to kill a deformed baby on the spot when it was born? Was this barbaric? Or maybe they just couldn't afford to try and support a disabled infant with the resources at their disposal?

All this to say that morals are subjective and are not set in stone for all to follow. I don't think an abortion is immoral because I don't think a fetus is a person any more than an apple is a tree. I can think of numerous circumstances where it would be appropriate to terminate a pregnancy right up to birth.