Quote Originally Posted by buriedmonsters View Post
Alright, let's just say we're taking that study as the absolute truth. So, fetuses can feel pain at 26 weeks. So you're saying that when I kill my unborn child at 40 weeks, it's not going to feel pain? Bullshit. And I'm allowed to kill it then, according to many people who have responded to this thread. What, exactly, was your point with that?
I hope you didn't just read the first summary point ("The neuroanatomical system for pain can be considered complete by 26 weeks' gestation.") and decided that it means "fetuses can feel pain at 26 weeks."

So, we don't have souls, according to you. Good to know. Also, the only reason it's wrong to kill someone is because society frowns upon it and it wouldn't make us feel "good", although I might argue with you on that last part. Now, you are certainly ending a life without consent when you have an abortion. Oh, but wait...a fetus isn't a real person, right? Okay...so let me just make sure I've got this down. When, exactly, is a fetus considered a "person" to you?
I'm gonna have to draw the line at birth like Spartiate. But seriously, reread my first post in this thread and don't start thinking I'm a crazed abortion freak. If one should have an abortion, it should be done fairly early, mainly because there's no point in carrying a fetus for long if one decides they don't want a baby. Otherwise I'd advocate just having the baby and putting it up for adoption. Of course, the other option is to bypass all of that and just not get knocked up in the first place.