Thread: ABORTION: Where do you stand?

Originally Posted by sloth

I used to be pro-choice, until I watched a few abortions through ultrasound.
As the suction tube was sucking up the babies' bodies, they would squirm, and push themselves against the sides of the uteris, trying to get away.

Now I am undecided.

Even insects have the survival instinct. A fetus certainly does not want to die.

Originally Posted by buriedmonsters

Even insects have the survival instinct. A fetus certainly does not want to die.

A fetus doesn't want anything, it doesn't have the capacity to "want". That requires sentience.

It may have the instinct to react when it receives external stimuli, but so does a flatworm or a plant.