Thread: What do you think about abortion?

It's a woman's body, it should be her choice whether or not to get an abortion.
If a fetus is a life, then so is an egg and a sperm. As far as I know, I can't be convicted of murder every time I have a period, therefore I don't think of abortion as murder, either.
Furthermore, a fetus has no consciousness. It is simply the beginnings of a being, not an actual being.
I think it is possible that having an unwanted child could be far crueler than aborting one, as well.

Originally Posted by Savy

a fetus has no consciousness.

It does in the third trimeser, but it does not for the first trimester or the vast majority of the second. I think that's the bottom line. If killing a first trimester fetus is murder, then killing a mosquito is really horrendous.

I agree with everything you just wrote.
Thanks.

As a fetus I would rather die without truly living than to be brought into the world and raised by parents that simply cannot care for me. Would you rather have your child never see the light of day, never experience consciousness, or would you rather have it suffer from emotional and/or, potentially, physical trauma associated with unknowledgeable, incapable, and maybe even unwilling parents for the entirety of their life?

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

If killing a first trimester fetus is murder, then killing a mosquito is really horrendous.

I have killed many mosquitoes in the past week or so; looks like I'm a serial killer now.

Originally Posted by Snowboy

As a fetus I would rather die without truly living than to be brought into the world and raised by parents that simply cannot care for me. Would you rather have your child never see the light of day, never experience consciousness, or would you rather have it suffer from emotional and/or, potentially, physical trauma associated with unknowledgeable, incapable, and maybe even unwilling parents for the entirety of their life?



I have killed many mosquitoes in the past week or so; looks like I'm a serial killer now.

I'm a fetus and I approve of this message