I consider myself pro-life.
However, I consider people who oppose abortions as anti-life.
Statistically, it is known that, under a legal framework that prohibits the practice of abortion, women will seek the clandestine path and a non-negligible number of them will suffer consequences from that. And the number of women seeking it is equivalent to the number of women seeking a legitimate abortion.
We're not just talking about the life of the fetuses, but of some women and their ability to produce more fetuses afterwards.
Of course, sexual literacy also helps in preventing the number of unwanted pregnancies... but it doesn't eliminate them completely. And usually, only when society is permissive about abortion, does it care about educating the people in this way.
Given that, the pro-life approach, being the one that minimizes loss of life, is the one that allows women the option of aborting.
I saw some of you go on about allowing abortions until viability... Personally, I'd be more comfortable with allowing them until the central nervous system is formed, at around the 10th~12th week. After that, it gets iffy.
Up until that stage, there's more than enough time for the grand majority of unwanted pregnancies to be identified and safely terminated.
However, I consider people who oppose abortions as anti-life.
Statistically, it is known that, under a legal framework that prohibits the practice of abortion, women will seek the clandestine path and a non-negligible number of them will suffer consequences from that. And the number of women seeking it is equivalent to the number of women seeking a legitimate abortion.
We're not just talking about the life of the fetuses, but of some women and their ability to produce more fetuses afterwards.
Of course, sexual literacy also helps in preventing the number of unwanted pregnancies... but it doesn't eliminate them completely. And usually, only when society is permissive about abortion, does it care about educating the people in this way.
Given that, the pro-life approach, being the one that minimizes loss of life, is the one that allows women the option of aborting.
I saw some of you go on about allowing abortions until viability... Personally, I'd be more comfortable with allowing them until the central nervous system is formed, at around the 10th~12th week. After that, it gets iffy.
Up until that stage, there's more than enough time for the grand majority of unwanted pregnancies to be identified and safely terminated.