(September 5, 2012 at 11:51 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: And a child is just a potential adult...whatever you choose to call it fetus, unborn baby, whatever, it is still a human, a very very young and vulnerable one. We all have a moral obligations to human life even in its earliest stages. Failures to implant occur naturally and are very different from actively removing an otherwise viable embryo. It's like comparing a heart attack to a gun shot wound.
The only contradiction is in the hearts of people who need to convince themselves that abortion is not evil so they can continue having guilt free sex and avoid any real responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
HUGE difference between a glob of cells that has to grow and be nurtured in a woman's womb and a child. Babies can survive as long as they have access to food, admittedly for an infant to grow into a functioning, healthy adult they need significantly more than just food, but also being held, interacted with, and taught by the examples of their caregivers with how to interact with other people and their environment. The potential baby has to be fed and grow inside a woman's body. At the very least, whether a woman wants to carry the fetus to term is that woman's decision, and hers alone. Adoption is often seen as the "gentler" solution, but as a woman who has carried two babies to term (one of which was an unplanned pregnancy), I know it is often the case that women become bonded to the fetus long before it is viable outside of the womb. How heart wrenching is it to become bonded to a life then give it up? Far be it for me to say how an unplanned pregnancy should end. I at least allow some room for the woman's feelings. If she doesn't want a baby, and doesn't feel she would be strong enough emotionally to give it up, it's not up to me to decide for her.
P.S. The medical term for miscarriage is "spontaneous abortion."
