RE: How to shut up people who are against abortion
May 23, 2013 at 7:05 am
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2013 at 7:11 am by festive1.)
(May 22, 2013 at 10:50 pm)That guy who asked questions Wrote: A fetus is essentially a complete human body and isn't considered a fetus until then. Also all of the following are developed during the embryonic stage: eyes, ears, brain, circulatory system, complete cartilaginous skeleton, mouth, kidneys, liver, brain waves, reaction to stimuli and movement, a face, and hands and feet all of which is done within 8 weeks of pregnancy!How can a fetus be considered a complete human if it cannot sustain it's own life? Sure they have developed some basic neurological functioning and a rudimentary circulatory system, but they cannot survive extra-utero. Pre-term infants born as late as 36 weeks can have difficulty with basic functioning, such as regulating body temperature or the ability to suckle without aspirating. Why should a woman be forced to carry this non-viable life inside her body until it becomes viable? Why isn't that the mother's decision and no one else's? It's her body, it's her offspring, it's her choice.
(May 22, 2013 at 10:50 pm)That guy who asked questions Wrote: Actually, at about 9 weeks the baby has a sensory system intact and responds to stimuli and is capable of feeling and is about ten times more sensitive to stimuli than an adult. sooooo...However, abortion occurs with anesthetic. A placenta is not so much a shield as it is a sieve. The anesthetic will reach the fetus, assuming some time is allowed for it to do so. This is also evident at full-term births in women who are medicated vs. those who are not.
Simply because the fetus has basic neurological reactions and functions, does not mean it is a baby... yet, see above.
(May 22, 2013 at 11:11 pm)Gilgamesh Wrote: Why are you guys STILL arguing semantics?Agreed. A rose by any other name... I prefer potential baby or fetus, personally.
Let's call a fetus a human. Let's just do it. It doesn't make a difference. It's now a human but it's not the same kind of human we are. So yeah, let's say we are for killing a different type of human under certain circumstances. That simple.
I agree with Min, adoption isn't an easy choice or always a viable option. There's so many hormones when a woman is pregnant, including hormones that cause a sense of bonding and love. So a woman may KNOW the best thing to do is to give the baby up, but the emotions override that. Flash forward 2 months, up all night with a colicky baby, a mom who didn't really want the baby in the first place... That's (partially) why we have shaken baby syndrome and neglected children.
