RE: Abortion Viewed in Moral Terms
August 21, 2013 at 4:21 pm
(This post was last modified: August 21, 2013 at 4:21 pm by Faith No More.)
(August 21, 2013 at 4:07 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: I place it where the fetus is able to feel pain. Personally. Not sure why the laws converged on week 20, but it does happen to be on the safe side on the fetuses ability to feel pain.
That appears to be a logical threshold. I have taken it into consideration.
(August 21, 2013 at 4:07 pm)pineapplebunnybounce Wrote: So you took into account the detection of down syndrome at week 12?
Since it is detectable at such an early stage, I don't think it is really relevant. The twelfth week isn't even the end of the first trimester, which is actually a little after 13 weeks.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
