(June 3, 2014 at 9:04 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Some would argue that my timeline is too conservative, that the kind of brain development necessary for self-awareness isn't until later. I just use it being as conservative as possible when I debate the so-called "pro-lifer" crowd.
I just don't think the cut off date is super important. Pro-lifers use late term abortion as a debate topic because it's so much easier to play on someone's emotions when the fetus in question is cute and looks almost like an actual baby.
The truth is that something like .8% of abortions are voluntary after 20 weeks. Also I'll have to look up a link for proofs, but I believe a majority of those .8% claim they waited so long bc they had to save money so affordable abortion could eliminate some of those.