(October 1, 2015 at 12:44 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(September 30, 2015 at 11:41 pm)Losty Wrote: When you add the word "you" in there it complicates things unnecessarily.
If a woman is a week before her due date and she has a catastrophic life event resulting in her believing it's best not to have the baby at all, I feel it would be ok to terminate at that point if that's what she thinks is best for herself and/or her family. I don't think it should be illegal nor do I think it would be immoral for her to make such a choice. I believe that women are capable of deciding what is right for themselves and their potential children.
There is something to be said about potential repercussions of such a decision, as well as the procedure itself both psychological and physical. I imagine there must be a huge difference between removing a few weeks/months old clump of cells and a developed and active organism, with which the mother have been living and forming a relationship over the past few months.
As a depressive personality - I know there have been many situations, when I wasn't capable of making informed choices, let alone the "right" ones. Which leads me to believe, that it's perfectly possible for a pregnant woman to make a rushed decision, based on a skewed perception of reality, especially in a crisis - a decision which may haunt her for the rest of her life. I'm just not sure a week is anywhere near enough to provide adequate assessment of the situation and support.
It has nothing to do with morality - just psychology.
The same could be said for getting a tattoo or giving all of your money to charity or quitting your job.