IF A Fetus Is Not Human Life...

...but just a meaningless bit of tissue, why should abortion not be allowed for any woman anytime anywhere for any reason? Abortion clinics should be as easy to find as dental clinics. In fact why should a woman even have to GIVE a reason? If abortion is about aborting something that isn't human only a bunch of cells that happen to be inside a woman's body then it has no more moral significance than clipping your toe nails or shaving?

But if it is a human life, please explain why should it ever be legal except for danger to the life of the mother ONLY?

The whole pro-abortion argument is illogical and abortionists can mask their shame by saying they are "pro-choice" but should have the courage (and moral bankruptcy) admit they believe a "fetus" has no more claim to existence than a cyst that needs to be removed, though as a nurse I have yet to encounter a cyst that had a heart beat...

If you admit it is life but are for abortion on demand anyway because a woman has a RIGHT to do with what she has inside her body because she "owns" it even if it is human than ethically your argument is the same as slave owners before the US Civil War who said black slaves were THEIRS because having bought them they OWNED them and had the right to feed or starve or beat or kill them as they wished because they lacked the rights of other human beings because they were black...just like a "fetus" does not cause it cannot pronounce your name.

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OggggO · 36-40, M

So, if a fetus must be carried to term because all life is sacred, do you also insist that once born it should be guaranteed health care, food, and shelter so it doesn’t end up dead anyway? All life is sacred, after all.

SheikYerbouti · 51-55, M

@OggggO I'd have no problem with that. But, you do recognize it as a human, right?

Cmstars · 22-25, F

@OggggO if needed and to a certain age, sure.

Abrienda · 26-30, F

@OggggO That is a fatuous argument. Governments in civilized nations do exactly that, something I guess you didn't know, unless of course you are a citizen of Somalia or Zimbabwe?

That of course is not the point. What I am saying is that ALL BABIES should be given the CHANCE, which I suspect you would prefer to deny them. Does that make you sleep comfortably at night?

OggggO · 36-40, M

@SheikYerbouti I do. I just think said human doesn't suddenly stop deserving care and protection because it's no longer in the womb.

@Abrienda It's really not. A complete lack of concern for children after they are born is how you end up with so many "pro-life" states that have excellent pre-natal statistics and horrifying post-natal ones.

Abrienda · 26-30, F

@OggggO Which again has nothing to do with my original point...the illogic and hypocrisy of the pro-abortion position. That is what this post is about. If you wish to deflect the discussion into something else then I suggest you start your own post rather than doing that.

OggggO · 36-40, M

@Abrienda No, the one being illogical and hypocritical is you. You care if a fetus dies, you don't care if a born child does. If human life is to be protected, then it is to be protected at all stages, not merely one.

Cmstars · 22-25, F

@OggggO But you dont believe human life should be protected in all stages of life or am I misunderstanding?

OggggO · 36-40, M

@Cmstars When did I say or imply such?

Cmstars · 22-25, F

@OggggO Well as I said, perhaps I misunderstood.