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//Personally, I don't think abortion should be allowed anywhere. //
Right, that's why you should try and find a way to prevent this from happening naturally, since up to 70% of fertilised eggs are naturally aborted from the body. Good luck with that.
//The mother always has choices readily available to them//
There are only to choices when faced with an unintended pregnancy - to remain or not remain pregnant. Adoption is an acceptable solution for an unwanted child, but does nothing for the woman who does not want to remain pregnant.
//I think that for those who consider an abortion, they shouldn't have opened their legs in the first place, whether the guy was wearing a glove or not. //
Ah, so it's the dirty woman's fault for having sex even though she used contraceptives to prevent it? Give it up, this argument is all fail when: 1) Sex directly results in depositing sperm into the vagina, NOT instant pregnancy or "baby"; 2) Fertilisation can occur outside of the body without any sexual activity.
//Unless there was a life-or-death situation where the mother could die with a c-section or die having a baby. then it's appropriate.//
Ah, so you are pro-choice after all, yes?
//Sex is pleasurable, but it is still procreation.//
Yes, sex is a form of procreation; however, there are points that suggest that sex in humans are not just for procreation. If sex was entirely for procreation, 1) pregnancy would be a direct result every time; 2) we would "know" when a woman is in estrus and engage in sexual activity during this time only; and 3) fertilisation of a human egg is possible without sexual activity due to the invention of IVF.
//If you are smart, you will know that birth control fails. If you are intelligent and want to have sex, but don't want a child, you will re-think the sex.//
Intelligence has nothing to do with having sex or not. It is natural to have sexual desire and in my opinion, it is stupid to avoid sex when it has many other factors than for "making babies". Women are not broodmares.
//What child deserves to die simply because his 'genius' mom doesn't think he should inconvenience her?//
Firstly, what child is involved when a woman is considering abortion during her pregnancy? If you are the "genius" why do you fail to grasp that "child" is the developmental stage from birth to adult?
//Why should he lose his life, which is his own, because he depends on her for survival but she doesn't feel like taking care of him?//
If you want to take this stance then it begs the question: How do you know it has it's own "life" when biologically, it is not viable?
A fetus depends upon the host for development since it cannot function at these life functions without being signalled maternally:
-homeostasis, metabolism, adaptation, organisation, growth, reproduction and respond to external stimuli.
There is nothing "innocent" about an embryo. This is an appeal to emotions and makes your argument void. Secondly, the only thing that is "killed" during the expulsion of the contents of a reproductive organ is a process. Thirdly, "human being" has a specific definition legally and medically and in all cases, a fetus is excluded.
//our Nation should not support such a decision made by a citizen.//
But your nation cannot make a legal decision to determine that a woman cannot form a choice for her own reproductive health. Would it be ok for you if your nation passed a law that stated everyone must give blood to save lives and they have the right to take your blood whether it's convenient for you or not? I mean, after all, you're saving a life, right, why should YOUR rights count?
//It is a human embryo, which are living cells, just like you, except smaller, because you are made up of tiny cells.//
I lol'd when I read this. Haha..."except smaller". Believe me, an embryo is not similar to me at all just because cells are tiny! Here's the difference: VIABILITY! I can survive outside the uterus with a self-sustaining internal circulation, an embryo is underdeveloped to do that.
//If every unborn child voted, how would it go?//
Wow, we don't legally allow minors to vote, but let's ask the differentiated cells in an uterus to decide what the owner of the reproductive organ should do with her body, eh?
//Abortion should not be legal for the simple reason that the baby that they are killing, is a person//
This argument is void because: 1) Abortion kills a process only; 2) A baby is the end result after the process has been completed; and 3) Personhood is a status that one is given upon birth (example: it's a birth certificate not a conception or fertilised egg certificate.)
//how would you feel if you were aborted//
If I were aborted, I had no consciousness to form a thought. To truthfully answer your question, I wouldn't care.
//...and dont say fetuses dont have feelings//
Ok, I won't, but let's see what the experts say:
"there is increasing evidence that the fetus never experiences a state of true wakefulness in utero and is kept, by the presence of its chemical environment, in a continuous sleep-like unconsciousness or sedation. This state can suppress higher cortical activation in the presence of intrusive external stimuli." http://www.rcog.org.uk/
http://www.rcog.org.uk/
The current research states that does not fetal pain nor is it aware until after birth.
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