Abortion

[andrewducker]

I say that I'm pro-choice, but the truth is that I'm actually anti-abortion. Rather, I'm pro-making sure that women have the resources and education available so that there's no need for abortions save those performed for medical reasons. The best way to stop abortions is to stop the need for abortions -- not with abstinence education that tells girls they're naughty for getting knocked up but doesn't tell them how to prevent it, but with realistic sex education and more resources for young women who find themselves pregnant and unable to afford prenatal care and postnatal expenses of raising a child

Which pretty much sums up how I feel.

Stolen from the ever-vigilant Lady Sysiphus.

Comments

[nickys.livejournal.com]

Strictly speaking you don't have a foetus at the moment of conception. What you have is a zygote. Then an embryo.
It isn't a foetus until about 11 weeks after conception when the major organs have formed.

> it will 99% of the time develop full sentience

No, about 1/3 of pregnancies end naturally in the first trimester due to either the embryo or placenta not forming properly.

> abortion is making a potential person die

I'd be wary of saying anything like that because that has also been used as an argument against contraception.

You could equally argue that not giving blood (or bone marrow or a spare kidney) makes people die.