Posted on 06/24/2010 6:50:14 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
Abortions are permitted after 24 weeks on medical grounds There is no new evidence to show foetuses feel pain in the womb before 24 weeks, and so no reason to challenge the abortion limit, doctors say. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' review said foetuses are "undeveloped and sedated". Brain connections are not fully formed, and the environment of the womb creates a state of induced sleep, like unconsciousness, they add. Anti-abortion campaigners are likely to challenge the reports. The issue of whether a foetus of 24 weeks or below can feel pain had been raised in the debate over whether the current time limit for abortion should be reduced. An up-to-date analysis of evidence was recommended by MPs in a report from the Commons Science and Technology committee during the last parliament. They looked at the 1967 Abortion Act, which covers all parts of the UK apart from Northern Ireland. Abortion grounds The Royal College's reviews of existing evidence examined whether or not a foetus can experience pain. It also tried to define what mental and physical abnormalities could result in a "serious handicap". Around 1% of abortions are carried out on these grounds. Such terminations can take place after 24 weeks. In the past, campaigners concerned about the abortion law have argued that this has been interpreted too widely to include relatively minor disabilities. But the Royal College said in its second report that it would not be practical to try to produce a list of conditions that would constitute serious handicap because it was too difficult to predict the long-term impact of an abnormality on a child or on their family. Supporters of the current abortion law have welcomed this report, arguing that even within one condition there may be a wide range of severity.
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These bastards don’t get it.
It has nothing to do with the pain or lack thereof that is felt while ending a life.
It is about ending a life.
Good Lord please have mercy on us all.
I had an early amnio at 13 weeks. An ultrasound monitor was used to guide the technician, because they had to be sure the needle didn’t hurt the baby. My husband and I watched the monitor as the needle was inserted. As soon as the needle entered the amniotic sac, our son sensed the intrusion and reached his little hand up to investigate. The technician remained as though frozen in place for fear that the needle would hurt his tiny little developing hand. After a few moments he removed his hand and went back to sucking his thumb. Any doubts I still may have had about the sanctity of life vanished at that moment.
So does that mean we can outlaw abortions after the 24th week in the US?
But before these eminent health professionals pronounce so magisterially on the issue, perhaps they should agree to take some Ambien and be placed, unconscious and naked, into a water-filled sensory deprivation chamber.
Then, after a bit, the water could be charged full of metallic salts and these experts could be mildly curetted with some infrequently-cleaned steel blades.
After that certain-to-be-painless research, they could feel much more empirically comfortable with their conclusions.
And they know this HOW?????
Not one of the “experts” have had to go through the pain
of death before birth!
Yes...God help us with these murdering thugs in office!
>> Article: no new evidence to show foetuses feel pain in the womb before 24 weeks, and so no reason to challenge the abortion limit, ...
Empty arguments for empty souls.
I wonder if the contempt I have for abortion advocates is lesser or greater than the contempt they have for the unborn.
I really doubt this
Yep...the left always de-humanizes their targets. Just ask my grandfather...no wait...you can’t: the Nazis killed him.
If they are comparing the feotus with an unconscious person, surely they must concede that the two ought to be put on the same medical footing. The growth of the feotus is a kind of slow awakening. Long before that time, the feotus acts reflexively to stimuli.
If they are comparing the feotus with an unconscious person, surely they must concede that the two ought to be put on the same medical footing. The growth of the feotus is a kind of slow awakening. Long before that time, the feotus acts reflexively to stimuli.
I have yet to see a murder defendant argue for his innocence on the grounds that his victim felt no pain.
>Interesting logic.
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>Next time I want to kill someone - I’ll have to make sure they’re asleep.
Unless you can do it instantly you need some way to make sure there’s no pain... such as decapitation.
So as long as someone feels no pain...its ok to kill them.
Exactly.
“No, officer, it’s OK—I blew the guy’s head off with a shotgun whilst he was sleepin’—I swear, he never felt a t’ing. Nuttin’ ta see here, move on, folks.”
Placemark for later pingout.
They do not value innocent life, only the lives of criminals.
Sounds like some careful parsing of words to me with emphasis on the word “new”. Never mind that there is old evidence. Dr. Bernard Nathanson, former abortionist and founder of NARAL, found evidence of the unborn feeling pain and demonstrated it in his film, The Silent Scream.
Right. A tranquilizer dart first. Break the skull second. No murder involved.
Right. A tranquilizer dart first. Break the skull second. No murder involved.
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