Seriously, even in case of a pregnancy from violent rape, I do not condone abortion after the first trimester. That is because after that the fetus is beginning to look like a human being and is capable of feeling pain.
During the first month of pregnancy, it is not a baby as you call it because there is not a single incident of a fetus surviving outside of mother’s womb during first 10 weeks of pregnancy. It is to medical science a part of mother’s body. I would abhor a society which would force a woman victim of violent rape to be forced to bear a VIOLENTLY FORCED pregnancy to full term.
-— It is to medical science a part of mother’s body. -—
A mother’s body can have two kinds of DNA? Two hearts? Two brains?
The baby is fully human at conception. He is a separate, unique person, distinct from the woman. No, he can’t survive outside the womb for a certain period, but that does not mean he is not a separate person.
You and I just disagree on this issue. That’s all.
I agree, and in addition to what you said, after the first trimester, that’s also where the abortion has the probability of being sex-selective. Again, abortion is a tough game to play, but if we fail to really fight the battle, you’ve got a Frankenstein monster type disaster looming in the picture. China, India, and Russia are the three keywords that come to my mind.
How about 1 minute after the "first trimester"? What part of the word, 'inalienable' don't you understand? Since when did your inalienable right to life depend on how old you are or what you look like?
I have a factual question for you. When did your life begin? Can you answer that question?
It is to medical science a part of mother’s body.
That assertion has in the past been aptly called, "backwoods biology".
I would abhor a society which would force a woman victim of violent rape to be forced to bear a VIOLENTLY FORCED pregnancy to full term.
So your 'solution' to an unspeakable act of violence; namely, a rape is to permit the commission of a second act of unspeakable violence by the deliberate killing of an innocent human being?
"Then Jesus asked them, "Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they remained silent."
Cordially,