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[Weltall]

Originally posted by Sacred Jellybean
Why should the method matter for a living creature that's barely aware? While that method may seem "monstrous", who's to say how much this semi-conscious fetus is suffering? I'm all for finding a better method, but this one sure sounds less painful than a woman bearing a child and leaving it in a dumpster, or drowning it in the backyard. The only reason you don't like the idea of this is because you have a weak stomach, which isn't the issue.

On a matter like this, its the principal that counts. Why should a child be brought into this world as a mistake, without the sufficient love and tender care of 2, loving parents/guardians? I forget the exact statistic, but somewhere in psychology, I heard that the two most common elements in criminals was 1) S/he wasn't held by his/her mother; 2) S/he didn't have a father figure. If you ask me, since we can stop this before a human is formed from the developing cells, we should take advantage of it. Therein rises the whole tedious argument of "what is a human?" blah blah blah...

Well honestly, I don't like the idea of "This child may not have a good life... so let's kill him now before he suffers." There are more people willing to adopt children than there are children to adopt. Why kill a baby when there are people that want to take care of them?

The reason PBA sickens me is that by the third trimester fetuses have a formed nervous system. Therefore, they can feel pain. If you're going to abort a kid, do it early on. If it takes you six or seven months to figure out you don't want a child, you should definitely put it up for adoption.

Interesting observation, and I'd also like to believe so... but how do you know that the one correlates with the other for a fact? Do you think it also could do with the groups or rabid anti-abortion protesters putting the pregnant mother through even a worst time than she's already having? Or how about the multiple cases of the murders of doctors running abortion clinics (not as rampant a problem I'm assuming, but present nonetheless)?

It's not JUST the ultrasounds, but a greater awareness of consequences, and, I hope, a greater sense of morality. But when you see a forming human in your womb, you really have to lack heart to dispose of it on a whim.