The problem with that is to be consistent that metric means you can abort for any reason even moments before birth. And that fails several logical tests. Such as, if she/he was not a person 1 second before birth what has changed biologically, morally, or theologically to justify that being the point and not conception. So although some could argue for it, it has more than some holes.
I don't think anybody supports abortions near a mother's due date. If she is full-term (37 weeks) or close enough for the baby to be viable without neonatal care, her obstetrician will go ahead with the delivery. I know the Roe vs. Wade ruling prohibis third trimester abortions.
I thought that sex education was already mandatory. How much stricter can you make it?OK how about this then: If a state is going to ban abortion after 6 weeks, mandatory sex education needs to be stricter and easier to enforce.
Of course it is not just one second. The head comes out, then the shoulders, chest, etc. so the first time a baby breathes air, he/she is not born yet.
If the issue is about women's rights, what does it matter if the abortion is near the mother's due date?I don't think anybody supports abortions near a mother's due date. If she is full-term (37 weeks) or close enough for the baby to be viable without neonatal care, her obstetrician will go ahead with the delivery. I know the Roe vs. Wade ruling prohibis third trimester abortions.
Apparently location defines humanity?But are they a person yet? Does that happen when they are conceived or when they're fully out of the birth canal?
If it's when they are fully out of the birth canal then what is the difference while their feet are still in? Or what is the difference one second before the water breaks?
If it's three weeks in, three months in, or six months in why?
The only non arbitrary not artificially constructed logical point is conception. Before conception there is not a human being genetically there. After conception there is.
Any other point is just a comfortable fallacy, used to justify the death of a genetic human being. Withholding personhood until an arbitrary point makes no sense.
Anyone trying to say a point other than conception has the burden of proving that with logical consistency that somehow a person did not exist before that.
I thought that sex education was already mandatory. How much stricter can you make it?
If the issue is about women's rights, what does it matter if the abortion is near the mother's due date?
Women want abortions long before the 37th week. If you know you don't want to have a baby, why wait?
I think what the majority believe doesn't impact either side, except in so far as it it allows them to achieve their goals.
Pro-lifers will continue to believe it wrong to kill children in the womb even if the entire world is against them.
The pro-abortion crowd will continue to believe it morally acceptable to kill an infant in the womb up to the moment before birth on the basis of the woman's decision alone for any reason whatsoever.
It is impossible to abort a fetus until the moment before birth. The baby has already breathed fresh air at that point. Also, being pro choice does not make anyone pro-abortion. They only support a woman's right to choose, not recommend abortions for women.
It is impossible to abort a fetus until the moment before birth. The baby has already breathed fresh air at that point. Also, being pro choice does not make anyone pro-abortion. They only support a woman's right to choose, not recommend abortions for women.
But what's the difference? Day 40 or Day 270?
If it's all based on choice then right up to oh my water just broke but I've changed my mind...should be ok.
But I think most people innately know it isn't ok. So they defend against that cognitive dissonance by creating a point that works for them when it isn't okay.
But it's an arbitrary decision. And we also know that that can't be right. We don't each got to decide for ourselves when a human being is a person.
Some would say it's at a certain point in development. Some would say it's if that individual is desired by another individual that would give them personhood.
But the only non arbitrary point is conception. It's just people are uncomfortable with it being that early because then a whole host of obligations come into play.
A moment before birth is an exaggeration, yet I'm sure you wouldn't object to a woman wanting an abortion 7 months into the pregnancy? It's her choice after all.
Also, do you think abortion is immoral?