Why do some people think abortion is murder?

Question

before you scream to me,"BECAUSE IT IS!!"let me say my point of view.
First,the US supreme court declared that getting an abortion is constituionaly protected right.
Second,fetuses cannot feel pain,have no sentience,and,in fact have none of the sensations humans have.So in my opinion,killing a fetus is like killing grass:niether know that it ever happened.and in fact they cant even tell it happened.
Third,what about when the baby is nothing more than a jumble of cells.humans are killing cells all the time,so why dont we call this murder?And since we dont,then killing a baby in the cellular stage would not be considered murder.

please dont call me a jackass.I have thought this through and this is what i think.and are you saying a living thing has to have a heartbeat?the majority of all living things dont.

ok no more religious people answer this question anymore.i want open-minded people!!!not one-sided arguments against abortion.!

please stop cursing at me

Answer 1

Because most people think that a woman is getting an abortion because she got pregnant on accident. They don't think that just maybe there's a logical reason behind it. Most abortions are done when it's just an embryo. It doesn't have a brain and can't feel what's going on, so it's not actually killing a living thing. Number two, they have their heads so far up their *sses they can't even concieve other reasons why someone would have an abortion. I had one because in '99 I was raped and got pregnant as a result. As I walked into the clinic I had protesters screaming at me, and shoving their posters in my face. They don't get the fact that yeah, a woman is getting an abortion, but it's not easy for them to do it. It was the hardest decision I've EVER had to make. It's something that does eat at me everyday. However, if I had to do it all over again, I would. In cases of molestation or rape, the depression is hard enough, being pregnant from it is just a constant reminder of what happened. I would've committed suicide if I carried to full term. Most pro-lifers will argue and say there's always adoption if you don't want the child. They don't realize that there are thousands of children born each year who won't grow up in a happy household because most people are looking for a specific type of child. Most children born with mental retardation and other health issues usually don't find homes. I went to HS with a girl who was blind and grew up in foster homes because no one ever adopted her. Can people really think that's a better life than not having one at all? The ones who do get placed often wonder where they came from, and still aren't totally happy. I have a cousin who was adopted when he was a baby, and for the last 12 years has been trying to find his birth parents. He never has felt complete or totally happy. I hardly think that's a life for a child to live. It turns them into dysfunctional adults. These people need to think of what really happens with their so called solutions. Cause just because a baby is born into this world doesn't mean it's better off than being aborted.

Answer 2

If you're really looking for an answer to that question, it's complicated and depends on the person. Believe it or not, this isn't a new concept - the ancient Greek philosophers even debated this.

What it really hinges on is what you define as the beginning of life. For example, if you go by the ability to survive outside the womb, I've heard courts say about 20 wks gestation. Medical science says about 24 wks. The down shot to this particular frame of reference is that, with the advances of medicine, that time frame has and will continue to be pushed back farther and farther.

On the other hand, there's the school of thought that life begins at conception - one held by many religious groups but not necessarily limited to them. Because the Zygote (the first stage) has all of the *potential* to become an entire human being, it is felt that it should be treated as such.

There's also been a lot done to try to find a middle ground, so to speak, in this area. The one I always found the most interesting was the concept of the "moment of twinning." The idea is, there's a certain period of time up to which a Zygote can be either one person or two (twins - of course, triplets and on up count too). Before this point abortion is acceptable because the person(s) have not yet been determined. So, going by this philosophy, the morning after pill is fine, while abortion after 2 or 3 weeks is not.

Answer 3

Think of this, If you murder a woman who is pregnant, you not only have 1 count of murder but 2. It's kind of a double standard. I have 2 children. My first, I was 3 months along and with my second, i was 2 months. There are a lot of people that dont even know that they are pregnant for a couple or months.


3 weeks gestational-By the end of the third week of gestation (five weeks in menstrual age) the length of the embryo is about 1.5 to 2 millimeters long. All of your baby's major organs are under development, and facial features, such as ears and eyes, begin to form.

4 weeks gestational-Your baby's heart is now beating and blood circulation is evident. The kidneys and liver are growing fast, and the neural tube, which connects the brain with the spinal cord, closes.

Isn't everything wit ha heartbeat living?

week 5-Dark spots, mark the early formation of the eyes. Pits indicate the formation of nostrils and ears. Your baby's brain is developing rapidly, and limbs and facial characteristics are now forming. Your baby's heart now has a right and left chamber. An ultrasound may be able to detect heart motion. The esophagus and trachea are changing and differentiating into separate tubes, with lungs positioned on either side

No one can really know if a fetus can feel pain unless they are the fetus. If Someone slapped you lightly and you felt a little pain, would your mother know that?

A baby is only a jumble of cells for a few days. Like I said before, I didn't know I was pregnant until I was in my second trimester.

I'm not bashing anyone. This is just information in my pregnancy book.

Answer 4

Okay......there are so many people that are going to reply hatefully to this topic. The presence of a heartbeat does not mean a thing as far as pain goes. The neural network to start to feel pain is not in place until week 20. I support a woman's right to have an abortion should she want one....except for partial birth abortions (unless there is a sound medical reason). I should hope that if someone doesn't want to get pregnant, she'll use birth control. And if she does get pregnant, that she decides what to do by week 10 when it really is still pretty cellular in structure. I'd say opt for adoption but for so many women pregnancy isn't an option, and our adoption system is flawed. So many kids spend years in foster homes getting bounced around....

And saying an abortion is the easy way to get out of being pregnant is just ignorant. Anyone that says that has obviously never had one. Even if you don't want the baby, it is a potential baby and is very, very sad. Most women have emotional trauma after an abortion.

In the end, only the woman and her doctor can decide. It's not for anyone else to judge.

Answer 5

I don't think that it is right. But i think that way because people should use it as a way to get out of something stupid they did to there self. Now if there is a liget reason like the mother is in great danger or she was raped those are the only reasons i can fathom that any one should/would give up a child. I was preg 3 times i didn't want the second baby first child was only 5 months old but i had a miscarriage and that is when i realized every life is precious wither we want it or not. Now i am not going to put you down because you may think this way. Everyone is entitled to there own opinion. But like someone else said it shouldn't be used as birth control that is just wrong no matter what way you cut it. And abortions can really hurt you if you decide you want children later in life.

Answer 6

That child or "fetus" is a living growing being. Many say that it is the woman's choice but it was the woman's choice to fool around with the guy. I don't understand how some people thing capital punishment is wrong but believe abortion is alright. With the death sentence the criminal probably did something to deserve their death but an unborn child has done nothing wrong. Give the child a chance. If the mother does not want the child then she can give it up for adoption. It is 9 months out of the woman's life to have the child and give it up but it is the whole child's life that is ruined with abortion. What happened to the right to LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Why are you putting down religious people? I don't think of myself as religious rather I think of myself as someone with a relationship with my creator. It is ok if you don't believe how other's believe but do not put them down.

The person answered after me that if you remove the fetus from the womb it will die, well what would happen if you take a 1,2, ro 3 year old from their mother or any other adult. They would die because they are dependent on others also. So is it ok to kill them if we don't want them? Just a question to ponder.

Answer 7

first The fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks, grass has no heartbeat a fetus has a heartbeat at 5weeks, im 36 weeks pregnant right now actully and my baby has the hiccups, and is also kicking, grass doesn't kick and get the hiccups, so its way different to having an abortion and killing f*cking grass, wat about if ur mother aborted her pregnancy while pregnant with u, you wouldn't be here today saying this bull sh i t. Yeh i agree that woman have a right to terminate their pregnancy if they want to its their choice, but when it comes to pregnancy a cell turns into a fetus which turn into a newborn which turns in to a child which turns into a teen then an adult there for its a being, it has a brain, it has a heartbeat, it moves,it kicks it gets the hiccups and believe it or not it actully cries in the womb aswell, therefore its alive, i'd like to see grass do any of that. why not check these sites out about little samual, about a boy who grabed the hand of a doc when only been in the womb for 21weeks and is today like 7 years old

Answer 8

Your right about being a bunch of cells...but thats only in the very beginning. Not that long after, it gets a heartbeat, and everything else...just like a human being...so I think it is wrong to have an abortion, unless you have been raped, or you or your unborn childs life is in danger, or if something is really wrong with the baby as to where it wouldn't have a good life if it were born. So my answer to your question...is yes, it is murder. They do feel, they do sense...it makes me sad to know that women go and have sex, and then don't want to deal with the results of being pregnant, and go kill it, and not even give it a chance.
I am a mother of two. I disagree with abortion...unless the circumstances I listed above come into play.

Answer 9

I agree. Not everything that is killed is murder. A person answering previously brought up that a fetus gets a heartbeat at six weeks. Even though the baby has a heart, it doesn't have lungs or other vital organs. If you were to remove it from the mother instead of kill it , it would still die. And although we respect and honor the essence of life, what can we do for the quality of life for the child of a woman who never wanted it.

Answer 10

I agree with you 100%, it doesn't mean that I will ever get an abortion, but I believe in it. You never know the woman's story as to why she is having one done... As long as she isn't 20+ weeks along, unless she is risking her life (which would also kill the baby) then why not.