Why are we told it's just a mass of tissue?

Question

Okay i dont want to come off as a nut or anything..and im FAR from religious, but NOTHING in my biology books ever told me just HOW a fetus looks as it develops..so in researching this..*i was curious to see what my kids looked like when i was pregnant* i stumbled upon a site that has ACTUAL abortion pictures. i was expecting a mass of tissue or something...i feel so stupid and im pissed! these images are very graphic! but i sat here and cried for a straight hour before i typed out this. and before an hour ago...i was pro-choice. no religious mumbo jumbo, no scientific talk, no moral agrument could have prepared me for the horribly gruesome images i saw. i just dont know what to think anymore!
http://www.priestsforlife.org/resources/abortionimages/fetaldevelopment.htm

jurgen_sanches
im not pregnant....i have a 10yr old, an 8yr old and a 5 month old. it was just that the "late term" babies got to me the most. babies in the 7th, 8th and even 9th month of pregnancy...it was horrible.
knowing that a baby that old could survive outside the womb..i just can't stomach it.

splinter
ive never had a doctor tell me that it's NOT a just "fetal tissue" that IS the term they use...so excuse the hell out of me if i wasn't properly informed! but then THAT IS MY POINT im PISSED that i was lied to. Not everyone has an immediate knowledge of the procedure...you learned somewhere, so i am finding out a bit later than you...what the hell do you want a cookie?

Bapboy
look, about 8 yrs ago, i found myself in the family way. i was single, 19 1/2 and scared out of my MIND. did i give up lot of my future..maybe. but ive not wasted those 8yrs. i had my child, i went to college, i graduated, i worked my butt of as a single mom, i found love, i married, i adopted my step-son, i have another child with my husband. see not all things have to end so horribly!
but i understand your concern. i have a daughter, ive BEEN that girl. but i hope that if my daughter finds herself in that situation...(and believe me i WILL NOT ignore things like my parents did) i hope to be more accepting, caring, understanding, and supportive. i wouldn't force either "choice" on her. as i wouldn't for others. all i meant by this was that MY views on MYSELF have changed, what I would and WOULD NOT do.
i cant choose for anyone else..that will be on them. get it! good!

Answer 1

You have to remember that these pictures are posted to make you feel like this. The ones that really get to me are the ones of late abortions where they salt the baby first so that it's just born poisoned.

It's a damn shame that abortion has to happen and I too wish it didn't have to, but you have to remember that even though foetuses look human very early on there isn't a mind there yet, and even though you could argue that they deserve a chance at life, equally the young girls who get pregnant by accident have barely had a chance at life themselves.

In an ideal world there'd be no need for abortion, but if my daughter came home after being raped or even after just being a foolish teen there is no way I would force her into keeping a baby that she wasn't ready for. Having a child is incredibly difficult even when it is planned and born into a loving, happy home with two parents around. Imagine a world full of single mums who've been forced to keep their illegitimate unwanted babies!!

There really doesn't seem to be a suitable solution because even if you enforced birth control via injection/IUD for all girls/women until they decided they wanted to conceive, there would be moral and religious arguments against that too and of course the risk of disease. Please don't let these awful scare mongers turn you into a militant pro-lifer. I am definitely pro-life, but I'm pro-quality-of-life, not just pro-existence.

Answer 2

I've seen those images before. They are very hard to look at.
People say it's just a mass of tissue so they can avoid feeling guilty about killing the child. If it's just a mass of tissue, it's not much different than removing a tumor.

Answer 3

I have never heard anyone say that except on lame TV shows. People with knowledge know that is a tiny human form in there. to me abortion is wrong. Pro-Choice say it's the woman's body--but it's not--it's the unborn's body getting chopped up and swept out of the uterus.

Answer 4

let it be someone's choice- if it's not for you fine, don't do it.
but for the anti-abortionists out there-think of this:
over 1 million abortions are performed in the u.s. alone.
if they weren't performed, how many of those women would commit suicide or leave the babies in dumpsters or try to perform an abortion on themselves? further, who of you pro-lifers are going to adopt? have you researched the foster care system? most of these kids have been neglected and abused because our system is overwhelmed and under funded. abortion is not an easy choice, but it still needs to remain a right for women.

Answer 5

Don't be discourage and depressed by this. Think for a Minuit about your child in you. I think thad when your child is born you will be having allot of fun taking about ho he or she look likes the most. What I'm trying to say is thad in joy and give your child all the love you can give.

Answer 6

I'm am just like you. I was and am defensive of the right to choose. It would never be right for me personally, but i can't condemn the other women. I wish birht control was free. I just don't know anymore.

Answer 7

I know that it is murder, what if you had no other choice than doing a abortion. What if you have a baby growing inside of you that is so misformed that he or she doesnt have a life?? What then?? What do you do then???

Answer 8

Realy, what did you actualy expect? Enough said-->pro-choice! Its the womans body!

Answer 9

Good for you, girl. I am religious, and I am glad to see that even if someone isn't religious, they can still see our side.

Answer 10

please give me 10ponts