A question for pro-choicers...?

Question

First off, I don't want to argue politics or religion. PLEASE! :) I'd rather address this from a moral standpoint.

If you don't believe that life begins at conception... fine. I don't want to talk about that. We won't change each other's minds anyway.

My question is this:

How can you justify aborting a pregnancy in which the fetus would be viable outside of the womb?

Many argue that women should be able to make the choice and that they shouldn't be expected to carry a baby for 9 months in order to give it up for adoption. If the baby is far enough along to live outside the womb, how can anyone justify ending that life? Do any of you believe in the pro-choice movement but not this particular case?

Just wondering...

Violet: Abortions are legal beyond 16 weeks... Congress voted to pass the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, Bush signed it, but the Supreme Court has blocked it in cases since then... My point is, a woman can have one at any time.

I'm sorry.. it was a federal judge, not the Supreme Court. From wikipedia:

On October 2, 2003, with a vote of 281-142, the House again approved a measure banning the procedure called the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (HR 760). Through this legislation, a doctor could face up to two years in prison and face civil lawsuits for performing such an abortion. A woman who undergoes the procedure cannot be prosecuted under the measure. The measure contains an exemption to save a woman's life; it does not permit the procedure unless her life is threatened. On October 21, 2003, the United States Senate passed the same bill by a vote of 64-34, with a number of Democrats joining in support. The bill was signed by President George W. Bush on November 5, 2003, but a federal judge blocked its enforcement in several states just a few hours after it became public law.

god nose: I went to a pro-choice site just for you... 400-700 abortions per year are in the 7th, 8th, or 9th month of pregnancy. http://www.lifeandlibertyforwomen.org/issues/issues_partial_birth_abortions.html

Answer 1

It makes you wonder what pro-choice people are thinking when they use such an arbitrary event like birth as the distinguisher for when a fetus becomes human life. Ridiculous...I don't believe that a woman's "right to choose" supersedes anyones right to live.

Answer 2

I believe that if the baby is viable enough to live outside the womb, it should NOT be terminated. I think that women have the right to terminate unwanted pregnancies up until the 16th week. After that, termination should not be legal(Unless the mothers life is in danger) Though I wonder, what is worse, a partial birth abortion, or babies thrown in dumpters?? I also don't think that abortion should be used as a form of birth control. Just my two cents!

Answer 3

Are you talking about partial birth abortion? That's usually what it's called when a fetus could survive outside the womb. Personally, I don't belive in that unless the mother's like is in danger. I'm pro choice, but I don't agree with partial birth abortion unless the mother's life is in danger....like I said. Even if the mother knows that it's either her life or the baby, she should be able to choose which way to go, though.

Answer 4

If I remember correctly, its illegal to have an abortion past the 3rd month which is 16 weeks. A baby won't survive outside the womb till its 23 weeks old give or take 2 weeks.

Answer 5

I think that a fetus which is not wanted will grow up to become a child who is not happy or well cared for. Sometimes birth control fails, sometimes rape results in pregnancy, and if a woman in those circumstances does not want a child, then that child is not going to have a good life.

Answer 6

Last time I checked Bush has not passed the National Health Insurance Act.

Who is going to pay for all the early births? Not the right to lifers that is for sure.

You should not subject a o\person to carry a baby just to give it up.

Allow immigration first.

Answer 7

That far along in the pregnancy it would be murder. However, I am only pro- choice when it comes to mothers with drug problems. If you are early in a pregnancy and youre addicted to coke or crack and your child would have definate birth defects, i beleive its best to not put them through a life like that

Answer 8

You can't have an abortion after the third month, a fetus before the third month is not viable and cannot survive outside the womb, therefore your question is moot. Would you like to rephrase and try it again?

Answer 9

You know we all have are standpoints of course, but something I will never forget about the topic of abortion is these 2 trucks driving on the highway and they have the awful picture of a dead baby covered in blood, on the side of their truck. For me, personally I could never come to the choice of getting rid of something like they are a piece of garbage. Tough subject I have to say, I don't think this subject will ever die down.

Answer 10

I'm not a pro-choicer, and what you are referring to is going to be a chapter in my new book, titled The Viability Myth. It is a lie made up by the Pro-Death feminist mobs that life begins at "viability," which is pure B.S., believable only by someone whose I.Q. is below the level of moron, and possibly even imbicile.

It has been proven that life begins at conception, and the medical community is virtually in unanymous agreement on this. The who believe in The Viability Myth understand that a woman has a Time Frame to Kill following a discovery of preganncy, and the end of that time frame is the supposed point of viability. It was all invented to provide that time frame to kill and feel justified about it.