Why do you think abortion is murder if you think that it is?

Question

Is it your religious beliefs or something else making you think that?

Answer 1

Modern genetics teaches us that a fertilized egg IS human - it has all the genetic material necessary for human life. It is NOT just a clump of cells, like skin cells or whatever. It's a complete human blueprint! Skin cells don't grow into a complete being. Also, the argument about the "specialness" of a fertilized egg appears to have been conceded by the embryonic stem cell research advocates, who base their arguments for government-funded research on the uniqueless of embryonic cells.

It's human, but just at a very, very, very early stage of development. It doesn't look human - it's microscopic - but it is. Those who deny that are ignoring science, something people often accuse the "religious right" of doing.

So it's human from conception, and abortion kills it.

BUT -

Like it or not, society allows killing when another value outweighs it. Self-defense is the easiest example. But there is war and the death penalty too.

So whether abortion is (or should be) an UNLAWFUL killing - that's what murder is usually defined as - is a whole 'nother issue. I'm sure you have many angry, partisan posts on that already, so I'll pass on that part. :)

Answer 2

I can tell you that abortion is a word that has lost ALL of its real meaning in America.
Abortion is a horrific violent act that ends the life of a baby.
http://www.abortionno.org
http://www.priestsforlife.org
It is murder. Why do I think that? OK, the child is torn to pieces, literally by suction or instruments and disposed of. If we are talking aborting a 10 week-26 week pregnancy that is called a D&E abortion. The abortionists dialates the cervix, uses a long sharp tool to grab say a foot, arm, piece of the torso and twists until he feels the pop, then he pulls out whatever body part that is, THE CHILD IS ALIVE while this is happening, the last part that is destroyed is the head which is crushed and removed and the rest of the body fluids and such are suctioned out.
A D&X abortion is also known as Partial Birth Abortion is done pretty much 24-26 weeks to FULL TERM pregnancy. The baby is grabbed by the abortionist with forceps by the ankles and pulled through the birth canal. When all of the baby is delivered, except for the head, metzenbaum scissors are punctured into the back of the childs skull and an opening is made for a tube to be inserted to suck out the childs brains, ending its life. The child is ALIVE when this is done and has had NO anesthesia.
You tell me, is abortion murder?

Answer 3

MYTHS ABOUT ABORTION



Myth 1. It's "my body".
Busted 1. No it's not. It is a foundational genetic fact that your body has your DNA, your fetus' DNA is different.

Myth 2. The fetus is a parasite.
Busted 2. A parasite, by biological definition, must be a different species. No thinking person would consider apples as parasites of an apple tree. (However a worm in the apple is indeed a parasite). The biological defintion of parasite can be found at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/parasit... . Some committed abortion supporters cling to the etymological definition of "one who is sustained by another without benefit to the host". Taken in that sense, a 6 month old baby is as much of a parasite as a fetus. Only the most despicable monsters in world history killed the very young.

Myth 3. You can't legislate women from getting abortions by making abortions illegal.
Busted 3. Driving while intoxicated is also illegal, but thousands of people are killed by drunk drivers every year - only an imbecile would suggest that we legalize driving drunk because people "will do it anyhow".

Myth 4. You can't tell a person what to do with their body.
Busted 4. Wrong. There are many laws regarding public health and decency (Ex. you can't ride the city bus while in the nude.)

Myth 5. Fetuses aren't human.
Busted 5. 46 human chromosomes couldn't possibly be anything else. Tyrants and slavers throughout history always rationalized their crimes by denying the humanity of their victims. Radical supporters of abortion point out that on rare occasions terrible genetic diseases like Turner's Syndrome cause people to be born with 45, 47 or 48 chromosomes and that these people are "not human". While these genetic diseases have pronounced physical and mental manifestations, they do not change the species of the affected person.

Myth 6. The fetus cannot survive on its own.
Busted 6. Neither can infants - a six month old infant would quickly die left to its own abilities. Again, only history's worst monsters killed infants.


Myth 7. Many Christians get abortions.
Busted 7. Many Christians owned slaves - didn't make it right.

Myth 8. Making abortion illegal would force women who were raped or pregnant through incest or whose health was threatened to give birth.
Busted 8. Before Roe v Wade many states allowed for court ordered abortions for this very specific set of circumstances. A system for quick and condfidential judicial review for terminating these troubled pregancies would ensure the taking of human life has its day in court.

Myth 9. Human eggs and sperm are alive. Menstration and masturbation are the same as abortion.
Busted 9. So are the cells of the lining of our mouth - but like the egg or sperm, they independently could never be the start of a new human being.

Myth 10. The fetus isn't human because it isn't sentient.
Busted 10. Neither are people who are unconscious, and no one would suggest killing a person because they are unconscious is legal.

Myth 11. If you don't like abortions, don't have one!
Busted 11. If you don't like slavery, don't own one! Didn't work in 1865 - the abortion version won't work today.

Myth 12. If abortion is made illegal, dangerous "back alley" abortions will thrive.
Busted 12. The availability and efficacy of modern contraceptives can make unwanted pregnancies as likely as winning the lottery.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/healt...

Myth 13. You can't support the death penalty and be pro-life.
Busted 13. Any unborn person convicted of a capital crime should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Answer 4

I've gone back and forth on this issue and I can say that I believe that abortion is the ending of a human life because life begins at conception. It is the intentional ending of a human life. With the technology we now have we can see the development of the child in the womb. No longer can people say it is just a lump of tissue.

Answer 5

What gives abortion doctors the right to selectively end a life when the mother's life is not in danger?

The doctors are the murderers and should be prosecuted and the women and their babies are the victims.

Answer 6

As a former fetus I protest abortion. Wow imagine that! You are also a former fetus, look what you grew to be, a human being! So therefore abortion is murder, nothing short of killing babies! How many abortions have you had? Are you a baby killer? I hope not!

Answer 7

religious beliefs may bring it to light. But how can you deny something with a different dna is not alive? At what point do you consider it to be alive? Because it can not survive without its mother is not a reason, nor can infants of over a year old.

Answer 8

I believe that life begins at moment of conception, therefore, abortion would be destroying a human life. This is my personal belief.

Answer 9

with all the contraceptive available to prevent this why take the risk of having to abort a feotus that ultimatly grows into a baby that forms a child that forms a life.. What else would you call it?

Answer 10

I think that if the fetus has the potential to survive outside the womb, abortion is murder.
Before that, it is a tragedy. In rare cases, it is the lesser tragedy.

Simply based on logic.