Why should a woman's right to abort stop after the child is born?

Question

No need for religious extremists to respond, thanks.

Obviously, I mean BEFORE the child can move out of the house, get a job, and sustain itself.

Answer 1

Are we allowing retro active abortion?? We should start with Bush!
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And for those who cite Rowe vs. Wade
The decision had nothing to do with abortion itself!
What it had to do with was who made the decision.
In Texas (where the case was from) abortion was legal as long as a womans husband or father said she was getting an abortion.
WHY WERE ANTI ABORTION PEOPLE NOT UP IN ARMS TILL WOMEN HAD THE RIGHT TO DECIDE??

Answer 2

It stops while in utero. That's when the medical community considers it is viable if removed from the womb. For that reason, third trimester terminations are extremely rare.

You already know that as soon as a child is born, it is considered an individual, not a part of it's mother, and therefore has it's own rights. Your question has been tried many times, but always falls on the same point; a fetus in utero is incapable of sustaining independent life away from the mother. A child is independent of the mother and can be raised by others.

Answer 3

The definition of abort is...

a·bort /əˈbɔrt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-bawrt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used without object) 1. to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is viable; miscarry.
2. to develop incompletely; remain in a rudimentary or undeveloped state.
3. to fail, cease, or stop at an early or premature stage.

So - it is impossible to abort a child after it is born. So it doesn't have anything to do with whether or not you have a right to do it - because it simply can't be done.

Answer 4

?? What is the woman trying to Abort ??

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Main Entry: abor·tion
Pronunciation: &-'bor-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus: as a : spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus during the first 12 weeks of gestation -- compare MISCARRIAGE b : induced expulsion of a human fetus c : expulsion of a fetus by a domestic animal often due to infection at any time before completion of pregnancy -- compare CONTAGIOUS ABORTION
2 : MONSTROSITY
3 : arrest of development (as of a part or process) resulting in imperfection; also : a result of such arrest


After the Birth it is too late to Abort. The child is now a living Human !!!! I will not get into all of the Pro-choice issues of when a child is a child (ie... at conception or at birth)
Prior to birth a child can be aborted but after birth it is no longer abortion.

OK I did a little more research

Main Entry: 1abort
Pronunciation: &-'bort
Function: verb
Etymology: Latin abortus, past participle of aboriri to miscarry, from ab- + oriri to rise, be born -- more at ORIENT
intransitive verb
1 : to bring forth stillborn, nonviable, or premature offspring
2 : to become checked in development so as to degenerate or remain rudimentary
3 : to terminate a procedure prematurely
transitive verb
1 a : to induce the abortion of or give birth to prematurely b : to terminate the pregnancy of before term
2 a : to terminate prematurely : CANCEL b : to stop in the early stages
- abort·er noun

I can see where you are looking a # 2. TO terminate prematurely, To stop in the early stages. But also look at

Main Entry: 1mur·der
Pronunciation: 'm&r-d&r
Function: noun
Etymology: partly from Middle English murther, from Old English morthor; partly from Middle English murdre, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord murder, Latin mort-, mors death, mori to die, mortuus dead, Greek brotos mortal
1 : the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought
2 a : something very difficult or dangerous b : something outrageous or blameworthy
Main Entry: 2murder
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): mur·dered; mur·der·ing /'m&r-d(&-)ri[ng]/
transitive verb
1 : to kill (a human being) unlawfully and with premeditated malice
2 : to slaughter wantonly : SLAY
3 a : to put an end to b : TEASE, TORMENT c : MUTILATE, MANGLE d : to defeat badly
intransitive verb : to commit murder
synonym see KILL
Either 2 or 3 will suffice To slaughter wantonly or to put an end to.

THere are to many choices in life. Either carry to term and raise the child or give the child up for adoption.
Or to terminate the fetus prior to birth.

Of course that is just my opinion
and everyone knows what an opinion is !!!

Answer 5

The line has to be drawn somewhere, when a child is able to survive without constant substance from the mother is pretty definitive. I'm not thrilled with abortion either, I just spend my time on prevention rather than fighting the abortion issue.

Answer 6

I do not know.. Maybe the liberals can get Row to push a law through that says if the woman dose not like the child after it is born she has the right to kill it.

That would fit for all abortion is murder anyway

Answer 7

You say the baby has been born. he woman is no longer pregnant. You can't abort when you aren't pregnant. At that point any court in the world calls it murder.

Answer 8

This sounds like an episode of South Park.

Answer 9

That's probably the next right the Supreme Court will pull out of mid-air.

Answer 10

It doesn't anymore. The groeningan protocols and a British study actually finds that infanticide is acceptable in some cases