abortion??? what do you think?

Question

wat do you think about abortion....
is it right or wrong and are you for it or not....
and tell me when do you really think when life actually started....
for example: did it start when a sperm and egg unite or when a baby body and brains and heart and blood starts

Answer 1

its not right or wrong. people can believe what ever they want. i dont have a problem with it though. its not life until it comes out, abortions should be legal until then, the baby wont know what happened anyways.

Answer 2

Given that this question is in the biology section of Yahoo Answers, the issue is not really when life begins (a philosophical or religious issue) but rather when the fetus has the characteristics which are necessary for it to be considered a person. This may actually prove to be a better approach to the ethics of the situation then a discussion of the absence or presence of life. The true issue is not that it is wrong to kill a living thing, but that it is wrong to kill a person. So it is extremely appropriate that you posted this question in the biology section.

Despite the propaganda pictures showing fetuses as looking like little people, biologically they are not. It takes more than little fingers and toes to make something a person.

Neurologically, the child isn't complete until it's a year old, and continues developing for about 25 years. So while it's still in the womb, it's certainly not a developed human. It's a part of our natural development for the brain to be undeveloped at birth because otherwise the head could never have fit through the opening.

I asked the question "What makes humans distinct from other animals?" I received many interesting answers: The awareness that we are different from other animals, the ability to make rational decisions, the ability to suppress our animal nature, the ability to conceptualize good and evil, large brains, the ability to create art, the ability to question one's existence, speech, self improvement, and so on. At a glance, it's fairly obvious that a fetus does not have any of these qualities. In doing further research, I came across this website which I strongly recommend: http://7e.devbio.com/article.php?id=162

A fetus has the potential of becoming a person, but being a person is a very special thing and a fetus isn't there yet. Being a person is more than just a matter of our genetic make-up as homo-sapiens. It's about the way we think. Without the way we think, we are like any other animal.

And so I would argue that human offspring are not really people until at least after they are born. This may not sit well with many people because the issue is not generally regarded rationally, but rather sentimentally. We form attachments and personify. It has especially become an issue in recent years with the development of ultrasound allowing us to see the fetus and begin the personification process even earlier. But the biology of the situation makes it clear that fetuses are not people.

Answer 3

You probably haven't gotten any responses because this question really shouldn't be under biology, try putting it in pregnancy or culture....but deffinantly not here. People come here to answer questions about science, not about ethics...good luck...