Is abortion really legal? Is it taking of life? Is it like the death penalty?

Question

Abortion wasn't made legal by Roe v. Wade, but laws prohibiting abortion in the first trimester (now pre-viability)were made unconstitutional and thus invalidating.

What is life? To say a fetus isn't 'alive' is naive. It may not be a 'human', but it is alive. It metabolizes energy, there is growth, cell division, etc... Removing of an embryo is killing a living being.

Is abortion like the death penalty? Both are state sanctioned killings, I believe both are wrong, but in the case of the death penalty, the condemned is afforded his or her due process rights. The unborn child is not afforded any such rights or defense.

Ms. Tell Me Another One Mr. Bush, Esq..., who in the RL would be fined for impersonating an officer of the court, shows her lack of integrity by saying Wade is about privacy, which is true, but it doesn't invalidate what I wrote.

Answer 1

Our rights under the Constitution are guaranteed by our status as citizens of this country. There are only two ways to become a U.S. citizen: to be BORN here, or to naturalize. Since a fetus has done neither, it is not a U.S. citizen yet and is therefore not afforded the Constitutional protection that United States citizens are.

You don't get to extend our rights to SOME non-citizens and not others.

Answer 2

Your views are in opposition with millions of people, and agreed with by millions of people or less.

You wrote:
Abortion wasn't made legal by Roe v. Wade...

...In reality, Roe v. Wade upheld a woman's right to an abortion, thus in fact legalizing it. Even before Roe-Wade it was legal..

You wrote:
To say a fetus isn't 'alive' is naive.

A fetus can not sustain its life by itself for many many months. That is why abortions are legal. Religious people have other views, but his nation was founded not by Christians, but be Deists...the founding fathers and autos of our constitution. Separation of Church and State must always be in place for this nation to flourish, and these wise people realized this.

you wrote:
The unborn child is not afforded any such rights or defense.

Under the law, it is not a child at all until it can sustain life without the help of the mother.

Answer 3

Yup, exactly - what is life?

As for metabolisation of energy - every part of a human body (okay, nearly every one) is doing that. Are going to lament over nail clippings (yes, I know - I exxagerate)?

Where a simple colony of growing cells ends, and a human life begins? It seems to be a deep phylosophical problem.

Why do you want to make the decision for somebody? What makes you think you have the right and wisdom, and somebody else does lack it?

I'm pro-choice myself. Consider this:

Should abortion be illegal, it would be having the decision legally made for every woman. No matter what her beliefs are, she would be unable to (legally, because as long as it is illegal, a black market for it thrives) terminate a pregnancy.

Should abortion be legal, the woman in question would be able to choose. If she finds an abortion to be an acceptable solution, she's able to do it - legally, in a proper hospital. If she finds it morally, ethically or religiously unacceptable, no one's ever going to force her to do it (well, actually forcing her to terminate a pregnancy becomes a crime then, against her right to choose).

It's her womb. Let her make the decision as she feels right.
It's her who's going to bear the consequences for the rest of her life, whatever the consequences there will be.
Abortion is not like visiting a barber. It's something that stays in one's memory and heart. And the same can be said about having a baby.
None of them should be taken lightly, but there should be a choice.

Answer 4

You are making a statement here !!! not asking a question

This is a pro-Life or pro-Choice question, when does life begin ?? I however disagree with the limit of time - 20 weeks (or something like that) is in my opinion far too late for an abortion - exept medical ground of course, - I you don't want the child, why do you have to wait for so long b4 taking that decision, you know if you are pregnant within a month,

Answer 5

The basis for Roe v. Wade stem on viability and privacy. If RvW was decided today, it would have a completely different outcome since, because of technology, a fetus can be sustained for longer periods of time outside the womb.

I don't think you can compare abortion with the death penalty, only because the death penalty is given as an option to the government, and abortion is given as an option for the citizen. it's not like the government can require abortion.

Answer 6

I don't believe that all of the Supreme Court justices and all of the scientists who determined when life begins are naive. There is plenty of room for advancement in medicine to extend the viability of a human...the probelm is you guys are usually the same people who underfund and undermine science. So if you really want to do something about it, find a way to grow a fetus outside of a woman. Oh, and start protesting fertility clinics as well.

Answer 7

Looks like I may be the only one with you on this, but I do agree. What sickens me the most is partial birth abortions - If the baby actually makes it out of the womb alive before you kill it then it's called murder, but if you play your cards right and kill it before it can take a breath it's perfectly legal!

Answer 8

I am pro-choice because I have come to believe that the individual woman should make that difficult decision regarding her own life and not the pretentious members of the right who give little thought or regard to said woman.

Answer 9

This is essentially a choice between an adult young woman with year of life ahead dying at the hands of an abortionist, or killing a non human ball of cells.

Answer 10

Life doesn't begin at conception, sorry. I don't think abortion should be used as birth control, but I certainly do not think it should be outlawed (remember the horror storys about coat hangers and back alley abortionists?)