what you consider this abortion?

Question

do you consider rejecting an 8-cell embryo to be an abortion?

Answer 1

No. If a zygote/embryo/fetus is not viable at that time then its not abortion. I know Ill get a ton of thumbs down for my belief, but I believe any child capable of survival when born should not be killed (aborted). Anything less than that is, well... open.

Answer 2

You ask a moral question I think, but it seems simply answered by fact.

At 8 cells then this is a pre-implantation stage (ie not yet attached to uterine wall) embryo. This can be aborted or miscarried by preventing attachment in the uterus. This can happen through hormone imbalances both natural and unnatural (morning after pill). Simply put "abortion" refers to the artificial cessation or abortion of a pregnancy. So even that morning after pill would be abortion by the definition of the word.

Now if you want to ask if abortion of a 8 cell embryo is wrong (ie is it the moral equivalent of aborting a more mature fetus or even killing a child), I will decline to answer that. :)

Answer 3

Seems like that must be what it is even though at the 8-cell stage it never attached to the uterus. A natural abortion, which happens all the time.

Answer 4

Yes, since it is technically an embryo. 8 cells, 2billion cells its all the same to me.

Answer 5

By definition that's EXACTLY what it is. Abortion is termination of a pregnancy whether or not it was a choice, a natural occurrence, or whether anyone was even aware the pregnancy existed at all.

Answer 6

if it includes the word "embryo," then yes. i consider it a human being starting at the formation of a zygote (a fertilized egg).