Pro-Choicers: Would you support a law to require all abortions to be carried out painlessly?

Question

To the fetus.

The fetus would be injected with anesthesia.

No trap...

Answer 1

you're not very educated. when the majority of abortions occur the fetus can't feel pain. late term abortions are performed under anesthesia, OR the fetus is given a shot that stops the heart. pain to the fetus is a non-issue.

Answer 2

I'm sure there's a trap in this, but I'll bite. Unless something's changed in the last few years, terminations are carried out under general anaesthetic. That takes care of the "mother". I would have thought that even if the embryo or foetus had a functional nervous system then the anaesthetic would knock them out too, but I could be wrong, I ain't no doctor.

Answer 3

It would depend on how painful a regular abortion is to the foetus (I don't know of any reliable data on that) and the feasibility of such a procedure. If it could be done in a similar amount of time, for a similar cost, then sure. Ultimately I do consider causing pain to be a bad thing, but in many situations it's a necessary evil.

Answer 4

There's no evidence that a fetus feels pain in the first place.

Answer 5

Only at and after the point that the fetus is capable of experiencing pain. Why waste medical supplies on a thing that hasn't the capacity to feel?

Answer 6

well if it makes a cow feel better before getting slaughtered(the law in my country requires a cow or any animal to be anesthetized before getting killed)
why not a fetus before abortion i agree

Answer 7

they already are. a fetus until up to a certain point doesn't feel pain.

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

Painlessly for who?