OK so abortion is murder....is it also murder if I chop off my thumb? It has a pulse and all, right?

Question

well my comparison was that when women have an abortion, even at 12 weeks, the fetus is about the size of the thumb. After 12 weeks though is wrong.

Answer 1

Your thumb doesn't have a self sustaining pulse.

Answer 2

Despite all the flak you just took for asking this question and all the flak I'm going to take for answering it , you basically stated the Supreme Courts' position in Roe v Wade .
The Supreme Court realized that a first trimester fetus was not a legal human being and had zero chance of survival outside it's mothers womb .Since it was not a person it had no civil rights that required protection however it's mother did have the rights that required protection and so the Court protected them
The Court also realized that as the fetus developed into a human being and it's chances of survival outside the womb increased then the States interest in the well being of what is rapidly becoming a person would increase also.
While I am in favor of women getting abortions performed if so needed ,I would like to see them limited to the first trimester only.
As far as the idea of abortion being murder just from a point of practicality that becomes an impossibility.
If abortion was murder then:
Every miscarriage would require a homicide investigation
Every mother that had an abortion would be a candidate for going on trial for murder and could be executed if found guilty
If no family wanted to take any of her existing children in then they would wind up in foster homes or worse
Why doesnt that sound like a family value to me ?
Anybody that helped the mother get an abortion would go on trial for murder and assorted other nasty things
And the list goes on.
When ultimatley will happen is that a poor
woman will be forced to raise a child she neither wants nor can afford and the female poverty formula will once again prove to be true
FPF ? The more children a woman has the poorer she and they will be or C=P
Meanwhile women of means will fly to countries where abortion is legal and get them performed there.
What happened in America ?It's asif we woke up one morning and our collective historical memories were gone .

Answer 3

Honestly Adeline, you should wait and ask yourself whether this is a logical comparison once you've carried an unborn child for nine months, felt it growing and kicking inside you, given birth, and have held your newborn infant in your arms. I think then you'll have your answer as to whether a baby can be compared to a thumb. I guarantee you'd be willing to risk losing your thumb and a whole lot more to PROTECT the life of that child.

You can label an unborn child a fetus if you want (if you think that will soothe your conscience), but it still doesn't change the fact that it is a human being - in its early stages of development, yes, but a living being nonetheless. I keep hearing the argument that a "fetus" is incapable of surviving on its own. What's the difference in an unborn child not being able to survive outside its mother's womb and a newborn not being able to survive on its own without proper care?

Answer 4

No cutting off a thumb,.. intentionally is stupidity.. which is not you! .. At least you are asking,..however crude.

Consider this.. I felt it was amazing.. My co worker went last week to have an ultrasound. She is only 5 weeks along,.. JUST OVER ONE MONTH! It amazed me! The baby was only about 4 centimeters long.. and she heard its heartbeat!! I was still a bit immature when I had mine..I never realized how fast it develops!

While a few miles away last week.. Doctors were telling my niece in Louisville ky, that her baby girls brain is not developed as far as it should.. She was FIVE months along! She can feel it kicking!! They advised her to terminate the pregnancy. She is not.. She is praying for a miracle!

So please reconsider your question,.. their is a huge difference in a baby and your thumb.

Answer 5

Haha no, sorry...your thumb and a living fetus are worlds apart. I personally think that it is up to the man and the woman, if they want to have an abortion then I'm not going to try and stop them.

Answer 6

I'm don't accept that abortion is murder.
Do you really want young women and their doctors to face execution because a fetus was aborted ? Now, that's the obscenity! Isn't in ironic that the same right wing xtian 'Publican politico &#$#@#^&s who love the fetus, hate the child? This subject is more about controlling a women's body than anything to do with law -- and those who vote against their own best interests to support 'Publican wedge issues, instead of national issues that really matter, deserve the economic h@ll they've chosen, but that'is another topic....

Answer 7

No, because your thumb wont grow to an innocent baby in 9 months, it doesn't have a soul. It isn't capable of loving. that was the weakest argument in favor of abortion ever. Besides I bet you wont cut of your own thumb and call it choice. Just murder your baby so you wont be inconvenienced

Answer 8

Yes, at one point in a person's life, he/she is about the size of a thumb. At another point, the size of your hand. At birth, the size of a cat. A year later, somewhat larger. So what? He/she is the same person, the exact same human being, at every stage of growth.

Answer 9

It's not murder. The fetus has no pulse, no nerves to feel pain, and no brain to think. You can't kill something that's not any more alive than your thumb :)

Answer 10

You are a giant thumb.