Abortion Question For Those In Favor...

Some kids should be aborted well into adulthood.

If a woman wants to have an abortion she should be forced to adopt a puppy.

I think a baby achieves self awareness at about 18 months. Until then it is just tissue. A mother should have 18 months after birth to decide if she wants to keep the baby.

yes

22-24 week range...it's the point where you begin to reach 50% viability...and 5 months is more than enough time to decide.

Viability

Planned Parenthood's position is Abortion on demand at any time. They have consistently fought bans on late term abortions.

A representative repeated this position and included that even in failed late term abortions, that is, when the baby is actually delivered alive, it is up to the mom to decide whether health care should be rendered to the infant.

The position for doing so was because "in rural areas it would put an undue strain to transport failed abortions to a hospital"
The argument is of course absurd, but that is what their rep in Florida said at a hearing.

The following are the arguments used for abortion on demand and the basis for the positions:

A woman should have the right to abort a child conceived by rape or incest.
The truth is the vast majority of abortions performed are NOT due to rape or incest,and
Since ALL state laws limiting abortion have rape and incest provisions this is a moot point to insist on Abortions on demand.

The argument: "that it is a woman's right to choose", is never exposed to the underlying principle because this position in principle and in fact is stating that an unborn child is nothing more than property or chattel to be disposed of as an owner of that property chooses.

The "drain on resources" argument furthers the principle of unborn children being property but also links that to property or chattel owned by the state: that unwanted children especially if they could be disabled is an unwanted financial burden. Again this view is based on the concept of an unborn, or unwanted child being property to be maintained, not a human life.

This "worth of the property" follows into the next position for pro abortionists.

For those who say until the infant is "viable",
that statement qualifies life that should be allowed life.
In specific terms, that is" Life Worthy of Life", and when that is the foundation for life every Life Worthy of Life must be qualified which puts all elderly and disabled children and adults needing to qualify that they are lives worthy of life.
A very slippery slope especially when a fed panel now will choose how best to use resources involving healthcare with the ACA.

It would seem to me that this a non-issue. I agree that there should be a cut-off date, twenty weeks is a good date. If you don't want an abortion you don't have to get one. There are several issues that come up another being gay marriage my answer is who cares. I don't care and I don't see how anyone else would either. Let them do what they want to. This country has a lot of problems that need to be addressed and issues like these should be far down the list. I feel that we don't have the luxury to spend time worrying about things like this.

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If you support abortion rights, are there any limits as to when an abortion should not performed based on age of the fetus? If you believe there should be limitations (i.e., nothing after first trimester), what is your justification for that opinion?

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I do support the woman's right to choose to have an abortion. I guess you can argue that any timeline is arbitrary if you look at all the factors. For me, once viability is reached (hell, we can argue over what is "viability", I guess) I can't support the choice to abort except, perhaps, in extreme circumstances. For me, I've focused a lot on sentience on the part of the fetus. At the embryo stage, it's not a difficult issue for me. But later, certainly after the first trimester, it gets really complicated. For all the criticism, Roe v. Wade probably does as well as can be expected in outlining legal rights for practical purposes (I'm not arguing, for now, the source of the right of privacy, etc).