ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
How do I feel about abortions?
First.................let me explain my view of what constitutes "human" or not. One of the main differences between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom is our brains and our ability to reason. Prior to that? It's just a mass of cells with the POTENTIAL to become a human. Kinda like blueprints have the potential to become a house, but until you actually start following the blueprints and building something, the blueprints are not a house.
Until the fetus develops a complete nervous system and a beating heart, it's not really a "person", because it doesn't have that crucial thing that makes it human, which is it's brain. Usually that point occurs sometime towards the middle of the 1st trimester. If it's before that? Leave the decision up to the mother.
After that? If it was an unintended consequence of rape or incest, it should be allowed. Why? The mother who was raped doesn't really want to keep a permanent memory of one of the worst events in her life, and incest can lead to some really bad birth defects.
And when it comes to the 3rd trimester? At that time, it should be used only if the life of the mother is threatened. And, while it might sound cold to say so, the life of the mother is more important than the life of the unborn child, because the mother already has carved out a life and there are people who are already dependent on her via frienships or marriage.
However............................
A lot of that unpleasantness can be avoided if quality birth control (implants or birth control pills) is available, as well as the morning after pill.
First.................let me explain my view of what constitutes "human" or not. One of the main differences between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom is our brains and our ability to reason. Prior to that? It's just a mass of cells with the POTENTIAL to become a human. Kinda like blueprints have the potential to become a house, but until you actually start following the blueprints and building something, the blueprints are not a house.
Until the fetus develops a complete nervous system and a beating heart, it's not really a "person", because it doesn't have that crucial thing that makes it human, which is it's brain. Usually that point occurs sometime towards the middle of the 1st trimester. If it's before that? Leave the decision up to the mother.
After that? If it was an unintended consequence of rape or incest, it should be allowed. Why? The mother who was raped doesn't really want to keep a permanent memory of one of the worst events in her life, and incest can lead to some really bad birth defects.
And when it comes to the 3rd trimester? At that time, it should be used only if the life of the mother is threatened. And, while it might sound cold to say so, the life of the mother is more important than the life of the unborn child, because the mother already has carved out a life and there are people who are already dependent on her via frienships or marriage.
However............................
A lot of that unpleasantness can be avoided if quality birth control (implants or birth control pills) is available, as well as the morning after pill.