^^^ Well to me, there is nothing moral about doing away with a child because of the chance that no one will want it.
God bless you always!!!
Holly
First trimester, it is not a 'child'
Not according to the bible or the law.
After it is born, it is a child and will get a birth certificate. Even if the woman is hurt/attacked and looses the fetus, it is not legally killing till after the first trimester. Most miscarriages happen in the 1st. Abortion in the 1st is not killing legally.
The fetus is too immature to be a separate being nor does it have functional organs. It is incapable of living, even with assistance, outside the womb.
It is an egg, not a chicken. It is a fetus in the early stages, not a child.
It is not your morals or values that are involved in a woman choice, but hers. If you are morally against an abortion, don't have one. You have no right to tell a woman that she can't have a choice and must carry the fetus to term. Not your body, not your business. If the woman happened to go to your church (place of worship) and she were to ask you for your opinion, then you could give her guidance and speak of options with her. She can then decide for herself what is best for her.
You cannot force her or any woman to carry the fetus. To interfere with her rights you become the criminal.
No one that is raped should be made to keep the fetus. You don't make the violation worse by making her relive the rape for nine months or more.
Even if it was your daughter that was seeking an abortion, you can talk to her and make suggestions, but then she has to make the decision on her own. You can't force her to keep the fetus. She might be your daughter, but it is her body.
There is no guilt to ending a pregnancy in the first trimester. For the woman to be sure she is doing the right thing, there is a 24 hour waiting period before the abortion takes place.
The options to legal safe abortions is some back room abortionist where infection, complications and even death are multiplied. No women would take the decision to have an abortion lightly, nor at $1500 or so is it a substitute to birth control. Some woman cannot take birth control and every method can fail numerous reason, even a cold or flu can effect the efficiency. Fatigue, other medicines, changes in time zone, almost anything can effect the failure of birth control, even when a woman has been taking it for years.
Anything beyond the 1st trimester would require a medical reason for termination. Then it goes from a 24 hour waiting period to a three day process that includes expanding the cervix. Any abortion involves terminating the fetus before extraction. It is no longer alive at the time of extraction. A saline and potassium injection into the placenta is give with any method.
You worry about your body and your doctor's advice about medical procedure. You don't have a say in anyone else's medical choices.