Abortion

-You are correct, babies do feel pain - after around 20 weeks of pregnancy. Before then the brain and nervous system simply haven’t developed enough for pain to be felt. Around 20 weeks of pregnancy is around the point when it is potentially (but very unlikely) possible that a fetus can live outside of the womb. After 24 or so weeks, it is extremely difficult and rare to have an abortion done. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... -Here is a study showing the mortality rate of those with legally induced abortions in comparison to those who have undergone childbirth. “The pregnancy-associated mortality rate among women who delivered live neonates was 8.8 deaths per 100,000 live births. The mortality rate related to induced abortion was 0.6 deaths per 100,000 abortions. In the one recent comparative study of pregnancy morbidity in the United States, pregnancy-related complications were more common with childbirth than with abortion. Legal induced abortion is markedly safer than childbirth. The risk of death associated with childbirth is approximately 14 times higher than that with abortion. Similarly, the overall morbidity associated with childbirth exceeds that with abortion.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... -Some women would simply prefer not to have their child adopted. Others would rather not have to endure 9 months of pregnancy, deal with inquisitive family and friends, and go through a lengthy legal process which can take a number of months in order for their child to be adopted. If she didn’t want the child in the first place, then going through all of the above might cause her more emotional harm than if she had the abortion in the first trimester. No one is blaming the fetus for being conceived. Rape just so happens to cause some unwanted pregnancies. It’s not the fetuses fault it will always be the man’s fault in these cases. “89-92% of all abortions happen during the first trimester, prior to the 13th week of gestation (AGI/CDC). In 2011, 7.3% of all abortions occurred between 14-20 weeks' gestation; 1.4% occurred ≥21 weeks' gestation (CDC)” http://www.abort73.com... -The baby does legally have rights after around 20 weeks of the pregnancy when it is possible that they can survive outside of the womb. As we can see from the statistics provided above, most abortions happen when the fetus simply can’t survive outside of the womb at all. 1.4% of abortions are done when the baby might survive outside of the womb, but many of these cases are when the mother’s life is in danger or the fetus is so deformed it can’t survive out of the womb. -Finally, how do you define life? I personally don’t think science can answer when or whether something is really truly alive or not. -One more thing: if abortions were illegal, the situation would become that women would go to illegal and shady places to get their abortions done. It wouldn’t be safe for the women whatsoever and would cause a very dangerous situation if fetuses were aborted after 20 weeks. I would not want my daughter, if I had one, to then have to go to a crooked so called abortion clinic that wasn’t sterilized and didn’t have full procedures to protect her. I am happier to live in a society that my potential daughter could have an abortion safely and ethically without feeling that her life could be in danger.