Is abortion bad

Thank you Con. Okay. A couple of things. 1.) There has been no definition of what abortion is. I'll get along to that later. 2.)We have heard lots of opinions, but no backupable facts viz. 'I am against abortion no matter what' 3.) The 'facts' that have been provided are sourceless- you could have just made them up. On to line by line rebuttal. 'I feel like abortion is the most horrific way to hurt a child. I am against abortion no matter what. Abortion is a sad cruel way to end a baby's life. ' Opinions, no facts. 'Over 1.2 million babies die because of abortion each year. ' Irrelevant. Also, where does this 1.2m figure come from? I'd also object to the calling of foetuses 'babies', but, again, I'd like to get on to that later. 'What if the child that died could have grown up and become a doctor or cure cancer. ' Irrelevant. What could have been is incredibly unreliable - the baby could just have easily been a mass murderer or a junkie. 'While you are reading this a child is dying because of an adults ignorance.' Irrelevant. Again, this is NOT a child. It is very important to understand the difference. 'As early as 12 weeks a fetus has already formed a small full human body.' Proof? ' By 8 weeks a fetus has formed a spine which means the fetus can feel pain.' Ummm, no. The nervous system (which enables humans to feel pain) is propagated by the nerve endings, travelling up the spinal cord, and then to the brain. While it is true that the spinal cord is important to the nervous system, it is not an end in and of itself. [4] ' Dr. Nathan's an early proponent became a pro-life campaigner after he saw a 12 week old fetus scream during an abortion.' Who is 'Dr. Nathan's' [sic]? Why should we care about his opinion? 'If murder is not allowed, neither should abortion. Why? 'In 2011 7.3% of all abortions occurs between 14-20 weeks gestation. 1.4% occurred 21 weeks gestation according to the CDC. ' OK. I fail to see how this is relevant to your case- and these figures (should they actually be true) are actively harmful- as they suggest a very small minority of abortions are after 14 weeks. 'The birth of a child is beautiful.' Subjective, irrelevant. 'Every year 2.4 million women or 14% of women are wanting to adopt, at least 1% of these women manage to complete an adoption.' Irrelevant. All of these figures are unsubstantiated, and so they can be disregarded. On to my points. Let's start with some definitions. Abortion = The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks.[1] Pain receptors= Any one of the many free nerve endings throughout the body that warn of potentially harmful changes in the environment, such as excessive pressure or temperature.[2] POINTS P1 The fetus does not feel pain up to 20 weeks.[3] My source for this section is a reputable medical journal. Anyhow, for those who are too lazy to read it, it says (in essence) that at 20 weeks, pain receptors are widespread, and therefore the fetus feels pain(possibly) at that point. However, it goes on to say that the pain receptors are not 'connected' to the brain until 29-30 weeks. This means that most scientists feel that there is no emotional 'pain' until 30 weeks. 28 weeks, which is the standard almost globally, is well short of that, meaning that according to our current science, the fetus does not feel pain, thus refuting a common argument, that of the fetus feeling pain P2 'My body, my choice' The fetus is completely dependent upon the mother while in the womb for its nutrition etc. This means that the fetus CAN be considered a part of a mother's body. We give freedom, in our society, for people to do what they want with their body (generally). Therefore we should allow mothers to 'abort' a part of their body with that same freedom we allow for, for example, plastic surgery. NOTE: This argument was taken from another of my debates on abortion. 1.)https://www.google.co.uk...... 2.)http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com...... 3.)http://anes-som.ucsd.edu......; 4.)http://www.highlands.edu...