The Cellar - View Single Post - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Blocked

Pete · 06-04-2004, 01:39 PM

I hate to get involved in this because I really haven't figured out exactly where I stand on the issue myself ..

But what difference does 12 weeks make in the morality of the situation? Isn't the baby just as much human at 11 weeks as 12 .. or even the morning after for that matter? Why is the morning after pill considered contaception and not abortion?

I used to be very pro-choice when I was a teenager (I was a women's liblet) but I'm finding as I get older, I just can't come to terms with the idea. People tell me that you have to put yourself in the shoes of the person making the decision. Maybe I need to hear more scenarios to do that.

My sister-in-law got pregnant with a third child after a botched vascectomy and considered an abortion. She eventually decided against it and this baby is now the apple of her eye. A calm little smiling boy in a hurricane household (the other two are uncontrollable). I'm tempted to ask her how she feels about abortion now that she knows what she would have lost. But I'm chicken.

06-04-2004, 01:39 PM	#28
Pete Resident President Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 81	I hate to get involved in this because I really haven't figured out exactly where I stand on the issue myself .. But what difference does 12 weeks make in the morality of the situation? Isn't the baby just as much human at 11 weeks as 12 .. or even the morning after for that matter? Why is the morning after pill considered contaception and not abortion? I used to be very pro-choice when I was a teenager (I was a women's liblet) but I'm finding as I get older, I just can't come to terms with the idea. People tell me that you have to put yourself in the shoes of the person making the decision. Maybe I need to hear more scenarios to do that. My sister-in-law got pregnant with a third child after a botched vascectomy and considered an abortion. She eventually decided against it and this baby is now the apple of her eye. A calm little smiling boy in a hurricane household (the other two are uncontrollable). I'm tempted to ask her how she feels about abortion now that she knows what she would have lost. But I'm chicken.