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Originally Posted by usgrant7
I think my remark had everything to do with the topic at hand. Pro-choice people squirm when you ask them to direct their remarks to the 23.999 week old baby inside mommy. When you ask them to give an answer as to why they feel its ok to rip that child into pieces, merely on the grounds that it is surrounded by amniotic fluid. They duck, run, wilt, shrink and all other kinds of things. How is that not germane to the topic at hand?  |
Perhaps I should have called your remarks sweeping generalizations then.
It's acceptable for a woman to choose dilation & evacuation because the fetus is not fully developed to the point that woman's body is ready to expel the fetus. Second-term abortions require two days of meeting with the doctor: the first is to determine the logistics of the pregnancy, the second to actually perform the abortion.
Furthermore, all contemporary evidence points to the fetus being unable to feel pain until around this point, if not much longer during gestation. Fetuses at 24 weeks are only known to have reflexes. Everything else is speculation. As the organs develop, especially the lungs, the body makes movements to aid in that development and to also prepare the body to take in oxygen at birth. These are not purposeful movements. Incapacitated individuals would be able to make the same motions.
Even at birth, the brain and central nervous system are still under development.
The fact we're even debating late second-term abortion tells me there's no valid argument against most operations. I'm pleased to see that.
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Last edited by GeneCosta; 02-09-2008 at 11:23 AM.
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