Abortion

The new abortion law allows abortions to be carried-out up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, but in reality, many babies are born and survive at the same age.

Does a foetus become a person when fertilized, when it’s heart first beats, when it develops a nervous system to sense the world around it, or when it takes it’s first breath when it’s born? All of these stages in the creation of life suggest that abortion is never anything but murder.




Personally, the only reason why I would ever have an abortion would be if I was raped, or if carrying on with the pregnancy could risk the life of both myself and the unborn child. Even though killing a foetus due to being raped is still a form of murder, it would not be a baby conceived out of love or affection, and I would probably end up resenting it because it would be a constant reminder of my rapist. Although an unborn child is not given equal human rights to that of it's mother, it still has SOME rights, and one person shouldn't be able to decide if another life can live or die for reasons such as the mother wanting to pursue a career, or it being unplanned as a result of not using birth control. The actual act of aborting the foetus can be done in a number of ways, depending on the stage of the pregnancy, but all of which I think are inhumane.

Comments On Other Blogs:
I agree with the comments on abortion on the blog http://sharni-tc.blogspot.com/2007/04/abortion.html, because life IS a gift, and if people feel they would have an abortion if they got pregnant by accident, then one solution to prevent the destroying of innocent lives would be to just not have sex at all.

A friend of mine had an abortion a couple of weeks ago, and although I told her my personal opinion on the matter and what I would do in her situation, I accept that it was still her decision to make, despite disagreeing with it. So many people have trouble conceiving, whereas others have several abortions in their lifetime, using them as a form of birth control and thinking nothing more of it. However, having an abortion can seriously affect a woman's life, both mentally and physically, because it can make some people unable to conceive again.


http://www.abortionfacts.com/
http://www.pregnancy.mb.ca/cpc-abo.htm