A woman is usually only made aware that she is pregnant after several weeks. At this point, a fetus is still a clump of cells that certainly has no thoughts or feelings. Even if the fetus were considered a living human at this point, the government should not force women to go through with a pregnancy; if a person was going to die if you didn't donate your kidney to them, you should not be forced to do so. Therefore, a woman should be able to terminate a pregnancy in the first trimester.

there is a biological difference between a newborn and a babe fetus who is undeveloped, in out Amontay and physiology class we are taught that women are not prepared to have a baby even though they planned it therefore the body fights the fetus the first 3 months of its development making the mother of the child nauseous. we were also taught that a fetus is considered a cancer or Tumer in our body and that why female body's react in a way that their diet is unbalanced and so on. so, for there to be a choice of not having an abortion because the baby was conceived and has no signs of hear…  Read moretbeat there should also be a reason to why we should abort it, many people don't realize they are pregnant for the same reason of their body not reacting also a baby does not develop its first bon until its 2 1/2 month and slowly it's starting to develop.

i think people should be able to have an abortion if they were raped and don't want it. also if they are not mentally and financially ready to have a kid. another is if the person doesn't want a kid they should have the right to abort it because it not good to bring a child to the would if it going going to be loved.

they don't feel harm, imagine a child was raped and has a baby, does this mean this child need to live with the child of her rapist and having to bear a child and raise it at her age with that trauma is hard , and harder with that baby that should have been aborted.

The fetus doesnt have a consious until they are about 3 years old. Parents shoulf know what they get into before having a kid. If it was an accident its fine, but if it happens repeatedly, they should get their abortion rights taken

While that is true, the mother's life and body which is more developed is more "valuable" than the fetus' because she is conscious of how this baby would effect her life. Therefore it should be her choice on what happens to her body.

My counter-argument to this is the fact that there is no point at which a person becomes human that determines personhood. There are no conditions of personhood, or a "critical age" or moment when a fetus becomes human, just like there's no conditions of personhood or age at which we stop being human. Humanity is a continuous process, and humanity isn't a binary, meaning we are either human or not human at any point in our lives. It's the same for the fetus, who's continuously becoming more and more human as they develop, and are continuously becoming less and less fetus.

The baby isn't out into the world when they're about to be born, abortion especially by conception isn't inhumane because they aren't a moving functioning person yet.

The moment of conception is the fertilization of an egg cell, by sperm cells. This moment is simply a collection of cells, as is much of the progression through the next several weeks, and some may consider even up to the month and a half-ish point. I believe that the moment of biological difference between a fetus and a ‘child,’ so to speak, is when it is no longer an amorphous collection of cells, but an organism containing organs and potential viability. I will admit that there is not currently enough research present to the public in a digestible form for the masses to truly…  Read more make an informed decision, but some at this time would call the heartbeat/brain activity stage this moment of biological difference. If we were to say that the moment of conception is the true time of ‘life creation,’ then this to me is only speaking to the potential of a child, which is no more valid than eggs and sperm being in the same vicinity. This begs the question of eventually imposing chastity laws so that there are no close calls between eggs and sperm to those that could eventually abort said fetus. This scenario sounds ridiculous, but no more so to some, including myself, than imposing laws on womens bodies, and this is where we are heading with a universal abortion ban.

I completely agree with this statement. I am a Pro-Life teen because I believe that those who come into this world have a right to life. I also know that they can't make that choice for themselves while in the womb, so it would be unfair and cruel to them to cut off that freedom without their knowledge.

That's the mother's choice, most women who abort their baby that late wanted their baby but something went wrong.

It doesn't matter if that baby's heart is beating. It matters to the woman who is pregnant. There are countless reasons why a woman doesn't want or can't have a baby. Just because other women are overjoyed to have a child in their life, doesn't mean that's the case for everyone. We can't assume every woman wants a baby and if she doesn't, maybe she shouldn't have made the choices she made.

something existing genetically does not necessarily mean its alive. I personally believe that abortion should be available at any term, mainly for the mothers safety. seeing as at conception, the fetus very truly is a clump of developing cells, not to say its not something that is growing, but i dont believe it to be alive either.

It is an iffy situation but many studies have shown that life starts at conception. And the way to abort a baby is horrid. Many also claim that if "it" needs help to survive then it is not a human, but a 2-year-old needs help to survive. People also claim that having a child under bad circumstances is traumatizing but most people who end up having an abortion are also traumatized after the fact, maybe because the brain knows that the baby is biologically a human. Some also claim that aborting a baby is saving the baby from the adoption process and that they will always be in adoption care, but that simply isn't true, that is only true for older kids, there is a whole waiting list for babies, babies in the foster system get a family immediately.

Scientifically, as soon as an egg cell and sperm cell meet, a new human being has been created. Life begins at the moment of conception. Anyone who denies this is denying science. That being said, "personhood," is not well-defined. Some people believe that as soon as a new life is created, personhood begins. Others believe that a heartbeat determines personhood. Others believe that "viability" (being able to sustain life outside the womb, albeit with medical care) determines personhood. Still others believe that until a child has passed through the vaginal birth canal, personhood does not begin.

Taking away abortions is wrong. Some women get pregnant and just don't feel like it's the right time or just not ready. We should keep abortions.

The baby has been in your stomach for nine months so its already moving and stuff you can't just kill it because you don't want it

I think that abortion should be illeagle because that is a living human being and is not riggfht to kill the baby.

I agree with this comment because even if the baby is as small as the palm of my hand it is still a living person and should have the right to live and not be aborted

A fetus is still alive and can be the same as a baby after birth and there is not difference in terms of life.

The baby does not know it exists, it is unable to comprehend the concept of life if it is not born. it will not be sad it wont live, It wont be mad. it doesn't know anything.

There is a different in the fact that organs are not developed yet and there is no way this baby has the capacity to even know they exist.

Conception is far from a being with any thoughts or feelings. Like the claim stated, conception does not include a heartbeat or brain activity- all of which makes us human. Therefore, conception is completely different than a human.