Abortion is not wrong. People often have unprotected sex without being ready to be parents (emotionally and financially). If they do not abort the child, chances are they will create an unhappy family.

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I think this is a good question and I rated it thumbs up but it gave a -1. I don't understand? (Obviously I am not answering this question right now)

The question that FineBalance refers to (http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/108841) asks if abortion is a crime. That is a very different question to the one you have asked here - is it right or wrong. I don't want to open the whole debate again here but the two questions, whilst on the same topic, are different.

Every embroyo has a great potential to become a fully functioning human if nothing is done to it. Therefore in my mind it is a human. I would never advise anyone to get an abortion.

This is a duplicate question. EDIT This was an answer to the duplicate question which you can see here: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/110006 The answers from that question have now been relocated here. ---------- To answer the question: I am pro-choice, and I think its the man and women's choice. Its his baby too. :)

Oh crap, here we go again. Of course it's wrong, why do you think we need a law to allow it? Every woman I know that had an abortion has suffered mental and/or physical problems from it. My mother aborted my sibling when it became law here in the US, she cried alot and started drinking at age 25. I had 2 close friends that can not have children now, because of complications. I could go on, but this is enough to get bashed for now. I'll add comments as we go. Go ahead bite me, kick me, write bad checks or downrate me, I used to be pro-choice, but I learned alot as I aged.

I don't believe it's right or wrong...I believe it is a woman's choice.

"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." -Mother Teresa I think that abortions are wrong, but I do think that a woman should still have a choice in some cases. But I do think that they should only have that choice in certain cases. If the pregnancy is the result of rape the woman should have the choice of being able to abort it or if she finds out that the child will have an extreme mental or physical handicap that will cause the child to suffer its entire life she should also have the choice. In the case of women who are irresponsibe and just don't want the baby, I don't think that they should be able to have an abortion.

I personally would never choose to have an abortion, although I say that now, and one can never tell what one would do if the situation presented itself. I do NOT, however, believe that the government should be able to tell a woman what she is "allowed" to do with her body. As a medical professional, I'd rather have a woman have an aboriton in a clean, sterile enviornment, rather than a dark alley with a rusty coathanger. If someone wants an abortion badly enough, they'll get one, one way or anything. May as well give them the opporunity to do it cleanly.

Why does it have to be classified as right or wrong.The debate will go on for years depending what side of the fence you are on.Abortions have been performed for over a thousand years,and people that want it will find a source no matter what the laws say or what public opinion says.It is a choice based on a lot of factors and the final decision will be based on the women herself.Where right or wrong begins are the judgements of others on the act itself.Some for and others against. So I see it as neither right or wrong for it is not my business.

i dont think so but that is only my opinion.

Yes but rape and health risks are different matters

Not for me how are you to make the choice for someone. It is between them and god.

Yes but if it is putting the mom's life in danger and the babies then no.

I would never do it and I believe that it is wrong.

I don't think so, but I don't think it should be used as a meathod of birth control either.

Not if you're raped or forced incest.

When it is abortion of a baby, ABSOLUTELY. Some things need to be aborted, though. When a certain way doesn't work, it needs to be aborted, and a new way needs to be formed.

There are a number of great discussions to similar questions here on Answerbag. Check out: http://www.answerbag.com/search?search=abortion

This is a question scientists' can't even answer. I think it is because every one has an opinion and most are different. I think it is best answered by your feelings and the reasons anyone might be considering it. If a person does not want a baby, there is alot of ways to stop it before you need to make the choice. I would not abort a baby. But if I was raped I would not get pregnant either. If you take the precautions of birth control you will not be faced with such a hard decsion. I do not hold a grudge against anyone for the decsions they may or have made, nobody knows unless they are in your shoes.

Absolutely - it hurts the woman as well as the child.

Legally, it is not wrong. It is a Constitutional Right. Morally, well it is very personal and opinions change from person to person. I am pro choice, it is a woman's decision, it is her body.

Abortion of a fetus is up to the woman carrying it. It is not something we as humans and not God can judge. It is a personal choice, but that option needs to remain just that - a choice.

Yes, it is.

If your life depended on the decision of someone who might be annoyed at or bothered by your existence, would you see a problem? What if you had absolutely no say in what happened to you?

No, it is a choice that is left to the person who bears the responsibility of that choice.

If a girl has been raped then it is excusable, other than that i personally think abortion is wrong.

There are times when having a baby is difficult, some times impossible. I have been in them. So has almost every woman. that does not give a blanket right to just "get rid of" the child. I had a friend come to me with this question. I immediately sat her down and talked to her. It became clear that her main worry was that her husband had a gambling problem and money was in short supply. I knew she had strong Catholic faith. I asked her about that. She then admitted she really didn't want the abortion, but felt that there was no other way out. I told her there was, even offered to adopt the child myself. She said she knew that if she saw the child, she would never be able to give it away, so I asked her what was the difference? Was it because she could not see it? Or didn't want to see it? The upshot is that she had the child, and about 5 years later, while we watched our children playing together, she turned to me with tears in her eyes and said : and to think i was going to kill her.... (The marriage ultimately failed, but she agreed with me that at least she didn't have to live with the guilt of having taken her child's life) So what options are there: these are the noughties...we can take contraception (ok it's not 100% foolproof, but it's pretty good). We can even take the morning after pill if the circumstances demand it (eg rape).W hy, then are so many babies being conceived and then disposed of? that is a question that needs to be addressed. We have so much information available, but it is not being heeded. Is it wrong? By the standards I live by, yes. Maybe not by yours. May be you (and I) should keep our minds open, (but then mine is the safer stance, as no harm is done to the child). Before you talk about getting rid of the "unwanted products of conception, consider this. When I was 14 weeks pregnant, I went for an ultrasound. Bear in mind that my child was still at a stage when it could be legally aborted. When the ultrasound focussed on my daughter, she was asleep. You could see her so clearly. The doctor focussed in on her face, and I could see the outlines of her features. Then the pushing and prodding must have woken her, and she threw a tantrum in front of us, finally comforting herself by putting her thumb in her mouth. When she was born, and they put her in my arms, I felt I knew that face...and I have seen the tantrums many times since... ========= A baby is not an appendix or a tonsil. We have to learn to be responsible for our actions, take precautions where necessary, make preparations in case...and in the few cases when an awful rape has occurred, or incest...then use the morning after pill

I feel that it is wrong. I have been in the position where I found myself pregnant at the worst possible time. Separated from a deadbeat husband, full time job, full time student with a 3 year old child. I decided to have an abortion and discussed it with my Dr. He would not do it but told me to think about it for a week and if I still wanted it, he would refer me. I decided I could not go through with it. It was the easiest pregnancy and birth that I have had, and when they placed that beautiful little girl in my arms, I could not believe that I had even considered throwing her life away. She has always been such a joy and I will always be thankful to that Dr. I do not sit in judgement upon people for their beliefs, but I do not believe in abortion and this is why. When a life is at stake, that is different, but not for the sake of convenience.

if u dont want the kid then abort it coz otherwise u'll not b able to give it the best

I don't think I'm in any position to tell someone else what is right or wrong for them. The choice to have children or not is a personal decision that's best left up to the individuals involved.

this question is not new but i'll answer it anyway i think it depends on the situation

You have made a rookie mistake, check when you write the question that it hasnt been asked and answered for the upteenth time... I wont however downrate you on this occasion however :-)

i dont agree with abortion but i think that under some circumstances it should totaly be up to the mother of the baby to be only one person can truly tell you what to do and what to think and that is yourself. abortion is an easy way out but yet if something was wrong and you really didnt want it then thats totaly there decision and people need to respect that and not judge others because they go trough with an abortion. I think that people really need to live there on lives and not worry so much about others.

This has been asked and answered about a billion times, and you've given two choices at extreme ends of the spectrum. It shouldn't be simply a form of retrospective contraception, no. It seems to affect the woman and those around her too deeply to be treated as cavalierly as that. Other than that, it really is up to those involved. Aborting of young happens in nature in all sorts of forms - we are not that much different.

humm thats a good question of course abortion is very wrong. killing whats inside you.. but i understand the other side of it. If you cant take care of it than yes. (wait let me explain) rather get rid of it then have suffer.

I don't think it's right to have an abortion and I would not do it under any circumstances.

The foetus is part of the mother until it is disconnected at birth, so it is the mother's choice as to what to do with it.

I think it should be the woman's choice because technically speaking it is her body...However, it just isn't the choice for me.

Of course people will not tell you it is ok because it is the most awful thing to think about. I think a pregnacy is meant to be, if God did not want it to be it will not be. I also know God does not want rape but it does happen.I think it would be hard to deal with but I am sure it is dealt with daily. The hardest part of that is how is that child going to feel being the product of a rape. So I think it is completely the womans choice as to have the baby or not. She and only she can be the one to know if she can deal with it. I am a firm beleiver in adoption for any unwanted baby over abortion. I could not abort a baby for any reason beyond my control. But I can't even begin to know what it is like to be told your baby will be deformed and never have a life, either. So until you are in that position, giving advice on this matter is almost impossible. The only thing you can ever get from asking this is very oppinionated answers and usually you will not like what you hear. So you must listen to your heart and pray about it.

Once that life is formed that it should stay. It should'nt be takened away for convenience. Adoption is always a consideration.

so your saying if a women was having you baby, you wanted it but she didnt you would let her have an abortion because it is her body. and it may be inside her body but its not her body she is killing its the babys, and its not the babys fault she doesnt want it i think if she didnt want it give it a chance to live and put it up for adoption.

Abortion is an individual woman's choice, and this question is a duplicate (probably at least a triplicate).

there are so many folks in the world today to whom is unable to have a baby of their own . adoption should be the best , if she was unable to care for it . or wont

Abortion, to me is Not right, I consider it murder. We all were given the right to do what we want, but I believe it wrong if it is hurting someone else. I know there are unwanted situations that happend, but thats not the unborn babys fault, so why punish the baby by taking hes/her life.

I think that it is murder either way, and thus should not be legal at all. Here are some pictures of the murder of abortion: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Abortion%20is%20Murder/death_camp.htm -In the Master's service. Thank you and God bless you!

Abortion should not be tolerated. The right to choose is prior to the time of sexual intercourse. I can see how a woman may not wish to raise a child that was a result of rape, in such a case, there's the option of adoption and their are many who can't have a family of their own who would like one. The mother owes it to the life inside her (and which is 'of her,') to deliver the baby; in my opinion.

The abortion debate is a great place to study psychology, ethics, linguistics, philosophy, and logic. Of course, not much studying goes on, because everybody is too busy attacking the other side in the argument! :) My favorite point to make about abortion is that it's a topic which illustrates the problems with absolutism. Absolutism is what you get if you take a concept or abstraction, and promote it to the status of Absolute Truth. A good example is a tadpole and a frog: the tadpole becomes a frog gradually, of course... minute changes over time mutate it from one form (tadpole) to another (frog). But an absolutist view of tadpole and frog does not allow for this obvious reality -- it says that this thing must be EITHER a tadpole or a frog, and that there must be an absolute dividing line between the one and the other. This produces an absurd situation, because if the tadpole suddenly becomes a frog at some point in its development, it should be possible to film or measure this transition and see it occur, yes? Well, no... actually. There's no point in the development of a tadpole where it suddenly meets the criteria of "frog" and performs some sort of instantaneous state-change. It's just a gradual evolution from tadpole to frog. The same thing can be said about a human baby: an egg and a sperm meet, shake hands, and the process begins. Nine months later, a fully-formed human emerges. The abortion debate frames a problem in absolutist terms: if killing a human being is morally wrong, then we MUST determine whether or not an embryo/fetus/unborn baby is a human being, in order to establish the moral status of abortion. This "absolutist pressure" (created by the way the problem is framed in language) forces us to divide up into two camps -- one camp takes the absurd view that a newly fertilized egg IS a human being (despite meeting almost none of the common-sense criteria), the other camp takes the absurd view that a baby about to be born is NOT a human being (despite meeting nearly all the criteria). With the battlefield thus configured into two absurdly absolutist camps, the warfare ensues, with predictable smoke and noise and violence, and a complete absence of peacemaking insight. The only thing that can resolve this division is to recognize that it's rooted in a false problem -- there is no logical requirement that there be an absolute "yes" or "no" answer to "is the embryo a human being?". That is a requirement imposed entirely by language... specifically, it's a requirement imposed by our IGNORANCE of how language works. Language is based on concepts, and concepts are abstractions -- little "nuggets" of knowledge which provide the categories for sorting reality into little boxes. We like this sorting process because it helps us to organize and manipulate our knowledge, but we don't really understand the sorting process itself very well. One key characteristic of our conceptualization process is that it sacrifices DETAILS of reality in exchange for CONVENIENCE. So, for example, it's easier to say "plant some trees here", than it is to specify the exact species, size, location, digging method, etc. for the task. That's the power of language, it allows us to "compress" complex ideas into simple form. But, we sacrifice some of "the truth" in this compression process. Just as we tie ourselves into knots trying to say whether something is a tadpole or a frog, we lose the truth about "what is happening in the womb" when we attempt to coerce our minds into "it's a human being" or "it's not a human being". There is no way to solve that kind of problem with logic rooted in absolutist definitions of terms. You MUST drop the absolutism to come up with resolution, because absolutism is the source of the problem. Once you do that (in the abortion case), the matter becomes less contentious -- it becomes clear that practical decisions about when abortion is an acceptable act must factor in the level of development of the embryo/fetus, because as it becomes "more human", it gains greater protection by our ethical principle that human life should be protected. Not to put too fine a point on it, but this is basically the solution the U.S. Supreme Court rendered in Roe v. Wade. Personally, I think the decision is too generous to the pro-choice side... the legal "cutoff" points should be moved back to earlier points in the pregnancy than 1st and 2nd trimester. A fetus develops quickly, and I think there should only be a narrow window very early in pregnancy where a "woman's choice" abortion should be allowed without other factors (such as rape, mother's health, etc.) being required as justification. With that as background, the problem of establishing the legal rules remains, but it's a manageable dialog -- a debate about where the lines should be drawn for various circumstances, rather than an out-of-control, violent conflagration between irreconcilable, virulently self-righteous factions.

Yes, I believe that abortion is wrong and I do not believe the mother has the right to choose rather or not her baby should live or die. I believe God created that life and He has all the rights to whether it lives or dies. Thank you and may God bless you. :) -In Jesus' Name.

I believe myself abortion is not always the right choice but a woman should have legal access to a safe abortion.

As I have stated somewhere before, I'm pro-life. I do believe that if you aren't ready to be a parent or you just don't want to be a parent, that you should be responsible enough to take the necessary precaution to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. That being said, I also believe that a woman should have the right to do what she thinks is good and/or right for her. If there is any thing wrong--wrong in nature, not in believe--with her actions, she will pay the consequences of her own actions. And those consequences come in many different forms. There's in physics--you all know this--something called "CAUSE and EFFECT"; nothing spooky about it. "WRONG" has a nature that is different from that of "RIGHT", and we would recognize it when we see it. But I would not play GOD on her or anybody. There are people who are vehemently against abortion but support the death penalty. Go figure.

That word abortion crawls under my skin. NO child has the right to be killed. The min. that the egg has been fertalized its a living soul. Abortion is completly wrong and NO ONE should have a choice to abort that child. There are millions of people out there who want child and cant cause of health problems or whatever. There is a such thing as adoption!

I would actually like to answer Stabelboy in his wonderful outlay and Faithless actualitate in the form of Abortion, should you be next reborn as a feminine speisies then, "Hilf mir Gott", please save your frogs and all the other animals that you moraly dictate to and start thinking as the man that you were intended to be, who cares about the phisics or the sience, we are talking about a person with a question "Abortion", pro and contra, we could never find a side to such a question. The idea of a new life should be the most wonderful thought, but it is not always so, it goes on human emotion, what we feel, what we have gone through, I have my children, two girls and am proud of them, dont put everything through a microscope,instead start to look in the world around you, then you can see your frogs

Abortion is wrong flat out wrong. there is no excuse for it. Those trolls in the supreme court who made it legal should be ashamed of there selves and are a disgrace to human beings. Abortion is MURDER plain and simple the "doctors" that do that are educated hitman on the innocent... Abortion is a disgusting thing in this new milenium culture. and to the women who are victims of rape my heart and sympathy go out to you, it is terrible and wrong that someone would do such a thing to you, but what happend to you is no excuse for taking anger an hatred on a innocent baby no one is asking you to keep the baby. And not only are you eliminating a baby but you are also eliminating the one chance of you finding the physcho that did that to you by eliminating his DNA.

Yes, abortion is a terrible thing to do, but a woman should has a choice. Men should also be responsible too. Woman choose abortion when she's not ready to raise children. If she choose to give birth to a child, she choose a lifestyle that is totally upside-down. She would no longer able to live a life she wanted to live for at least 20 years, if not all the rest of her life. From the woman's point of view, abortion is the right thing to do if she does not want a child. Unfortunately, those believe in many lives find that "babies have souls". A baby chooses to be your child because he/she is either your creditor or debtor. You should enjoy/suffer the consequence as the result of having him/her in this life until you both are even. If a woman takes away a baby's "right of living", from the baby's point of view, she killed him/her. The baby will never rest to turn the mother's life with thousands of obstacles, until they both are even. Mothers often find that her relationship/marriage end up with horror, because the baby is taking revenge. The same thing happens to the father. A solution is to chant Buddism scripture for millions of times (you must consult a master), to help the baby's soul to leave the nether world and find a mother again. Remose is the first step. She should never take an abortion again. In my opinion, one should always ensure contraception. Both woman and man should take it seriously.

I think it depends on the circumstances. It's her own body.

I think we should have control over our own bodies/lives. We can only be responsible for ourselves if we have control..once that is legislated away, we're simply prisoners in a jail and someone else holds the keys. :( Happy Saturday! :)

I think the only way us women should have a choice for an abortion is if they/we were raped and seeked medical attention ASAP or if they/we have a medical problem and one or both could possibly die. You spread um then you should take responsiblility for that action. Even if you don't think you can take care of the child or even don't want the child the is alway adoption, Some of us women can't have babies and would love to have one to take care of and love.

No, I do not think that abortion is wrong, and yes, the woman has a right to make that choice. Why? Simply because it is her body, and nobody should be able to tell her what to do with it's contents. Perhaps I should post this question: Do you think that there should be laws forcing a woman to be pregnant against her will? I can tell you from experience that being pregnant against your will is a permanently damaging, soul-crushing feeling of violation that I wouldn't wish on anyone. But those were just my feelings. Do you think I should have had to go through with the pregnancy, costing me my various forms of well-being and stability, potentially forcing me to take pills for the rest of my life so I could cope? I don't understand why so many people are so vehemently against abortion. The woman, ultimately, the one who suffers in the end. She is the one that has to go through the pregnancy and any potential complications (hyperemesis, anyone?), go through birth, and then society expects her to be the primary caretaker. Men are merely sperm donors if a baby was unwanted, and should have no say. It's the same with anyone else who is against abortion. I don't care if you disagree, my decision to abort does not affect you at all, so keep your nose out of it. If you don't like abortion, don't have one. Simple as that. But no, people feel the need to force THEIR version of morality on us without giving a damn about the repercussions- usually (always?) based on some religion or another, which is something that not everyone believes in or can even be proven! So I don't think abortion is right or wrong. It simply is, and it should stay that way. I support abortions for any who want one. Nobody but the pregnant woman should have any say.

well i'm a girl that just went threw a miscarriage, I was 6 weeks pregnant. I've went threw hell and im still going threw a very hard time, I'm 1? years old and i had made a mistake. I get good grades, i do my house work, and plus i work. I have learned alot and went threw the pain. At first i was so agaisnt abortions and thought that i wouldn't do it even if i was held down on gunpoint but, i talked to many younger and adult women about abortions and about their experiences and they told me its hard you regret it but they said image i brought this baby into this world, some women do get to have a good life with their babies and some don't & you know that every mother wants whats best for their children. So why bring in a baby if your not going to give him/her the bestest life that you wanted to live? I can't really express myself in words cuz ima talker but i really dont think abortions are bad...:/

I think that abortion is a terrible, terrible thing, and I would be very happy if it were to not continue. That said, I believe that women should have the right to have an abortion. I don't like the idea of abortion, but I am pro-choice. I think that the best way to stop needless abortion isn't to ban it, but to better educate people about the consequences of unprotected sex. So many young people don't receive a comprehensive sex-education in school or at home, and they end up pregnant and looking at abortion as an option.

Well, I think that it is wrong, and that you either look at something as alive or dead... And I think that there is obviously a lot of doubt in the matter of when life truely starts. So if you have an abortion rather then just having an adoption, then I actually think that it is truely self-centered, because you are simply putting your convenience above that life. You can always put the kid up for adoption. It's entirely a matter of convenience. Also, i think that its just sad that you would say to your son that you didn't care about him or her until he or she was born... I thought love was eternal, not just something where you see the life and hear it, so now you love it. Thats self-centered, not loving. Abortion is simply a self-centered action. And also, when it comes to the woman's right to choose... Does a person's location change wether or not it counts as a human? Why does the baby suddenly count when it is outside the mother's womb? Besides which, it took two to make that baby, not just one.

I am at this tragic point in my life where my boyfriend has made me consider this option. Which I hate! My only question is.....what do you do when you already have a child, and jobs are hard to come by.......and things arent the greatest now! BUT can I THROW a life away because things are too tough...I'm most def torn between the two! I have no idea which is going to be worse. Or if choosing to abort would ruin my spirit....and if he's going to be there when the tough gets tougher?!

Just came on anserwbag noticed this question ,,, found this in a magazine ... Diary of an Unborn Child OCTOBER 5: Today my life began. My parents do not know it yet, but it is I already. And I am to be a girl. I shall have blond hair and blue eyes. Just about everything is settled though, even the fact that I shall love flowers. OCTOBER 19: Some say that I am not a real person yet, that only my mother exists. But I am a real person, just as a small crumb of bread is yet truly bread. My mother is. And I am. OCTOBER 23: My mouth is just beginning to open now. Just think, in a year or so I shall be laughing and later talking. I know what my first word will be: MAMA. OCTOBER 25: My heart began to beat today all by itself. From now on it shall gently beat for the rest of my life without ever stopping to rest! And after many years it will tire. It will stop, and then I shall die. NOVEMBER 2: I am growing a bit every day. My arms and legs are beginning to take shape. But I have to wait a long time yet before those little legs will raise me to my mother’s arms, before these little arms will be able to gather flowers and embrace my father. NOVEMBER 12: Tiny fingers are beginning to form on my hands. Funny how small they are! I’ll be able to stroke my mother’s hair with them. NOVEMBER 20: It wasn’t until today that the doctor told mom that I am living here under her heart. Oh, how happy she must be! Are you happy, mom? NOVEMBER 25: My mom and dad are probably thinking about a name for me. But they don’t even know that I am a little girl. I want to be called Kathy. I am getting so big already. DECEMBER 10: My hair is growing. It is smooth and bright and shiny. I wonder what kind of hair mom has? DECEMBER 13: I am just about able to see. It is dark around me. When mom brings me into the world it will be full of sunshine and flowers. But what I want more than anything is to see my mom. How do you look, mom? DECEMBER 24: I wonder if mom hears the whispering of my heart? Some children come into the world a little sick. But my heart is strong and healthy. It beats so evenly: tup-tup, tup-tup. You’ll have a healthy little daughter, mom! DECEMBER 28: Today my mother killed me.

Jade i swear your a genious lol. no cause i view it the same way and if you don't want it put it up for adoption. there are many families who can't have there own babies.

well I don't think of abortion as wrong or right..it's no picnic and not something someone would do for fun, it is more of a necessity kind of thing. But yes, I think regardless of her reasons a woman has a right to choose what she wants to do with her body and the unborn life within it.

Yes. What I mean by this is that I don't really support abortion, and I would 99% most likely not get one myself. BUT I don't think that my own opinions and feelings on the matter should be grounds to tell another person what they can and can't do with their own bodies. Abortion is a choice that the individual should be able to make - instead of having their ability to choose impaired by someone else who just has a different opinion.

Is murder wrong? Is wrong to have an abortion, if, as *Planned Parenthood itself* said, "an abortion kills the life of the baby after it has begun"? If abortion takes/"kills...life"? (After all, if "death" is defined medically as the cessation of all body's vital functions including the heartbeat, brain activity, brain stem and breathing than a fetus with a beating heart, brain waves, brain stem, breathing amniotic fluid in and out is, by medical definition, a "life"). Is it wrong to violently destroy with our own hands a baby that has a heart beat, brain waves, all major organs, its own unique set of DNA (which contains a blueprint for the whole genetic being) and fingerprint, breathes amniotic fluid in and out, dreams, learns, remembers, reacts to loud noises and to mom's laughter, distinguishes between voices, responds to a familiar story, moves, stretches, yawns, sucks, swallows, smells, tastes, hears, sees, hiccups, and can feel pain-- perhaps (with such a raw and unmodified pain system) even more than we can? A life, that from the moment of conception is growing and changing? Is it wrong to rip babies from their mother's wombs with a suction device, while you watch as the baby pre-dodges the suction instrument time after time, while its heartbeat doubles in rate and when finally caught, its body being dismembered, the baby's mouth clearly open wide in a silent scream? (see The Silent Scream and a see description of the different abortion methods here: http://www.prolife.com/ABORMETH.html) Is it wrong to pierce a baby's beating heart with a needle, injecting poison to kill? Is it wrong to, as Luhra Tivis describes--who worked for an abortionist who "specializes in third trimester killings"--throw fetuses into a gleaming, metal, full-sized crematorium, "just like the one's used in funeral homes”, fire up the gas oven and a few minutes later, smell burning human flesh? Is this anything more noble than committing an "act of prenatal infanticide" and "cold blooded murder"? (Luhra Tivis, now a member of Operation Rescue, on her experience in the abortion business Quoted in Celebrate Life Sept/Oct 1994 "Where is the Real Violence?") (For other quotes by former abortionists exposing abortion, go here: http://www.prolife.com/EVERETT.html, including Eric Harrah, who was part owner of one of the nation's largest chains of abortion clinics: http://www.abortionfacts.com/dr_willke/connector_july_98.asp#1;for and quotes by celebrities on abortion: http://www.prolife.com/celeb.htm) Is it wrong, to--as Mother Theresa says--pit mothers against their children and women against men, sow violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate human relationships, aggravate the derogation of the father's role in an increasingly fatherless society, portray the greatest of gifts -- a child -- as a competitor, an intrusion, and an inconvenience, nominally accord mothers unfettered dominion over the independent lives of their physically dependent sons and daughters and, in granting this unconscionable power, expose many women to unjust and selfish demands from their husbands or other sexual partners? Is it wrong to have the right to life depend on/be declared to be contingent on the pleasure of someone else? Is it wrong to coldly "remove the products of conception" (Dr. Thomas Dillon & Colleagues, 1974), "empty" and "evacuate" the uteris? (All of this sounds strikingly similiar to the Nazi doctors and Hitler's subhumanity of the victims, ie: “ "It had nothing to do with humanity — it was a mass. I rarely saw them as individuals. It was always a huge mass." (Franz Stangl, former commandant of Treblinka, 1971); "The Baron de Hirsch ghetto would have to be emptied." (Max Merten, 1943); "If it is now pointed out that the Jew is human, I then reject that totally." (Antisemitic speech, Reichstag, 1895)) Is it wrong to take the life a baby that God himself "knit together" in its mother's womb and had "holy plans for" before he/she saw the light of day? A baby that he “knew all about” before he even shaped her in her mother’s womb and watched “grow from conception to birth”? A baby that was truly, "uniquelly", "wonderfully" and "marvelously" made by the Creator, designed for a glorious life in Christ and an eternal relationship with Jesus? A sacred life created in the image of God to live forever? "The Bible tells us that human life is sacred; God gave it to us, and only God can take it away. You and I aren't simply a higher form of animal; we were created in the image of God. God gave us a spirit or soul that will live forever—and this makes all the difference. The Bible says, 'God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them' (Genesis 1:27). This is why we must never destroy any life casually (from the unborn to the old). Life is precious, even when it nears its end on this earth. It is so precious that God sent His only Son into the world to open heaven's door for us by His death on the cross. The Bible says, 'For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord' (Romans 6:23)." ~Billy Graham Is it wrong to treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit? Is it wrong "to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish"? (Mother Theresa) Is it wrong to take an unborn child’s life? Is it wrong to commit an act of cold blooded murder? Take a good look at the second picture, and then tell me if it's wrong.