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Originally Posted by Thor
Right, which is why this debate is doomed from the start, because of religious beliefs clouding the issue.
I approach it from a science viewpoint, and even then I like to err on the side of keeping abortions legal only up to a certain length of time, based on what we know of fetus development.
The idea that a few week old fetus is equivalent a child is to me word games and the whole problem of the situation. I see it as a argument from logic and reason, you see it from faith and conviction.
Which is why religious interpretation of these laws is a bad idea, if you yourself are religious by all means don't have an abortion, but to push your illogical thinking of a fetus being equivalent to a child on to those who do not share this belief is wrong. You can argue your belief all you want, just keep out of the courts and stop trying to insert more obstacles to women's right to choose since you know going up against roe v wade is not feasible.
It reminds me too much of the religious rights attempts to re-brand creationism as intelligent design. Can't ban abortion? why not try everything else to make it as hard as possible for the woman. The tactic is obvious.
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I won't deny that this is partially faith based, however, it's also based upon the fact that you, and I and, every other person walking around in this world including the mother was once a fetus.
From your scientific viewpoint when is a fetus a living human being?
I don't see how telling a woman at what point of development the fetus is and even offering to allow the woman a choice to hear the hearbeat and see the child is an obsticale. If the woman doesn't want to see the child and doesn't want to hear the heartbeat she's not forced to. Getting information should be considered a good thing to make an informed decision. If it changes her decision to get the abortion than that is a fully informed decision she made. If she decides to proceed with the abortion again at least she made an informed decision. Why is providing relevant information considered an obsticle?