ABORTION - Should it be allowed - what do you think

Thank you for your response. I agree with you full heartly.

how is it better than leaving them in an orphanage? at least there they have a better chance of getting a good life! instead of going through pain and dieing for something that they did not ask to be here for!

That is a picture of a partial birth abortion, a procedure that has now been banned in the US. Even when it was legal, one really should keep in mind that it was not the common route or time to end a pregnancy. It was a very rare procedure done primarily when the fetus had severe handicaps that made it incompatible with life. Not down syndrome, or a cleft palate or things that most parents could learn to adapt to; but brains that hadn't formed past the brain stem or spines that had failed to close properly, or various missing organs. If you were faced with such a choice, and it was explained to you that after the child was born the hospital was obligated to do everything to prolong the child's life even if it was painful, terminal & only a temporary solution but terminating would be a quick & as respectful as possible end of your child's suffering, perhaps you'd consider it too. And if you've never been in such a situation, you have no right to pass judgments on families who have.

Why does an audible heartbeak automatically bestow personhood? When a fetal heartbeat first becomes audible, there isn't even full circulation occuring. It has only the bare buds of what would become organs in about a month, which includes the brain. With no brain, it has no brain waves nor the physiological capability for thought or awareness. And, here's the kicker, it has no spine. No spine means no nervous system. No nervous system means no nerves. No nerves means no pain receptors. It cannot feel anything. Please explain how this equals a person?