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originally posted by: dandandat2
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: dandandat2
They can administer anesthesia to the fetus. In Utah it's the law after 20 weeks.
Utah passed into law a requirement that a physician who performs an abortion at 20 weeks’ gestational age or older must administer “an anesthetic or analgesic to eliminate or alleviate organic pain to the unborn child.”
anesthesiaexperts.com...
I guess Utah is one of the more ideal places to get an abortion.
Are you suggesting that the embryo/fetus has interests and rights?
originally posted by: ancientlight
originally posted by: shaemac
originally posted by: asabuvsobelow
a reply to: ChaoticOrder
There is never going to be a universal agreement of when the baby is " Life " .
But I do know this , Most woman on Earth have had abortions and don't even realize it . You can have sex and conceive but your body may decide to terminate the conception for what ever reason and you will have a particularly heavy period that month , or it can carry a little longer and become a full fledged miscarriage which is essentially your body telling you its not the proper time to carry a child . Further more you have the " morning after pill " which is effectively an over the counter abortion , and Birth-control which is again just your body having micro abortions over and over again .
If an argument must be made for when its morally inappropriate to have an abortion then that would be around 8 weeks when the fetus has a heart beat. The Truth is in the first few months of the pregnancy the fetus is just that a fetus and that is when the abortion should be carried out .
Now these Psychos who have abortions 6 months + into the pregnancy just because they decided they don't want the baby , I have no words for them .
A heartbeat is now detected at about 5.5 weeks. It used to be 8weeks but technology has changed. Imagine what it will be in another 10 years.
When I was in the abortion clinic to have an abortion, the technician first tried to see how far along I was.
If it was less than 6 weeks I could abort taking 2 pills. She had the screen turned away from me, and I became curious.
When I took a look I could see a small white flashing 'light'. I asked her what that was and she said the baby's heartbeat
I was less than 6 weeks along.
I did not go through with the abortion. I couldn't. The reason I ever even contemplated was because I was in a very long distance relationship with the father (more than 6000 miles) and it would have complicated things further. I could really never have an abortion, not now not then or ever.
My son will be 11 next month