(09-06-2021, 04:01 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: This is a pretty good discussion.  I've read all 4 pages of it. 

Believe it or not, I actually don't have an opinion on abortion.  I can see both sides of the argument. 

If I was forced to come to some sort of conclusion on it, I think I would have to answer the question, when does a fetus become a human life?  If it's a human life, then to me, "my body, my choice" goes right out the window.  I would probably come down on the side of those who say that a woman has no right to kill a baby, even if it's inside her body.  Unless, of course, that baby is about to kill her. 

And what about rape and incest?  That would have no bearing on the question.  If it's a human life, it's a human life.  How it got there has no bearing on whether it's a human life or not. 

But... when is that fetus a human life?  I'm not sure about that.

In the spirit of compromise, I would pick 10 weeks. Personally, I would never allow it, but considering where we are as a nation, I'd take anything that is a step backwards. 10 weeks works because it gives ample time for a woman to realize she's pregnant, but it's the last week the baby is in the embryo faze. Week 11, it becomes a fetus, and this is when it has most of its human body parts.

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