[Danny]

I seem to be alone here in being in support of Abortion. I think it should be entirely up to the mother whether or not she carries the baby for the full term or not.

1. "Abortion is murder"

No, it isn't. You are killing something that is unable to think or feel. It is alive, yes, but it is not conscious, and is definately not human. Most animals we (well, you) eat for food think more than your average embryo.

2. "Abortion prevents the possible birth of a Doctor or some other great person"

The same argument could be used against the use of contraceptives. The same argument could be used to justify having sex at every opportunity, for crying out loud... ["Not tonight, honey, I don't feel like it..." ~ "But what if by not having sex tonight, we prevent the birth of a great Doctor?"]

Some more points:

1. Don't refer to the Foetuses and Embryos as "Babies". It is inaccurate and misleading. By the time the Foetus gets to the stage of even resembling a baby, Abortion is impossible anyway (loss of the baby after this point is known as a stillbirth), and so this is a moot point. Most of the animals that we (well, you) rear for food think more than your average abortion "victim". For the same reasons, don't use the words "Murder" or "Infanticide".

2. What are you talking about with Stem Cells, Statikk? That has nothing to do with this issue, and anyway, at the point when the Stem Cells are removed, the "Baby" is just a clump of 10-20 cells...

3. We live in an overpopulated world. To say that every baby that could be born should be born is not only impossible, but also churlish and self-destructive.

Now, let's keep this one clean, people...