Well then, I'll just iterate my thoughts and reasoning.
Danny believes a line should be drawn somewhere, I agree. Unlike Danny, I have an idea on where that line should be: up until around 3 weeks of foetal development, later only if continuing the pregnancy threatens the mother's life or it's discovered that the baby will have deformities severely impairing its quality of life.
My reasoning is that both birth and conception determining the abortion cut-off point is a hokey way to look at it. Life is a gradient starting at conception, but the end becomes blurry as babies born premature can still survive, but they are not considered foetuses that the mother can abort even after birth. A woman who has an abortion at five months pregnancy isn't committing a crime, but if a woman kills her baby born four months premature, she's charged with infanticide. That's the crux of my argument.
Oddbodd, please don't swear. Pro-choicers aren't arguing for abortion, they're arguing for the choice to remain open to the mothers on whether or not they may kill their unborn babies.
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