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Originally Posted by PhoenixAlive
Also, whichever poster said that once the embryo becomes a fetus, abortion is no longer allowed, must have been misinformed. I just checked a fetal development website and it states that an unborn baby becomes a fetus as of ten weeks of pregnancy (long before abortion is not allowed). I also included a link of the fetal development stage at 20 weeks of pregnancy (when a woman would still have no legal trouble getting an abortion) At this stage a fetus can hear and recognize his mother's voice (obviously a live, aware little person in there by now)
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I never said that when it becomes a fetus it becomes illegal.
I said that when it can conciously respond to stimuli it is, in most countries, illegal to abort it. However it appears I was wrong about that if it can respond at 20 weeks although only 11% of abortions are carried out after week 13 and something nearer 2% are carried out after 20 weeks. And at that stage it's hardly just decided on a whim as there are guidelines people must meet in order to be allowed an abortion. Though my main point stands, which was that I can's see any reason why aborting an embryowould be "wrong".
Note: The number of late term abortions comes from the British department of health (Stats:
Here) however all other countries have lower late term abortion rates. (Canada only 3% of abortions take place betwen 17 weeks and gestation. (
here etc).
If he were arguing that late term abortions are wrong and should only be allowed in cases of medical danger to the mother then I would be in agreement with him. However as they constitute such a small amount of abortions I hardly think you can use an argument against late term abortions against all abortions.