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Convince me why abortion should not be allowed.

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=MaskedGuardian Dec 4, 2012
Normally, I try to see both sides of an argument. However, abortion is one of those things where I have not heard any argument against it that I feel has any merit. So this thread is very simple: if you are against abortion, for whatever reason, please explain to me why you feel that way.
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~Smoshlink1 3 days ago  New member Student General Artist
well...for starters, what if it was you who was being aborted (actually,i suppose you wouldn't have developed the thoughts of whats bad and good). Abortion is the same as taking away a poor soul's life,he will never get to experience the joy of having a life. While true that there are bad things being alive is good. now if it was Justin Beiber...thats another thing...JK,nobody deserves to die,not even him :p
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~AwesomeBlossomPossum 2 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
I wouldn't care if I was aborted as I had no feelings or thoughts in the womb as a fetus.
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Mood: Mortified ~Smoshlink1 2 days ago  New member Student General Artist
Well...would you feel guilty of murder? Because you would be taking away the life of some poor soul.
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~AwesomeBlossomPossum 2 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
No, because it is not murder.
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Mood: Stumped ~Smoshlink1 2 days ago  New member Student General Artist
Can you explain to me how it is not? Give me details.
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~TheArtOfCBYoung 2 days ago  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Murder is a legal term. It is the intentional and knowing illegal killing of a human.

If it is not illegal, it is not murder.
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~Smoshlink1 1 day ago  New member Student General Artist
So?....what's the difference. The child is developing, could you not say it is human?
You know of the killing and take part of it.
And could you explain to me what you mean by "if it is not illegal, it is not murder"?
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~Mclandis 22 hours ago  Hobbyist Photographer
So?....what's the difference. The child is developing, could you not say it is human?

It's only human in the sense that it has human DNA and that's it. Until week 26, the fetus has a 0% chance of survival on its own and doesn't even resemble a human being. Calling it one is like saying a seed is the same as a full-blown tree.

And could you explain to me what you mean by "if it is not illegal, it is not murder"?

Murder is a legal term, one which does not encompass fetuses.
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~TheArtOfCBYoung 1 day ago  Hobbyist Digital Artist
"And could you explain to me what you mean by "if it is not illegal, it is not murder"?"

I don't know how much more clearly I could have stated it. The definition of murder is illegal killing of a human.

Whether or not it is human is irrelevant. If a killing is legal, then it does not meet the definition of murder.

The argument could be made that it is murder in places where abortion is illegal, but even then, most of those places have a separate crime for abortion rather than murder.
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~moonlight311 4 days ago
because people plain and simple it is murder,and we are told not to kill,its one of the 10 commandments
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