I don't understand...murder & abortion?

Question

OK IF MURDER is the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law THEN WHAT'S ABORTION?

Is it the same or something and if so why isn't abortion illegal as well?

Answer 1

many ppl think abortion is something bad but actually its is something beneficial for the kid and the mother.when the parents of the unborn child suffer for the birth of the child and they have it the child will be unwanted and suffer emotional stress later in life when the parents of the child dont have resources to take care of it they rather abort insted of letting the baby suffer from mistreatment.when the baby is autistic the parents might nt want for them to have 2 suffer to watch their child suffer

Answer 2

omg aboprtian isnt murder, ITS JUST A CELL not even life. dont judge if youve never been in their shoes.

Answer 3

Well ultimately it comes down to whether or not you consider an aborted fetus something you can kill or not. Is it property or a person? Is it in the category of a tumor to have removed because it affects your life negatively or is it once created a being a living organism that has an inherit life and rights to exist.

Answer 4

capitol punishment = post natal abortion . bush signed over two hundred death warrants .

Answer 5

because what if you got raped and cant afford to take care of a childd. plus its not like you just take the baby out when its 7 months its only up to 3 months you can get it so its not a full baby yet. theres an abundance of kids without homes as it is. im not saying get an abortion whenever im just saying if you have to then you have to

Answer 6

a fetus is only considered a human being after its born.

Answer 7

You're right, you don't understand. A fetus isn't considered a person under the law. It isn't murder, it's a medical procedure.

Answer 8

Well neither one is legal sorry to say...

Murder is but its not the same as abortion I don't think, I'd say murder is being at the wrong place at the wrong time.. And abortion, people know willingly that they are going to get an abortion... so I'd say honestly arg.. That would be the difference.. I guess???

Answer 9

thats the million dollar question...but we live in a society with out morals and standards.  

Answer 10

I take it that you have never heard of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade.

It'd be nice if all laws were perfectly logical and perfectly symmetrical. But laws aren't always as perfect as you think they should be.

If the government had always viewed life as beginning at the moment of conception, then the government would have always been in a real pickle with the situation of putting pregnant women in jail, because the fetuses within could have validly "complained" (via an attorney) that their right to due process was violated given that the fetus did not commit a crime. Think about that.

Answer 11

Because the Supreme Court has recognized the distinction between a person and potential person.  Many of the anti-abortion crowd base their position on what they consider the undeniable fact that a two-cell zygote is indeed a person.  What they fail to recognize is that the definition of a person is a question of law, not of opinion.  Right now, the law recognizes the distinction and so the Supreme Court has ruled that the states cannot completely outlaw abortion.  Only when the fetus becomes viable can the state's act.

Answer 12

it only murder when the fetus has left the womb in which case it becomes a baby who has rights

Answer 13

Sorry, but this is a very big question to be asking on this website.  Also, it is a boring debate, one that has been going on for ages with no closure on the issue.  Your question captures the exact debate that has been going on for decades and the answer is largely down to the opinion of the various 'camps'.

Answer 14

Abortion is killing a fetus, NOT a baby. It is NOT murder.

Is killing an egg the same thing as killing a living chick?

NO

Answer 15

it is stupid asking a question like that on Yahoo answers

its an ethical debate so everyone is going to have a conflicting point of view, you have to think about these things and make your own mind up, you cant let anyone else tell you whats right or wrong

Answer 16

abortion is terminating an unwanted or harmful pregnancy, murder is taking someones life

Answer 17

Abortion is not illegal because we gave women the right to choose,

I have see women choose to use abortion as a form of birth control because we gave them the right to choose.. I have seen 20 year olds on their 7th abortion because she did not want to take the Pill, Patch or IUD.

I am in the Medical Field and I am against abortion

Answer 18

Abortion is murder...

Answer 19

The debate you're attempting to refer to is; at which point does a human foetus become a "person"?, some say not until birth, some say from the point of conception. It's up to you to draw your own conclusions.

I am pro-choice myself although the time scale should be shortened.

Answer 20

Abortion is the removal of a virus on a womans body, this virus lives off it's host, slowing down and weaking the host body, feeding off it for months.

Murder doesn't cover a virus.

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Answer 21

Sadly, abortion isn't illegal (in most areas.) Abortion is MURDERING a baby that you are shamefully not wanting or can't even take the time to try and handle yourself. I think abortion isn't the answer, nor adoption but i think it is much better then killing an innocent life.  

Answer 22

wat dont you understand about it

Answer 23

Well, murder is only supposed to be used if it is your life or theres, abortion is not defending your self at all.

Answer 24

Abortion and murder isn't the same thing because you are only allowed to abort a baby when it is under 5 months, and that's when it's still a foetus. Abortion over 5 months is illegal, due to the fact it has grown into a baby!

Answer 25

Well, what about your period, your letting that egg in you die, that was a human being. You should go get pregnant so that it doesn't die you killer.

Also, if you have a miscarriage then you should be charged with murder.

Answer 26

Murder is the killing of another PERSON.

A fetus doesn't have status as a person until it survives a "live birth"

Answer 27

Abortion  is what democrates use to try and get dirt on republicans. But to be serious I mean you really shouldnt have to use abortion unless you were raped because a bunch of irresposible kids have to learn lessons.

Answer 28

THEY, meaning the lawmakers, claim the baby hasn't been born yet so it isn't human. However I know that baby is human and alive and would never do that. Until the law changes that is what happens..  

Answer 29

This is not a popular opinion, by any means, but I accept that abortion is murder. I won't try to justify it any other way. I also think it's a violation of human rights to make abortion illegal. Telling anyone how to handle their own biological functions is the most oppressive thing I can imagine. I hope you don't think this means I don't value human life. Making abortions illegal would only create worse horrors. I hope you don't think anyone deserves horrors in their lives.

Answer 30

abortion is not murder b/c of certain beliefs. some people believe that a fetus is not human until it passes from the birth canal. others believe that a fetus is human while in the womb. it can not be outlawed based on religious beliefs.

Answer 31

i think the abortion should be illegal unless the girl was raped.