Why do people think abortion is murder?

Question

I personally am pro choice and I am so sick of people saying that getting an abortion is murder. It isn't! An abortion doesn't take away the life of someone who is alive. A fetus is not a live, i know it breathes and has a heart beat and stuff but it isnt a person. Murder is a vicious act and I think even comparing it to abortions is disrespectful to those who were murdered. Abortions do not kill anyone, they simple stop a fetus from coming into the world. Its not like the fetus is going to know the difference. A person being murdered is a huge loss! this person had a life, and friends and family. A fetus has experienced none of this. So why do people think that abortions are the same as murder?

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- Rianna™

Answer 1

im not shrue i guess it sort of is but ur not the 1 murding the baby becuase if u think about it ur not grabing a knife and stabing it and most likley people have abortion becuase there baby has special needs. and if u dont have abortion there life might be misseribal

Answer 2

As a pregnant mother I don't know how you can't think a child who isn't born yet is anything other then alive.  

Answer 3

Some people have really strong views and oppionions. I know what your saying coz i agree with you, but a lot of people will have come backs like "If left alone, the fetus will grow up into a child". I only think its murder when someone can't be arsed to use protection

Answer 4

I'm sorry you feel that way. To me life begins at conception. A developing soul is no difference to me than from one that has plenty of life's experiences. In fact a new life is more precious because it has not yet been tainted with greed, envy, deceit... it doesn't contain the regrets that plague us during the road we travel gaining life's experiences. A new life bring new opportunity in it's innocents, it brings hope, a chance to change despair in this world to optimism.

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I do believe that abortion still has a place... when the mothers life is in danger, incest or rape. And should the baby have some horrible birth defect that could effects his/her quality of life.

Answer 5

Rianna, people feel abortion is murder because, if the fetus wasn't aborted, he or she would have a life, friends and family. They would become a human being just like you or I. There is no other outcome possible. So, in essence, a human being is being killed.  

Answer 6

I would see a women having an abortion then putting the child in home that does not want it and it is getting abused. Or having the child suffer form an cancer or some other sickness.  

Answer 7

Rianna, Pro Lifers won't understand your argument.  They only think in terms of black/white and right/wrong.  Good to know there are other pro choicers out there willing to speak out though.  

Answer 8

So does that mean just the minute before you give biorth we can abort it because it is not a "person"! Geez grow up!

Answer 9

if it wasnt you wouldnt have lots of women speaking out agaisnt it....

but if thats still not good enough for you...here you go...

http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/pict...

Answer 10

Interesting. You say a fetus is not alive, but then in the same sentence describe a living being ("i know it breathes and has a heart beat"). If you did some research, you would come to learn that there is no such thing as a non-violent abortion. These processes are actually killing a living organism, are willful acts, and according to many people are considered murders.

By the way, do you see any similarities in the two articles linked below?

Answer 11

Rianna,

While I can see where you are coming from - I doubt you've ever researched exactly how an abortion is done. Not all abortions are done when a fetus is just a ball of mush. Some abortions are done when it's an actual baby with legs and arms - and it sucks them out - they have done studies to show that the baby is aware that something terrible is happening.

An abortion is playing God. It's taking a human life and murdering it.

There are many different types of murder. Some are vicious - some aren't.

Do some research about abortion. Also - talk to the thousands of women who are haunted by their decision to abort...

Of course there are some women, my best friend being one of them, who's had 3 abortions and now has a beautiful 2 year old daughter and because she was with an abusive man and on drugs when she got her abortions she doesn't regret it...

It's fine how you feel - that's your opinion... But the fact is - abortion is murder and you can't say it's not just to make yourself feel better.

I would abort if I were raped, and I still know it's murder.

Answer 12

This topic has been debated for years, and while i do agree with you, i think a Y-A won't solve anything

Answer 13

i totally agree with you .. plus if people CHOOSE to get an abortion ( because it is their choice) they can use those cells for stem cell research wich would help  A LOT of people :]

Answer 14

I challenge you to go to this site and re-ask your question http://abortionno.org/

Oh, and according to your crack head thesis, it would be worse to kill a "person" of 48 than to kill a 47-year-old, as they have had more of a "life".  

Answer 15

abortion is a bad thing but there is "some" times were abourtion is the way to go, such as if you were raped

other than that you spread your legs you gotta take the consequence's

Answer 16

You just defeated your own argument by saying it breathes and has a heartbeat.

A fetus has a family, life and possibly friends.

Abortion IS murder!

Answer 17

Brushing your teeth is murder!  You are killing bacteria.

things are so outta control with people's narrow thinking.

We people on this earth have the right to not have unwanted babies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 18

If an abortion is murder by a human, isn't a miscarriage murder by god?

Women's choice, it's her body.

Freedom. practice it.

Answer 19

i'm against it. any fetus should have the right to live as much as you.

Answer 20

Not that I agree but some people do think a Fetus is a person...

Answer 21

Okay if thats what you believe,then that's fine.But you need to stop dissing people just becuz they don't believe in abortions.I'm sorry but really,you are just provoking people on here.Some people are really anti abortion and you are just hurting their feelings.And just so you know,it is couted as being alive.Look more into it and you will find out.

And I also have one question for you:Would you like to be aborted??

Answer 22

You are confused.  

The fetus is very much alive.  Only living fetuses can be aborted.  Dead ones are simply removed.  

That, in itself, does not conclusively make it "murder", but it does call into question whether or not you actually understand the issue.

An abortion is not comparable to an appendectomy.  No matter what happens, the appendix will never become an independent organism.  

Eventually, a fetus will.  Eventually, it will have the right to exist such that someone ending its life WILL be "murder".  

The question is, When does that happen?

The rest of your arguments to "prove" that the fetus is not a person, has no experiences, and no family is all bullshit, not even worth the effort to respond to.

For all your desire to believe otherwise, abortion is most certainly killing.   The question is whether or not the fetus has the right not to be killed.  

You can't make a case for or against abortion by starting with your conclusion on that question.  

Answer 23

its murder period, if you don't want be one then use protection!!!!  

Answer 24

because you are killing the baby inside of you.  call it what you want, but you are still committing murder that baby could grow up to be the next president, but you'll never know because you ended its life in the stomach.

Answer 25

Just curious at what point in time does the "fetus" magically turn into a person?

"Its not like the fetus is going to know the difference" While I understand it might not know the difference, neither would a 1-3 year old baby.

  So my question to you would be at what point do we feel it is murder? I would have to say around 6 years old is when I can remember things about my life. So if I would agree with you then on abortion and not knowing the difference then abortion up until the age of 5 or so should be ok right?  

Answer 26

i think it's a choice only a woman can make and did you know john mcain's vp is anti abortion if she gets into the office you won't be able to do that this year vote obama

Answer 27

i'm pro choice too but i can see why people think it's murder. I personally had an abortion 3 weeks ago & before i had it. I was really nervous and felt kind of bad. because i was given the chance to raise a kid. hold it in my womb and see it grow and feel it kick and see it's face and s*x in me. and al lthe things pregnant people do lol but i'm not ready and it was selfish of me. But you know what it's my body,my choice and no one elses. so i'm allowed to be selfish.Pro-life people just believe if your pregnant keep it. regradless of the time u wanna abort at. . cause supposedly after 5 or 7 weeks it starts taking shape and that's when it gets kind of "REAL" you know. cause it looks like a person..it's all about phsycological thoughts. how you're raised and all. But if it's still in cell form lol i say it's really not anything yet. but people say it's not what stage it's at. It's what it is becoming..it's like stepping on a baby caterpillar cz it's small and bothered u. but people would be like WHYYYYY it's gunna be a butterfly you know..w/e tho. that's my opinion (: sorry i rambled on

Answer 28

Because its a living breathing human, How do you know a fetus dont feel anything, Sticking a scissor in a babies head is cool to you,Smarten up thank God your mother didnt have one.

Answer 29

this is so controversial u shouldnt have posted this ha

i think its the mother and fathers fault

people arnt entitled to have s*x if u do be ready for a child

abortions should be only if the child would be worse of being alive and cant be supported

i mean u can at least put it in an addoption center

Answer 30

I am pro-choice too and don't view abortion as murder either, so I don't really know (or care) as long as I can continue to govern my own body the way I wish.

Answer 31

Ouch, sounds like racist logic.  "It's okay, Clem.  It's not like blacks are real people anyway."  Abortion sounds a lot like murder.  Both are the intentional ending of another human's life.  A fetus is living and is unique from each of its parents.  It is hard to understand why a woman can have her fetus killed legally, but if she doesn't take care of a baby after it's born, she is subject to harsh punishments.

Don't get me wrong, though.  I am Pro-Choice.  I believe women should be the ones to decide whether to carry their pregnancies to term, but I also believe there is already too many people on the planet.  I accept my position.  I don't try to lie to myself to make it sound more noble than it is.