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The issue of abortion is a very emotional one. People's views are strong and can be poles apart. Some feel that abortion is murder no matter what the stage of pregnancy. Others believe that it is perfectly alright to terminate a pregnancy at any stage. There is no common ground. No one seems to get far enough past the emotions to think about what a two edged sword abortion laws are.
The main problem with arguments about abortion is that no one can agree on at what point after the joining of an egg and sperm the fetus becomes a person. When does a fetus stop being a fetus and become a child? Since President Obama has said that he will sign a bill that allows for late term abortion, this question must be given a lot of thought. Such a bill will affect more than abortion rights. It will affect how we legally view the loss of the much wanted child as well as the unwanted one.
If a woman who is seven or eight months pregnant is not carrying a "child" than she can not loose a "child." If she is beaten by her husband or lover and miscarries, the charge would have to be assault not murder. If she miscarries due to an accident caused by a drunk driver she will not legally have lost a child. We live in a day and age where surgical procedures can be done in the womb. If the fetus is not yet a person does the insurance company have to cover the cost? Is the baby born prematurely more human than a fetus still in the womb? If a woman miscarries late in her pregnancy do we consider her loss something worth morning or a minor issue?
This may sound a bit unreal to you but if you think about it you will see that there is more to this issue than emotion. It is not just a question of abortion. It is a question of when does that joined egg and sperm become human? We can not decide the question of abortion until we answer that question because we can not have it both ways.
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