If abortion is murder isn't then masturbation genocide?
489733
i guess by technical defiition, no. Sperm are incapable of becoming humans without an egg.\n\nSo it is no more genocide than dandruff is suicide.
1046771
It's not. For me, personally any type of killing is wrong. Doesn't matter what your "reasoning" is, it's wrong.
639488
I think that is a rather disgusting thought.... no amount of money could ever replace a human life.  Abortion is not birth control, it's MURDER! 18 days after conception the heart begins beating, most women don't even know they are pregnant at that stage of the game. Abortions are not done before 6 weeks and by then there are facial features, the arms and legs have budded, the nervous system is in tact, it is a growing living human with potential not potentially a human.
1007343
The basic thing about abortion is that it kills a living creature.  There can be no argument about that fact.
266546
Abortion is murder, you are killing a life (the fetus IS alive at the MOMENT of conception). Abortion is the must DISGUSTING thing ever.\n\n1) why should we punish the child, it was NOT the child's fault it was born\n2) With sex comes responsibilities, and if you're going to engage, you BETTER be willing to pay (whether it means adoption, giving up your life for theirs, what ever the consequence is- you better be ready.)\n3) From the moment of conception it has its own DNA coding, therefore it's tech. not the "women's body", the only thing the women is doing is housing and feeding it.\n4) The two participating had the choice whether or not they were ready to deal with the consequences so why give them more choices if they're already making bad ones?\n5) rape, I sympathise greatly, but why punish the child? it's not the child's fault, yes it is a HUGE burden and COSNTANT reminder, but still- from a political perspective it's all or nothing, if it were up to me those who were raped (politically) would have the choice (religion in there there would be no rape or abortion- but that's not life). If I were raped though I would definately keep the child though. But in politics it's all or nothing.\n6) There is ALWAYS adoption- if you're willing to kill a child, why are you worried about its life in an adoption agency???\n7) We are not God, we do not have the right to say who lives and who dies. \n8) From the moment of conception it IS alive.(to be alive it has to fill 4 criterias, (1) metabolism, (2) growth, (3) reaction to stimuli, and (4) reproduction)\n9) It's either pro-life or pro-death, not pro-choice because where is that child's choice? and the oppisite of life is death and that's what they are saying is good- the right to put a child to death- YAY!!! hah not!\n\nI see NO plausible defense for this abomination at all.
203032
No, I don't believe in abortion.  First of all, it's murder.  A baby is alive the moment it is conceived.  The baby can FEEL the tools that are killing it!  Secondly, the baby could someday help the world, and by killing it off you are killing any wonderful things that child could have brought the world!  Thirdly, if a women was raped, and definitely DOES NOT want the baby, give the kid up for adoption!  Or if she doesn't want the kid period, give the kid up for adoption!  How would you like it if you were aborted!  If you were killed, before you even had a chance!  I feel sorry for those Christians who think it is okay to kill a little baby!  I'd GLADLY adopt the baby from you!\n     Thanks for listening, y'all!  I'm PRO-LIFE!
1165452
That's the liberal thought, don't put to death convicted murderers and rapists, but kill all the babies you want to. Crack the little skulls open and suck their brains out. They love it.\n\n\nAnd by the looks of some of these answers it's pretty easy to see, the whacked out libs can actually rationalize this stuff. But you'll never get a reasonable answer.\n\nI'm kinda undecided on the death penalty. I been for it for a while but the bible does say "the wrath of man doith not the righteousness of God".\n\nAs far as abortion,... if you don't want to have babies, don't produce them. If you can't control yourself enough to keep from getting pregnant/getting someone pregnant, then you don't even need to be walking around with the rest of us.
960684
Not at all.  There was a recent case of this in Africa, with her sentence (being buried to the neck and stoned) being "reconsidered" because of the international reaction.  Other behaviors have been protested, too.  The South American custom of a man murdering his divorced wife if she starts to date again, and calling it a matter of "honor".  Indian women being burned in a "cooking accident" because the dowry didn't come through.  Why should Muslims be given a pass?  They just convicted a man in Georgia for cutting his daughter's clitoris off with a pair of scissors in order to be sure she remained "good".  He may protest his sentence, but she'll suffer longer than he will.  This isn't ethnocentricity.  It's an ability to empathize with a person who suffers.  Those without the ability to empathize aren't faithful to any religion; they're merely psychopaths.
797906
I would say no.. and I've heard an argument (zealots don't attack me, I've not looked it up, only heard it) that in the bible a man kills a pregnant woman and his sin is killing the woman.. that is his only sin.. not for the death of the child inside her.. which would suggest that in the eyes of God a pregnant woman is one person.
656945
Yes its murder, and as for salamander guy above, from inception the egg is developing into a human life,it is not like a salamander neurologically,that's like saying its ok to kill a caterpillar but not a butterfly,your an idiot,life is life and just because its in its beginning or developmental stage,does not mitigate its value as life.Is it ok to kill a sapling but not a tree,or a tadpole ,but not a  frog,abortion is an issue of self centered people,choosing their own selfish desires ,over the responsibility for the value of the life they have created,and if it was not for an ultra liberal,gutless,supreme court we would not even have to be subjected to the issue of this legal murder.My guess is the same people that are proponents of abortion ar proponents of same sex marriages,got to go feel like puking now.
769533
Duhhhh if you stick a gun to the lazy mother in questions head, you're going to jail.\nCreating welfare was a mistake that we're all going to have to pay for for our whole lives. It isn't going to be abolished. Imagine all the riots and shit in the ghettos of America.\nYeah I don't think so.\n\n\nOh, abortion isn't the hearless killing of an innocent child. It's a well thought out decision over the aborting of a FETUS or mass of cells that is not yet a functioning child. Morons.
977631
No, it's like this: You let it be born, and if it turns out horribly bad you kill it.  Keep the good ones.  Kill off the bad ones.  There is no fallacy or conflict in this thinking.  Kiling a fetus is a different line of reasoning than killing a mass murderer.  You cannot equate the two.  thus, anti-abortion and pro-death penalty are not in conflict.  Two different things entirely.\n\nReligion is not above killing.  More people have been killed in religious conflicts than from any other cause.
809936
Abortion is killing a person at a very tender age.  It is stoppage of life at its earliest stage.
1157701
I'd like to warn you that my opinion about abortion is based on reason, and very few people approach the abortion debate using reason. For most people, it's an emotional debate fueled by guilt. The emotions on the issue tend to run so deeply most people forget which is which. So I do apologize for any hurt feelings which result from my dealing with abortion reasonably.\n\nI support a woman's right to have control over their reproductive capacity. Abortion does not affect citizens (a person is not a citizen until they are born) or the intrinsic assets of the nation, so there is no legislative basis for there to be any laws taking rights away from a citizen (the pregnant woman)\n\nFurthermore, abortion is not murder. Murder is the willful taking of one human's life by another human. I've seen pictures, and the fetus might look vaguely human, but physiologically a fetus is more like a salamander than a human. I know that sounds harsh, but there's also a degree to which deep down you know that it's true.\n\nNeurologically, the child isn't complete until it's a year old, and continues developing for about 25 years. So while it's still in the womb, it's certainly not a developed human. It's a part of our natural development for the brain to be undeveloped at birth because otherwise the head could never have fit through the opening. \n\nI asked the question "What makes humans distinct from other animals?" I received many interesting answers: The awareness that we are different from other animals, the ability to make rational decisions, the ability to suppress our animal nature, the ability to conceptualize good and evil, large brains, the ability to create art, the ability to question one's existence, speech, self improvement, and so on. At a glance, it's fairly obvious that a fetus does not have any of these qualities. In doing further research, I came across this website which I strongly recommend: http://7e.devbio.com/article.php?id=162\n\nA fetus has the potential of becoming human, but being human is a very special thing and a fetus isn't there yet. Being human is more than just a matter of our genetic make-up. It's about the way we think. Without the way we think, we are like any other animal. \n\nGiven that most people believe in the existence of a soul, It becomes an issue to consider when a person gets a soul. If you believe that only humans have souls, then the fetus doesn't have one because it's not yet human. It has the potential to become human, but it's not there yet. If you believe that all creatures have souls, then it goes to wherever souls go. If you believe in Karma, then that life served a purpose which it was there to do and can karmically celebrate that it's life accomplished what it was destined to accomplish.\n\nDon't get me wrong, I don't want anyone to think that I'm advocating killing babies. Babies are cute and respond well to people, kinda like puppies, and I am also opposed to killing puppies. In fact I have often been very supportive of all things child related and puppy related. But when it comes right down to it, and we consider the neural biology, certain facts become apparent. But I want to make it very clear that I am in no way advocating infanticide, which is much nicer than the bible which doesn't even mention infanticide despite the fact that it was commonly practiced at the time. In fact, until about a hundred years ago, I can't recall this ever having been much of an issue ever in the history of the world. But now, as infant mortality rates are at an all time low, and population is soaring out of control, now is the time in human evolution when people decide to stand up and say that abortion is wrong.\n\nChristians claim to take truth from the bible, and the bible makes no reference to abortion (which according to Wikipedia did exist in ancient times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aborti
945547
more sore loser crying from the right.trying to equate the legal act of abortion with the war in Iraq that was started on a lie is ridiculous.your own self righteousness is your undoing.to put this in your terms,its o.k. to kill men, women and children for oil and the financial advancement of your friends at haliburton.But aborting a non-being by legal means in order to not fill the orphanages with unwanted children that the likes of you would never adopt is wrong.brilliant.
1090895
Abortion is not murder it is a personal decision, it should be left up to each individual, the government has no business in trying to legislate morality and the people that are against it have no business telling anyone what is right or wrong for them in a moral decision.
639001
I'm against abortion unless it's caused by a crime...