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Originally Posted by Dezzy
Life does begin at birth, a fetus until it's ready to be born or delivered, cannot support it's own existence outside of the womb.
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Hmmm well that's not really true, a fetus can survive outside the womb from 22 weeks (just past the half way mark) and has a chance of survival without mechanical incubation from 26 weeks. A pretty good chance from 30 weeks. Full term being 38 - 42 weeks.
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For pretty much the entirety of the period when someone can choose to have an abortion, the fetus is just an bunch of cells and nothing more.
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This is also untrue beyond about 14 weeks, start of 2nd trimester... it's a recognisably-formed human at that point and has a "working" brain. I'm pro-choice but I don't see much point in telling pretty lies to make it more palateable... like meat eaters who are scared of knowing that their chicken nuggets used to cluck-cluck.
Not least because it means women end up getting a bit of a nasty shock when they have an abortion at 16 weeks and a fully formed (if small) baby comes out.
No need for anything but the facts
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