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Originally Posted by lostalex
a fetus is not a life, it's just a growth, a parasite. That's my opinion.
A life becomes a life when it is capable of sustaining itself outside of the mother's body.
As long as it is reliant on the mother's body, it is part of the mother's body, it is not an independent life. It is just a growth on the mother's body and a woman should have complete control and decision making over her own body. If it was possible to transfer that growth to the father, then i think absolutely he should have the choice to take on that growth, but since that's not possible, all decisions should be with the mother/host.
Maybe some day it will be possible for men to carry children, but until that day comes, they have no right to tell women what to do with their bodies. If they don't like it then they should've worn a condom. period.
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This is a good definition of life, it has to be self supporting otherwise the life is actually being sustained by the host (Mother) and as such she has all the choices ie to continue or to end. When that baby can sustain life on its own then it becomes a separate life and with that all the rights and freedoms that entails.
I do not personally believe in abortion for the sake of it (I was adopted and had my mother decided on a termination then I would never have been born) but there are many instances where the quality of life for the child will be so poor that it is almost cruel to continue with the pregnancy ie severe mental or physical damage or when the child is conceived through rape. in these cases the child will never have a chance of a normal life and so abortion in these extreme circumstances is justified.