Someone sent me these photos, and I do think it’s amazing what they can see going on “in there.” (Scientific language, I know.)
I also believe most abortions occur at about eight weeks, which is the photo above.
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I have to comment because this is sad — a friend of mine informed me that these photos were actually taken of babies who had been aborted. According to the photographer’s website they were from extrauterine pregnancies.
It doesn’t make the tiny people any less amazing though.
Ectopic? Then, had these fetuses not been aborted, they would certinly have killed the woman. Not perhaps, not probably. Certinly. Ectopic pregnancy is the only situation in which the catholic church permits an abortion.
The photo of the little chunk of meat with a vaguely human shape does not impress me. To use such an image is nothing but an appeal to an emotional response. It’s an excellent PR technique I have no doubt, and I am sure it wins over many people to the pro-life cause, but there is nothing reasoned or rational to be seen.
Failing to see what is there for a two-year-old to easily recognize thanks to an ideological bias is not reasoned or rational, sorry.
And nor is claiming that if a child says something, that proves it :>
Suricou: True. But between a 2-year-old’s word and yours, I’ll take the 2-year-old’s any day. They are way more real than you’ll ever be.
@Suricou
“Ectopic? Then, had these fetuses not been aborted, they would certinly [sic] have killed the woman. Not perhaps, not probably. Certinly [sic].”
First of all, ectopic pregnancies quite often lead to *spontaneous* losses. So the idea that an abortion was required or else the mother would *certainly* have died is plain fear-mongering.
Perhaps more to the point though — You probably shouldn’t speak in absolutes. Eighteen months ago the world was stunned when a child was born, alive, resulting from an ectopic pregnancy. And the mother “certainly” did NOT die.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24888923/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7427907.stm
It might be the exception and not the rule. But you should be a little less careless how you throw around your absolutes.
Cheers 🙂
@ Suricou:
Might I respectfully suggest that, if you are at all interested in convincing us that the pro-choice view is the correct one, you may wish to refrain from referring to a two-month human fetus as a “little chunk of meat”.
Melissa: I see your point, but I think I prefer it when abortion advocates show their colours so transparently! The world needs more Suricous, in this regard at least. It’s like the beer and popcorn episode: it reveals the slimy underbelly that’s usually hidden, and for our side, that’s a good thing.
@Suricou
You said “Ectopic pregnancy is the only situation in which the catholic church permits an abortion.” Not true. You are confused. It may appear to you that it is splitting hairs but it is important to clarify what *you think* the Catholic Church permits.
In the words of Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., “In Catholic morality, abortion is either direct (induced) or indirect. Direct abortion is any destruction of the product of human conception, whether before or after implantation in the womb. A direct abortion is one that is intended either as an end in itself or as a means to an end. As a willful attack on unborn human life, no matter what the motive, direct abortion is always a grave objective evil.
Indirect abortion is the foreseen but merely permitted evacuation of a fetus which cannot survive outside the womb. The evacuation is not the intended or directly willed result, but the side effect, of some legitimate procedure. As such it is morally allowable. The essential sinfulness of direct abortion consists in the homicidal intent to kill innocent life.”
So, as you can see, the Catholic Church would not allow a direct abortion. Normally medical procedures are taken to try to save the life of both mother and fetus, however, in certain cases the unintended consequence may be the premature evacuation of the fetus. The Catholic Church does not condone direct abortion where it is the sole intention to end the life of the unborn.