Murder is a legally defined term. Since abortion is legal is it ipso facto NOT murder.cooltodd109 wrote: ↑February 28th, 2007, 10:22 pm Abortion is a very divisive issue. It pushes people to extreme and decisive viewpoints. I'm still on the fence.
What do you think about abortion? Why do you think that why?
Is abortion murder? Why or why not?
As for the morality of abortion. The state has no right to enforce a woman to carry an unwanted foetus, but has a responsibility to take steps to minimise suffering of any living thing, even if unborn.
As the state fulfils the wishes of the public to protect animals be they pets or livestock from unnecessary pain and distress it ought to make abortion as timely as possible to reduce pain and distress to the pregnant woman AND the living things she carries.
At the moment abortion on demand is set at 24 weeks. It seems to me that there are good arguments to reduce that to 20 weeks, and more efforts ought to be taken to make the process as timely as possible by allowing medical staff to delay the process. If a Doctor feels unable to recommend an abortion they ought to be legally bound to refer the patient to another doctor.