Until a fetus is old enough to survive outside the body of its mother, it is not really a separate life and is little more than a parasite. Abortion is construed by some as murder, but is really such a tough decision that it ought to be left to the mother, and to no one else. Abortion should not be used as a form of birth control in and of itself, but ought to be acceptable in instances of rape, failed contraceptives, fetal disease, or a life-threatening pregnancy.
And to all the pro-lifers: abortion only stops a beating heart if you wait long enough for the heart to develop. No one is forcing the pro-lifers to get abortions, yet they wish to force everyone not to...
Keep pregnancy curable!
And to all the pro-lifers: abortion only stops a beating heart if you wait long enough for the heart to develop. No one is forcing the pro-lifers to get abortions, yet they wish to force everyone not to...
Keep pregnancy curable!
by Child Hatter May 13, 2003
Get the abortionmug. 1: Someone who believes that abortion is wrong to the extent that they wish to ban abortions for everyone, thus forcing women who have been raped, had birth control fail, have a life-threatening pregnancy, or have a terminally defective fetus to carry their feti to term. Also known by the alternate term 'anti-choice' and the more innocent-sounding 'pro-life'.
2: Someone who believes that the rights of an undifferentiated blob of cells that is nowhere near recognizable as human (or anything else, for that matter) has rights that far surpass, in both importance and magnitude, those of the fully formed, living, breathing, thinking individual whom the cells have parasitized.
Note: some forced-birthers even go so far as to bomb abortion clinics in an attempt to kill abortion-performing doctors. Ironically, they do this because they feel that life is so damned sacred. (See also: hypocrite)
2: Someone who believes that the rights of an undifferentiated blob of cells that is nowhere near recognizable as human (or anything else, for that matter) has rights that far surpass, in both importance and magnitude, those of the fully formed, living, breathing, thinking individual whom the cells have parasitized.
Note: some forced-birthers even go so far as to bomb abortion clinics in an attempt to kill abortion-performing doctors. Ironically, they do this because they feel that life is so damned sacred. (See also: hypocrite)
Forced-birthers would set a far better example if they stopped screeching at all the pro-choicers and adopted some of the unwanted children who wound up in orphanages because they changed the minds of the women who got pregnant with them.
by Child Hatter May 08, 2003
Get the forced-birthermug. One who is childless, whatever the circumstances, and loves every minute of it! Childfrees know that one does not need to have a child to feel 'complete', to know love, or to be a good person. Childfrees do not necessarily hate children (some like them, some hate them), but do not wish to be around them 24/7 with no time to themselves, or cannot stand poorly disciplined brats. Childfrees also have more time and money to spend on other, more important pursuits, such as art, learning, travel, charity, and let's not forget picking up the slack for childed coworkers who disappear every time their child/ren have soccer practice...
by Child Hatter May 13, 2003
Get the childfreemug. a political view that believes that abortion should continue to be legal and accessible. Pro-choice is not necessarily pro-abortion, but merely being in support of a woman's having the option available. People who follow this view would not necessarily opt for abortion themselves, but do not wish to deny others the option.
Pro-choice is not an antithesis to pro-life; while the pro-life view would force women to give birth, pro-choice would not force them to abort.
by Child Hatter May 29, 2003
Get the pro-choicemug. 1: a blob of cells which, as it differentiates, forms a parasitic relationship with a host body, often referred to as the 'mother' (the fetus takes nutrients from the mother and returns nothing, thus the term 'parasite'). The parasitism often lasts well after the pregnancy, during which the fetus resides within the body of the mother; in some species the post-birth parasitism lasts 18 years or more. Not to be confused with a human being, which is what a fetus is called only after being pushed through the birth canal of another human being.
2: A good source of stem cells, which are cells that have yet to differentiate into a specific type of cell. For some reason, stem cell research is a very controversial issue.
Note: In some human cultures, especially those with screwed up priorities, feti have more rights than the human women in which they germinate.
2: A good source of stem cells, which are cells that have yet to differentiate into a specific type of cell. For some reason, stem cell research is a very controversial issue.
Note: In some human cultures, especially those with screwed up priorities, feti have more rights than the human women in which they germinate.
Stem cells from a fetus can help the disabled by regenerating into needed cells in damaged parts of their bodies.
by Child Hatter May 08, 2003
Get the Fetusmug. A lot of anti-choicers think that people should opt for adoption rather than abortion, but how many of those up-for-adoption children have the pro-lifers adopted? The problem with adoption is that thanks to 'great' innovations such as IVF and other means of forcing the body to become pregnant when it clearly thinks that it is a bad idea (i.e., harmful recessive genes, repeated miscarriages, etc.), people no longer have to resort to adoption to get the child they so badly want since they'd rather have a child of their own. Out of those few who do adopt, they usually only adopt healthy newborn babies, while handicapped and older children must grow up without families. There are far more children who are up for adoption than who are being adopted... sad but true.
by Child Hatter May 27, 2003
Get the adoptionmug.