Thread: Abortion: split from stem cell research

Originally Posted by billyjeff2

If you're pro-life and believe that human life begins at the moment of conception; and that abortion is literally the murder of a human being, then would you support and want to see the death penalty applied to any woman who has an abortion, and well as all the medical personnel involved in the procedure? And would any laypersons who counseled the woman to have an abortion and lent any type of assistance in facilitating its performance (for example, driving the woman to the abortion clinic knowing the abortion will be performed) be subject to, if not murder charges, lesser charges such as manslaughter or aiding in the commission of a crime?
If your answer is "no", why not, if abortion is literally the murder of a human being?

I am a pro life person, however, I do believe in abortions for certain situations. Incest, rape, or where the life/physical health is in jeapordy. To me abortion is a late stage birth control. Accidents do happen on birth control, but there are so many people out there who cannot have children that want to become parents that to me I would rather give the child up to parents who will love and care for it than to dispose of a life for my convenience.

That being said, my teenage daughter became pregnant and when I talked to her she had the option to keep the baby and I would do what I could to help her, or give it up. Abortion never was an option.