... is not truly a child. Many people who are pro-abortion justify their beliefs through the concept that a fetus is only a piece of tissue until it is born, or the statement: life begins at birth. Abortion is not as simple as removing a piece of tissue from a woman's body. Abortion is the destruction, dismembering and killing of a human life--an unborn baby. But it ... is scientific and medical fact based on experimental evidence, that a fetus is a living, growing, thriving human being, directing his or her own development (Netscape). A fetus is not just a piece of tissue; rather a fetus i...

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... ; or there's also Mifepristone (RU-486). This pill is a three-step procedure and can only be taken if the pregnancy is no further than seven weeks. The woman takes two separate pills, in no more than two days apart, and finally after 2 weeks, goes back to the doctor to make sure she is free of fetal tissue. In the second tri ... term, "Intact D&E" can be used (dilation and evacuation), where the fetus' skull is collapsed and then pulled through. By the third tri semester, the fetus is just horrifically disassembled, piece by piece, mostly feet first. The woman's pregnancy is already into...

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... or not minors are mature enough to make an informed decision about abortion without their parent's approval. The stance that parental approval should be required for all abortions has two separate views .. The Argument: Our country recognizes the diminished decision-making capacities of minors in many areas. Those under 21 are prohibited from consuming alcohol. Before they turn 18, children are ... , innocent, harmless fetuses that could soon be laughing children are being brutally destroyed. One form of abortion is to cut the fetus into pieces with serrated forceps before being removed,...

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... a human being. The methods differ but the results are the same - a dead baby. Even abortion supporters admit this. Dr. Malcom Watts, writing a pro-abortion piece for the California Medical Association said: "...it has been necessary to separate the idea of abortion from the idea of killing, which continues to be socially abhorrent. The result has been a curious avoidance of the scientific fact ... ...

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... cases until it had quickened. After quickening, the expulsion and destruction of the fetus without due case was considered a crime, because the fetus itself had manifested some semi-balance of a separate existence: the ability to move (pg3). The even more controversial question: Is the fetus alive? Has been at the forefront of the debate. Medically, the procedure of removing a blockage was ... pills which were sold as "a blessing to mothers . . . and although very mild and prompt in their operations, pregnant females should not use them, as they may invariably produce a miscarriage": A ...

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... cases until it had quickened. After quickening, the expulsion and destruction of the fetus without due case was considered a crime, because the fetus itself had manifested some semi-balance of a separate existence: the ability to move (pg3). The even more controversial question: Is the fetus alive? Has been at the forefront of the debate. Medically, the procedure of removing a blockage was ... pills which were sold as "a blessing to mothers . . . and although very mild and prompt in their operations, pregnant females should not use them, as they may invariably produce a miscarriage": A ...

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... -life forces all agree that the answer to the abortion question hinges on this distinction. Politicians are now introducing legislation to define life as beginning at conception. It is a good piece of legislation and should go far toward protecting the life of an unborn. Yet can a Christian rest his beliefs on such legislation? In the past, governing bodies in the United ... are right or put a great deal of thought into their aims. However, scientists now confirm that the fetus is a living human being. Fetologists argue that shortly after conception a fetus is a separate, treatable patie...

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