I'm
incredibly tired of, and disgusted by, people who claim that abortion
is perfectly fine because it's “just a mass of cells” or the
“zygote/embryo/fetus” isn't really “human” until it's born.
Here are some medical facts that put the lie to those kind of
statements.
The
embryology textbook “Before We Are
Born: Essentials of Embryology and Birth Defects” (page 500)
states: 'The zygote and early embryo are LIVING HUMAN organisms.'
[emphasis mine]
There
is another embryology textbook that bears the title “Human
Life Before Birth.”
A
short time line of a typical pregnancy, lasting 38 weeks, beginning 3
weeks after fertilization:
3
Weeks: The
eyes and spinal cord are visible and the developing brain has two
lobes.
3
Weeks, 1 day: The heart begins to beat.
4
Weeks: The heart is beating and a circulatory system is in place.
Specific brain components and internal organs such as the
lungs are beginning to develop and can be identified. The heart
typically beats between 105 and 121 times per minute.
7
Weeks: Muscles and nerves begin working together. When the upper lip
is tickled, the arms move backwards.
The cerebrum has divided into hemispheres.
9
Weeks: More than 90% of the body structures found in a full-grown
human are present. The medical classification changes from an embryo
to a fetus. This dividing line was chosen by embryologists because
from this point forward, most development involves growth in existing
body structures instead of the formation of new ones. The preborn
human moves body parts without any outside stimulation.
10
Weeks: All parts of the brain and spinal cord are formed. The heart
pumps blood to every part of the body.
The whole body is sensitive to touch except for portions of
the head. The preborn human makes facial expressions.
12
Weeks: Electrical signals from the nervous system are measurable.
After an abortion, efforts to suckle will sometimes be observed.
(Nope – not human at all, is it?)
14
Weeks: The preborn human makes coordinated movements of the arms and
legs.
16
Weeks: The preborn human makes eye movements.
18
Weeks: The portion of the brain responsible for functions such as
reasoning, memory and language (the cerebral cortex) has the same
number of nerve cells as a full-grown adult. Pain sensory receptors
have spread to all portions of the skin and mucous membranes.
20
Weeks: The preborn human sleeps, awakes and can hear sounds.
24
Weeks: The blink-startle reflex and taste buds are functional. The
preborn human will swallow more amniotic fluid if a sweetener is
added to it. The grip is
strong enough to hold onto an object that is moving up and down. If
born and given specialized care, the survival rate is more than 80%.
28
Weeks: If exposed to an 85 decibel noise while sleeping (about as
loud as a blender), preborn humans exhibit the "motor behaviors
that accompany the crying state."
Premature infants born at this time are more sensitive to
pain than infants who are born at 38 weeks, and infants who are born
at 38 weeks are more sensitive to pain than infants at 3-12 months
after birth. If born and given specialized care, the survival rate
is more than 95%.
38
Weeks: Average point in time when humans are born. At birth, the
medical classification changes from a fetus to a neonate.
Another
scientific textbook, called "Basics of Biology," gives five
characteristics of living things; these five criteria are found in
all modern elementary scientific textbooks:
1.
Living things are highly organized.
2.
All living things have an ability to acquire materials and energy.
3.
All living things have an ability to respond to their environment.
4.
All living things have an ability to reproduce.
5.
All living things have an ability to adapt.
It
*is* LIFE. This is indisputable FACT.
Furthermore,
that life is unquestionably human. A human being is a member of the
species homo
sapiens. Human beings are products of
conception, which is when a human male sperm unites with a human
female oocyte (egg). When humans procreate, they don't make
non-humans like slugs, monkeys, cactuses, bacteria, or any such
thing. Emperically-verifiable proof is as close as your nearest
abortion clinic: send a sample of an aborted fetus to a laboratory
and have them test the DNA to see if its human or not. Genetically,
a new human being comes into existence from the earliest moment of
conception.
Definition
of abortion: 1. Also called voluntary abortion. the removal
of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
2. any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy,
especially during the first six months.
According
to the website uslegal.com, murder is defined as: A person commits
the crime of murder if with intent to cause the death of another
person, he causes the death of that person or of another person,or
under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life,
he recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death
to a person other than himself, and thereby causes the death of
another person.
We've
already established that the zygote/embryo/fetus is HUMAN. We've
established that it's ALIVE from the moment of conception. Abortion,
for the purposes of this discussion, is the removal of said
embryo/fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. In short,
they kill it. Murder is causing, with the intent to do so, the death
of another human being. These facts are inarguable.
From
conception forward, at no point in time is this scientifically NOT a
human being. There's no moral or religious argument in this post,
although I could frame those arguments as well. These are cold,
hard, UNBIASED, medical and scientific FACTS. Anyone who believes
they can deny them has an agenda, not TRUTH, on their side. So I ask
you,
“pro-choicers” - how abortion is NOT murder? Know this – when
you say your PRO-CHOICE, what you're really saying is you're
PRO-MURDER. Again, this is not a religious argument – it's science
and logic. You can try to argue it if you want, but you'll only show
your ignorance of fact.
Look
– I'll be honest here. I don't know all the answers. I don't
PRETEND to know all the answers. I don't know how these murdered
children would have grown up, who they would have become. Nobody
knows. Nobody COULD know. Not knowing, however, doesn't mean I
can't take a stand against abortion. And as a victim of abortion, I
*demand* my right to give my opinion (what *should* have been my second child was murdered at four and a half months into the pregnancy by her "mother").
What
I DO know is abortion is just flat out wrong, evil. It *is* MURDER,
as I've outlined above. The intentional taking of
human life is murder, plain and simple. This isn't an *US vs. THEM*
issue anymore; this is about *GOOD vs. EVIL.* Abortion certainly
doesn't represent any God-given right as I understand the
Constitution.
This
is about making a CHOICE, and not in the way the left means, either.
Abortion represents the choice and desire to shirk the consequences
of your actions; to deny that you even HAVE responsibility for the
creation of another living being. That child didn't just *magically*
appear. For you to become pregnant, you kinda had to be there. Your
actions come with consequences. Why is it that the only INNOCENT
person, one who wasn't even INVOLVED in your actions, is the one that
pays the price?
The
last few paragraphs of this post did not come easy, and if I offend a
woman who had an abortion and now regrets it, I humbly apologize.
I'm not picking on women who've had abortions; I'm really not. This
post isn't directed at you. This is directed at the militant
pro-murder crowd; the ones who think abortions should be handed out
like they're candy – the women who carry a mattress with them
wherever they go, along with a sign that says “curb service.”
You “ladies” - and I use that in the LOOSEST possible manner -
say you're adults. Why don't you try ACTING like one? ~ Hunter
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