The 8th - Repealed!

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 Het-field wrote:

 bhob wrote:

Just reading some of the online comments in social media from the Pro-Lifers would make you sick... 
A baby is a baby regardless of whether it's 2 weeks in the womb or 12 weeks.... there's a hidden agenda here by the government and they're up to something, this won't be just as per the referendum.

What kind of special case thinks like this?

I've mentioned he timeline here before. Most people won't actually know they are pregnant until they are 6-8 weeks along. The first four weeks of the pregnancy covers the gap between the last period and the conception of the child, which is hard to calculate. But by the time you'll know that you're pregnant and have it confirmed and have had a scan, you'll be able to see the heartbeat, and that can be within two weeks of actual conception.

When life brings is a hard moral question.

this is all true. no woman knows they are 2 weeks pregnant. that said, i don't buy into the argument that a baby at 10 weeks is any less of a baby than one at 12 weeks, or 40 weeks for that matter. abortion is ending a life. you can dress it up however you like but that is the truth. you are making a conscious decision to stop someones life. there is therefore a question about morality and who can make that decision. morality is not a question of following church doctrine. 

the extreme cases (rape, incest) often cloud the debate when in reality they make up for only a tiny percentage of abortions.  they should be debated as part of the wider debate but often these emotive issues distract from the core issue which is what is more important - a woman's choice or that of an unborn child. 

Poll Question: Will you vote to Repeal the 8th amendment?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Yes	74	[64.35%]
No	41	[35.65%]
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