ogugua88:

That's not exactly true. If a fetus has everything a human being has, then it should be able to survive and thrive on its own. There's a reason why abortions are legal until late-term (varying on the state or country). Late-term abortions are illegal because fetuses have a higher chance at surviving.

Revealing gruesome details doesn't solve anything either. If you're anti-abortion, then you should be anti-what-leads-to-abortion, and that's unwanted pregnancies via molestation, unsafe sex, or failed contraception. If you think gruesome details will work, then you should take a look at what's happening in the United States. It's a disgusting argument and reduces women's rights. As a woman, that's not the kind of situation in which I'd like to find myself. I'd like to make a decision because it was my call and not because someone swayed me.
For those whom will be swayed, they will either carry a child they're not ready to have, carry a child and luckily grow a stable family, or mental issues will burden the mother, which could lead to miscarriage, aka spontaneous abortion.

I hope in the midst of all this that one considers the mother. I know in certain arguments in the US, it's as if the mother isn't considered at all. I don't find a developing embryo or fetus more important than its mother. A healthy mother, in terms of physical, emotional, and mental health, is the best host for a developing being. Too many times do women who aren't healthy or prepared give birth, and they can't provide for their children. To me, that's unfair fate for that born child. I know there's no such thing as an ideal situation, but I think we should be striving towards babies being born in ideal
environments. Eradicating abortions does little to enhance that
in my opinion.

ogugua88: 5. Don't post pornographic or disgusting pictures or videos on any section of Nairaland.

sweetcheecks: Gruesome details do not solve anything but helps people make better decissions knowing all the facts. Ofcourse it will be tough eradicate abortions but the use of abortions must not replace proper familly planning and pregnency prevention. I am very sure that very few individuals who have done the procedure had all the facts and understanding of what really is happening. Becouse they told " the say story that foetus are not human without being given all the information to make up their minds. Thats all I am saying.

sweetcheecks: Is that ponographic or disgusting pics in your view? Well my bad. You are free to remove them then "madam".

ogugua88:

That's not exactly true. If a fetus has everything a human being has, then it should be able to survive and thrive on its own. There's a reason why abortions are legal until late-term (varying on the state or country). Late-term abortions are illegal because fetuses have a higher chance at surviving.

Revealing gruesome details doesn't solve anything either. If you're anti-abortion, then you should be anti-what-leads-to-abortion, and that's unwanted pregnancies via molestation, unsafe sex, or failed contraception. If you think gruesome details will work, then you should take a look at what's happening in the United States. It's a disgusting argument and reduces women's rights. As a woman, that's not the kind of situation in which I'd like to find myself. I'd like to make a decision because it was my call and not because someone swayed me.
For those whom will be swayed, they will either carry a child they're not ready to have, carry a child and luckily grow a stable family, or mental issues will burden the mother, which could lead to miscarriage, aka spontaneous abortion.

I hope in the midst of all this that one considers the mother. I know in certain arguments in the US, it's as if the mother isn't considered at all. I don't find a developing embryo or fetus more important than its mother. A healthy mother, in terms of physical, emotional, and mental health, is the best host for a developing being. Too many times do women who aren't healthy or prepared give birth, and they can't provide for their children. To me, that's unfair fate for that born child. I know there's no such thing as an ideal situation, but I think we should be striving towards babies being born in ideal environments. Eradicating abortions does little to enhance that in my opinion.

booqee: gbam!


but @op, imagine this, a POOR young girl was raped by several men, and eventually got pregnant. And she came to you for advice, on whether to abort it or not, knowing fully well dat she not okay financially?? Would you advise her to keep the child to grow up as a bastard, who would never know his real father or to keep the pregnancy. I know abortion is wrong..but unfortunately some reasons are justified.

some reasons are justified?
I bet if u commit murder, some reasons would be justified?
I bet if someone rap.es, some reasons would be justified?
I bet all those dumb leaders looting, some reasons would be justified?

Sorry ma'am but there's NO JUSTIFICATIOn for abortion!

carr96:

some reasons are justified?
I bet if u commit murder, some reasons would be justified?
I bet if someone rap.es, some reasons would be justified?
I bet all those dumb leaders looting, some reasons would be justified?

Sorry ma'am but there's NO JUSTIFICATIOn for abortion!

ogugua88: Well, whoever says there's no justification for abortion isn't an empathetic human being. Under no circumstances should a molested woman or a woman suffering complications, such as ectopic pregnancy, be forced to deliver. That's more inhumane than the abortion itself.

The young Indian woman that died in Ireland comes to mind. She should have had an abortion but was denied under Irish law. Doctors told her no because "This is a Catholic country". She suffered in agony for hours before losing the baby. Then, she died some days later thanks to blood poisoning. Where's the humanity in that?

ogugua88:
A fetus is not a human being. That's like calling a sprouting mango seed a full mango tree.

Sweetcheecks:
What then constitute a human being? As the foetus has everything that a human being has unlike a seed.

To me a seed would be a sperm and an egg or at worst an ambryo not a fully developed foetus with all the organs, limbs, brain and soul.

I do not agree with your comparison here.

Abstinence is not really a reliable prevention technique hence I have not mentioned it as a fruitful option. And ofcourse what an individual decides to do is their own decision. Just creating awareness as many people do not have an idea of what happens in when one aborts. It is their right to be informed by revealing the gruesome details of the procedure and its up to each person to say whether the foetus is a human being or not.

I am sorry to see that the picture of the foetus has been removed becouse it settles the argument of whether a foetus is a human being or not. And how are people suppose to make informed decisions when information is taken from them?. .

The picture below is of a baby carried to term and delivered. Compare that foetus to this baby and tell me why that foetus would not be called a human when this baby is?


Knowladge is power! When people know better they make more informed decisions.

ogugua88:

A fetus isn't a human being. That's a fact.

fetus /fe·tus/ (fēt´us) [L.] the developing young in the uterus, specifically the unborn offspring in the postembryonic period, in humans from nine weeks after fertilization until birth.

I'm a human being and that description doesn't describe me.