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each year many unborn babies are deliberately aborted.

sayak83

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a personal choice or a question of morality?
Why abortion does not kill a person
Abortion
Abortion

Given the non-person status of the early term fetus, why autonomy rights trump potentiality arguments against abortion
Abortion

If a person says a fetus in early weeks is a person, she must do so based in her own worldview that is not shared by other equally reasonable persons (see first two links) and hence it cannot be used as a justification to overturn autonomy rights.
 
women who have an abortion do so for many relationship problems,not wanting to be a single mother,others view abortion as a violation.
in God's eyes human life is sacred
 

Skwim

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each year many unborn babies are deliberately aborted.
And 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage.


"Miscarriage is the loss of a pregnancy in the first 20 weeks. (In medical articles, you may see the term "spontaneous abortion" used in place of miscarriage.) About 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, and more than 80 percent of these losses happen before 12 weeks.
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And FWIW:

Studies have found that 30 to 50 percent of fertilized eggs are lost before or during the process of implantation – often so early that a woman goes on to get her period at about the expected time.
source: ibid​

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And 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage.


"Miscarriage is the loss of a pregnancy in the first 20 weeks. (In medical articles, you may see the term "spontaneous abortion" used in place of miscarriage.) About 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, and more than 80 percent of these losses happen before 12 weeks.
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I mean deliberately chosen abortion
 

sayak83

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women who have an abortion do so for many relationship problems,not wanting to be a single mother,others view abortion as a violation.
in God's eyes human life is sacred
Not a good argument for those who do not believe in your God (or any God).
So probably, if you are going this route, you should first convert everybody and then make this argument?
 

Skwim

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I mean deliberately chosen abortion
Yes I know, which make up 19% of all pregnancies.

"Nineteen percent of pregnancies (excluding miscarriages) in 2014 ended in abortion."
source

My point being that the number of "deliberately chosen abortions" is pretty much the same as spontaneous abortions.


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Not a good argument for those who do not believe in your God (or any God).
So probably, if you are going this route, you should first convert everybody and then make this argument?
I have been mother for many years and I am strongly convinced that abortion is the worst decision ever made
 

Kilgore Trout

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I have been mother for many years and I am strongly convinced that abortion is the worst decision ever made

For some people, giving birth was the worst decision ever made - for both them and their child. You should try to imagine that other people have different situations and experiences than you. I know this can be difficult for some people.
 

sayak83

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I have been mother for many years and I am strongly convinced that abortion is the worst decision ever made
You are welcome to view it as such and do not yourself practice or recommend abortion. To convince others, specifically for making abortions legal, you need a few arguments.
Plenty of long time mothers are equally convinced of the rightness of mothers to have access to abortion services. I know several.
 
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