fetus can't feel pain before 24 weeks

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Interesting. I just refreshed my knowledge on this and child destruction is not an offence under Scottish law, but abortion (when not covered by the various acts that allow for medical abortions) is still covered by the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act. Wow. I do remember studying 1861 Act however.

Northern Irish law follows English and Welsh law in this matter. Thus ends a lecture surely only I find fascinating.

[rika60607 215]

No that's a moment!

I do not think anything I could say would ever make any impact on you.

Google. It. You have to find for yourself or else you will not believe it anyway.

The truth is, despite people liking to talk about "abortion for the health of the mother," there is no actual medical reason for a woman to have an abortion.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

No that's a moment!

I do not think anything I could say would ever make any impact on you.

Google. It. You have to find for yourself or else you will not believe it anyway.

You honestly believe you can convince armchair doctors of this? Golly. How long have you been on VJ again?

[Susita 175]

I think I will

Amby ~ how many pages do you think this will reach before it gets closed?

Maybe if you open up another thread with something super scandalous it will divert everyone's attention

[Kathryn41 3,205]

This topic has strayed far and wide from the original post, which addresses a decision of the British government to continue to allow abortions up to 24 weeks due to the fetus not having sufficiently developed nerve endings to sense pain. All discussion about US law, about whether abortion is murder, whether killing a pregnant mother is double homicide, all personal positions regarding abortion are irrelevant to the original topic. Since there can be no consensus due to the nature of the subject matter and the wide variety of personal beliefs and since the discussion is no longer on the original topic, I am closing this thread.

I just saw Susita's post when I went to close the thread - it reached 245 posts long.

Edited June 27, 2010 by Kathryn41