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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 8 years ago

Isn't abortion already illegal?

Murder is illegal and is a felony. Shouldn't this include abortion? Why don't we try abortionists for murder?

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  • 8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Because our country is sick and selfish.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Multiple supreme court cases have held that a fetus is not a person when it is inside the womb. However, there have been compromises made. Abortions are generally illegal when the pregnancy is past 6 months unless it will endanger the mother to give birth.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Making abortion unlawful will under no circumstances completely wipe it out. If that occurs (a dull ringer for earlier) many women human beings ought to turn to unlawful abortion, it extremely is somewhat hazardous, and from which many women human beings die. also, a lady must have the alternative of what to do with her body. no human being has the right to inform her what to do at the same time as they have under no circumstances walked a mile in her shoes, or understand even in the slightest degree of her issue. and ultimately, notwithstanding it may be somewhat confusing, at the same time as embryo (no longer a fetus) is in this is first trimester, this is only a collection of cells. it isn't a touch one contained in the slightest bit, and in understand way conceivable to proceed to exist on earth. this is no longer even categorized as a fetus (toddler) till the 2d trimester. i will continually be professional-decision and an recommend for women human beings's rights. many women human beings have worked lengthy and confusing to take care of for us the rights we've and take with no interest on the on the spot.

  • 8 years ago

    Because you can only be charged with murder for killing a human. The general consensus is that an embryo isn't a human until 3rd trimester.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    If you read murder statutes, they specifically exclude the killing of a fetus with a mother's consent from the statute.

    So... you can't try abortionists for murder, because their lawyers would just say "Um, guys, it says right here in the law that there was no murder."

  • Jenny
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    As with any crime against humanity, the simplest way is to deny that they are human.

    People on here have said all sorts of things such as, at six months, it's just a clump of cells and a human at 8-10 months is as developed as a cow.

  • I get the strange impression that you're more in favor of oppressing women than you are of saving unborn fetuses.

  • Erwin
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    See Roe v Wade

  • 8 years ago

    Right.

    ...but Liberals hold the culture, and if you say a lie often enough, then it becomes a truth.

    Liberals are capable of holding contradictions without discomfort, so to expose their consistency is a waste of time.

  • 8 years ago

    Nope. It's legal.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Abortion is legal ... end of story ... !

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