If a foetus has the potential to grow into a complete human being, isn't abortion murder?

No. Don't listen to the people who say yes. Anti-abortion is anti-women's rights. It sounds harsh but it's true. A fetus is not a human being, it is a fetus. People are brain washed by religion and other forces into being mindless followers of an old and outdated way of thinking.

I respect life (emphasis on life) and think that having a baby is a beautiful thing, but abortion is not murder.

No, murder is illegal , abortion is not. Obviously this is semantics. FYI, every sperm is "potentially" a human, so is every egg. Millions of sperm die without every resulting in an actual human. Miscarriages also happen all the time as do still births. There are no guarantees that a child will result from any pregnancy.

Well sure it is. I never met a woman who has thought any different even though they have had one. Something happens to a woman when a life is growing in her. The sad truth is, Liberals concentrate on how to pick up a mess rather than preventing a mess. I am 100% behind Birth Control. Unfortunately most of the girls getting ABORTIONS use them as Birth Control.

Foetus is the primary musical outlet of J. G. Thirlwell. Until 1995 the band underwent various name changes, all including the word foetus.

An acorn is potentially an oak tree, do you need a permit from the government to crush an acorn? Potentiality is not actuality. 40% of fertilized eggs never implant. 40% of embryos that implant spontaneously abort. Tend to your morality and let others tend to theirs. If you think it is murder, do not EVER have an abortion. Problem solved.

If harambe had the potential to be an amazing gorilla, isn't climbing into the zoo exhibit murder?

Key word here being POTENTIAL. So not a complete human being YET. Hence it's not murder.

I believe a baby is a gift from god. we've all had presents we don't like or want. abortion is just a way of returning it. its not murder it's a legal medical procedure. if you are against abortion then simply don't have one should you ever get pregnant

It all depends on what your particular God says about it.

And as Pink Floyd said,

" And who'd deny, that's what the fighting all about."

Yep.