That may be true in practice, and at least if the decision were made immediately. But if that was the standard rule, society would adept, and more clinics would open and the process streamlined (and it would be a helluva lot easier to perform the early term one than later term ones). Eventually you'd have the same number of abortions being performed before the deadline as you do now.
It may actually INCREASE the number, since mothers that aren't sure may get one anyways rather than wait on their decision (and then decide to keep it).
In your example, the cannibal only can eat so much, so the restriction almost guarantees reduction. But I guess it's possible he could just pig out and eat x7 on Tuesday.
In the real world, we could have just as many abortions done with a 5week limit as we could a 24 week limit. There's nothing logically stopping it.
By what logic?
I'm pretty consistent that the fetus has its own DNA (and is its own person) from conception. Every thing else is just stages of growth.
Rhayne said until it develops a nervous system, it's just a clump of cells.
You pointed out when this happens, and that it's a "step in the right direction".
Thus you admit, it's better to abort a 2 week old fetus, than a 2 month old fetus.
Yet you also claim that life begins at conception and it's the same to abort a zygote as it is to kill a 30 year old woman.
Oh, I see what you mean.
I'm saying restricting it to the first few weeks you'd have significantly fewer cases.
Imagine a cannibal that eats people every day switches to only eating people on Tuesdays. We still wouldn't be happy, but it's the right direction.
That may be true in practice, and at least if the decision were made immediately. But if that was the standard rule, society would adept, and more clinics would open and the process streamlined (and it would be a helluva lot easier to perform the early term one than later term ones). Eventually you'd have the same number of abortions being performed before the deadline as you do now.
It may actually INCREASE the number, since mothers that aren't sure may get one anyways rather than wait on their decision (and then decide to keep it).
In your example, the cannibal only can eat so much, so the restriction almost guarantees reduction. But I guess it's possible he could just pig out and eat x7 on Tuesday.
In the real world, we could have just as many abortions done with a 5week limit as we could a 24 week limit. There's nothing logically stopping it.