Is abortion of a group of cells murder?
537778
To answer your question, yes it is.
1126957
I'm pro-choice. A woman's rights come before that of the clump of cells and tissues that have invaded her uterus.
172030
Yes.  Even John Kerry, who supported abortion, stated that life begins at conception.  And as medical technology advances, we are finding that an infant can live outside the womb at earlier ages than before thought.\n\nTo FromMontana:  You speak of science, yet your response is quite unscientific. If life does not begin at conception, then there is no life at all in the fertilized egg.  If there is no life in the fertilized egg, that it is unable to divide and multiply.  If it is unable to multiply and divide, there would never be an eventual baby.  Living matter does not suddenly derive from non-living matter.  If I recall correctly, the Law of Biogenisis (life begets life), disproved spontaneous generation in the 1700's.  Yet to make the claim that the fetus is not alive implies the ridiculous conclusion that life (the born baby), suddenly sprang from dead matter.  Please, give me a break.
1076124
No, abortion is a device to kill a fetus.  Contraception devices should be the morning after pill, the patch, iuds, birh control pills, condoms (at the top of the list, because of AIDS too), spermicidal jelly, spermicidal foams, and the list goes on.  \n\nAbortion is used as a solution to the Oops Factor.  People so irresponsible they became caught up in the moment and now a child must die.
744331
Some folks carry the abortion thing to extreme extremes, like to the point of conception.  Get a copy of monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" and check out the (I think second) vingette, "Every Sperm is Special".  It's a hoot.
905174
Abortion is the killing of an unborn child! It's not a lifeless blob. That makes little to no sense at all. If you put a woman and a man together, they're not going to create a blob. They're gonna create a CHILD, which is what a fetus is. If one says ' I cant care for the child.....I have work school etc', adoption is a good answer. For the kids concieved in rape, it's not the childs fault who the father is. I feel for the mother and the baby.... But truly, it's a horrible horrible crime and should be stopped.
656945
Yes its murder, and as for salamander guy above, from inception the egg is developing into a human life,it is not like a salamander neurologically,that's like saying its ok to kill a caterpillar but not a butterfly,your an idiot,life is life and just because its in its beginning or developmental stage,does not mitigate its value as life.Is it ok to kill a sapling but not a tree,or a tadpole ,but not a  frog,abortion is an issue of self centered people,choosing their own selfish desires ,over the responsibility for the value of the life they have created,and if it was not for an ultra liberal,gutless,supreme court we would not even have to be subjected to the issue of this legal murder.My guess is the same people that are proponents of abortion ar proponents of same sex marriages,got to go feel like puking now.
923454
Plan B is Abortion, Abortion is murder.
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Hello spock_darwin.. :)\n\nAbortion\n\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nAn abortion is the removal or expulsion from the uterus of an embryo or fetus, resulting in or caused by its death. \n\n==============================================\n\nHow can a embryor fetus die..if it was not alive..\n\nSo according to Wikipedia encyclopedia..yes it would be murder..\n\nIn Jesus Most Precious Name..\nWith Love..In Christ..
372396
That's wrong. According to the Bible, in Genesis chapter 2, Adam "became" a soul when he was created. He wasn't GIVEN one. Abortion is clearly murder, whether people try all sorts of ways to justify it (which they can't).
797906
I would say no.. and I've heard an argument (zealots don't attack me, I've not looked it up, only heard it) that in the bible a man kills a pregnant woman and his sin is killing the woman.. that is his only sin.. not for the death of the child inside her.. which would suggest that in the eyes of God a pregnant woman is one person.
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you can very well believe in God yet still think abortion is okay, but it is wrong.\n\nto those who think abortion is fine, that its not murder, just go do a google search of websites that show you photographs of aborted children. you will see they have arms and legs and hearts and brains...\n\nsome even have full bodies, they just look... well... dead.\ninfact, here are some sites to copy and paste:\n\nhttp://www.100abortionpictures.com/Aborted%5FBaby%5FPictures%5FAbortion%5FPhotos/\n\nhttp://www.christiangallery.com/smdead.html\n\nif you dont want to see VERY graphic pics, dont go there. if you want to know the truth, have a look.\n\nbut every one of them is human when aborted.\nso, abortion is literally murder.\n\nIf your "mature" enough to have sex, your "mature" enough to take responsibility for your actions. and if you were raped, there is adoption. no excuses.
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I think it's a very misunderstood issue - the other answers confirm this. You can't simply label it "murder" and feel satisfied with yourself for being morally surperior. It's not that simple. \n\nIf an abortion takes place early on, this "human being" is still only a collection of cells, no bigger than the period at the end of this sentence.\n\nI refuse to decide whether it is right or wrong, however, because, I will admit, I am no expert on the subject. But neither are most of the people who have answered "Murder!" It is not our place to make that decision, nor is it anyone's place to harass a woman who is trying to decide whether or not to go through with one.
60878
Absolutely.  That baby is half the father's too.  The mother will ultimately probably have the final say.  Abortion could affect her uterus enough that she is unable to have children in the future due to scar tissue buildup.
332835
an embryo is a mass of cells dividing and whatnot.  a fetus is when signs of life are discernible
792633
Abortion is murder no matter how you look at it
757631
Stem cells are cell in the humane body that have not yet been defined. meaning they have not developed to the point of of becoming an organized mass called tissue such as muscle tissue  or skin tissue or nerve tissue. This is important because researchers are investigating ways to coax stem cells into developing  into specific types of tissue  within the body  to aid in the cure of injuries and disease. For example if someones spinal cord was cut and you could get stem cells to develop into spinal cord tissue to repair the damage . this has actually been demonstrated in mice. now this is somewhat of an oversimplification but you get the idea.\n\nNow as stated by previous answers there are 2 types of stem cells Adult and Embryonic. The controversy is over the use of Embryonic stem cells. there are several ethical debates that arise from embryonic stem cells..\n1.Obviously by their nature they are derived from embryos or fertilized eggs. Now those believing that life begins at inception (such as myself) think that is destruction of viable life and object on these grounds.. Others say there are thousands of embryos created for in-vitro fertilization and many go unused and likely will never be implanted so why not get some good from them. To better illustrate my position let me paint a slightly different picture. Let say one person had a unique  immune system that created antibodies that would attack and destroy all types of cancer.. Obviously these cells would be useful to curing those afflicted. Now would it be ethical to pass a law requiring that individual to donate blood and tissue against his will so that thousands could be cured. Worse yet would it be ethical to require that individual to submit cells for cloning  so even more could be cured. this brings us to the second Issue\n2. The second way to to get embryonic stem cells is by cloning and harvesting the stem cells before the embryo develops into  a fetus. The moral and ethical implications here are obvious. you might call this the production line approach and the very idea is intolerable to many people.\n3. Lastly, Once use of embryonic stem cell is deemed acceptable would it be legal to sell ones eggs much like people sell plasma today.Currently there is no prohibition on the practice  and it would likely be used. Realizing that the female body produces a finite supply of eggs determined at birth the use of financial incentives to induce women likely poor woman to donate raises it's own ethical questions \n\nCurrently federal funding for embryonic stem cell research on new embryo's is banned. the government has made an exception for a few strains of cells that were developed prior to the funding ban. This ban is not on research but on federal funding the private sector as well as state funding wholly with state dollars is still legal\nAs far as Adult stem cell research goes there are no restrictions I know of\nSo there you have the debate in a nutshell as for yourself you have to decide on your own ethics. I have tried to give as unbiased a coverage as I can detailing the pertinent facts.