Foetuses 'cannot experience pain'

[Xiahou]

What a load. By his definition, you could wait til the baby is born and then strangle it- no pain, no harm right?

Honestly, how many months old does a baby need to be to understand it's "location"?

[Rodion Romanovich]

Honestly, how many months old does a baby need to be to understand it's "location"?

Varies between 1.5 and 2.5 years, I think. The question isn't really about whether the fetus can feel pain, but whether we consider it morally correct to kill a fetus after conception. I'd say the main reason isn't that you're killing a fetus that can't feel anything, but that a couple that can't make up their mind on whether to have a baby or not before they go to bed aren't fit to have a child, and then should never allow a conception to take place in the first place, therefore the need for abortion would never occur. As for rape victims, it's important to make sure people who don't rape carry on their genes to another generation, therefore abortion for rape victims is a necessity.

Edit: when I say a person should have made up their mind before sex aren't grown-up enough to have a child, then it might look like an argument for abortion. But as long as there is abortion, they'll keep repeating this behavior because they know they can always stop the pregnancy. So it's an argument against abortion. The matter is complicated because if rape victims are the only to be allowed abortion, then women who want an abortion might accuse their partner of rape in order to get permission for abortion. Not an easy question at all IMO.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Pro-Abortionists can't experience pain either, because they lack the mental development needed to.

Don't insult fetii! And it doesn't matter if it can feel pain; shoot someone up with enough novacain they won't feel pain either, but that don't mean we can kill them.