
A fetus is not just a clump of cells. It is a living human organism with its own unique DNA, its own developing organs, heartbeat, brain activity, and biological processes. It grows, responds to stimuli, develops the capacity to think and feel, and can die. It carries out the same fundamental processes of life as any other human being, just at an earlier stage of development. Being dependent on its mother doesn’t make it any less alive or human.
Fetuses actually produce waste while in the womb, but they typically don’t poop until after birth. They swallow amniotic fluid, which their digestive system processes as it develops. Waste accumulates in their intestines as a substance called meconium, a thick, dark green or black stool made up of swallowed fluid, mucus, and shed cells. After birth, babies usually pass this as their first bowel movement.
Curious to know your stance on what options a woman (or girl, unfortunately) should have if they are raped, or if the pregnancy is predicted to kill one or both. Follow up question, do you think our justice system makes it feasible for victims to get justice OR support for the child they may or may not be forced to have?
Another follow up, are you aware than many of us would LITERALLY rather die than be forced to go through with a pregnancy, let alone BE pregnant? “Pro life” but, and I’m not saying this to exaggerate, both me AND the thing you consider a baby are dying if I don’t have the choice to abort. “Give me liberty or give me death.”
Yeah, it’s a bit unfair. But I think it’s more unfair for children to be raised on the streets because parents are homeless, or to go hungry. I think it’s unfair for a child to grow up where their parents are in an abusive relationship. Or for them to be the subject of abuse. To be resented by their parents. For a child to have a serious medical condition the parents can’t afford/support. Kids deserve to be born, yes. But they deserve to have their basic needs met and be loved.
Please call 988. I’m not joking. You shouldn’t be feeling this way about life, and I genuinely think you’re dealing with depression. I’ve never had those kinds of thoughts. I love being alive and would choose to be born every single time. I hope you can eventually see life that way too.
Castrate the rapist and torture him every single day for the rest of his life. The mother is already a victim, let’s not make a second victim by killing the kid. They literally had nothing to do with the rape. It was the piece of shit rapist, who should face consequences. The mother can give him up for adoption if she’s not comfortable raising it, which I totally understand.
This is a misplaced assumption. I’m very happy with my life and have had plenty of great experiences, but I would choose non-existence (not death, important distinction) if given the choice, for a number of reasons. You aren’t given a choice about being born; let’s not pretend there isn’t inherent cruelty into forcing life into this world to experience suffering and the weight of mortality.
Ok, but you didn't answer this: do you think our justice system makes it feasible for victims to get justice OR support for the child they may or may not be forced to have? Do you think it's fair to force women and maybe girls to risk their life when (MOST) rapists get off Scott free? You also didn't answer what to do if the pregnancy is predicted to kill one or both the mother and to-be child. And while the kid had nothing to do with it, they are the product of it. I don't think you 1/2
2/2 understand the trauma of carrying and having your body PERMANENTLY ALTERED, maybe even destroyed/killed, due to something out of your control and for which there is no justice. You will Never understand, and as much as your stance is cruel, 1 would not wish it upon you, or anyone. Yet you wish forced birth upon victims of rape. Fuck you. That is not your decision to make.