Is abortion just as bad as killing a newborn baby?

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When I was little before I knew much about pregnancy, I believed that abortion was illegal everywhere and that nearly everyone saw abortion as being as unacceptable as killing a born infant.

I was shocked when I discovered that abortion is legal in most places and that lots of people saw it as being okay.

I would like to add that "morning sickness" is a bit misleading term; it is not uncommon for pregnant women to feel nauseous and throw up from time to time through the whole day instead of just mornings when the pregnancy reaches a certain point. If it was just mornings, it'd probably be more tolerable (not that I know; haven't been pregnant.)

^ Yes, I know that. Just because it's called "morning sickness" doesn't mean it automatically ends at noon. But when people think of morning sickness, they think of the horrible nausea women feel when they are pregnant for the first few months.

I wouldn't find it tolerable at any time of day. Nausea feels horrible and worse than any type of pain or discomfort.

Let me tell you something.

Life can be cruel for women especially with the choices they're given. My mother got pregnant when she was in high school. She had two choices: Finish high school or raise a child. She could NOT HAVE BOTH. She chose abortion and graduated high school, college, and got a degree in finance. I was born when my mother was 19 and I remain the oldest of three siblings.

Another option she had was have the baby and put it up for an adoption. She still chose abortion.

Go through the pain of childbirth at the age she was at the time? She said nope.

Let's make it super clear: this is a personal opinion of The_Walrus, not anything official for WP.

In particular, having experienced pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood (but not abortion nor miscarriage), I do not agree with this opinion.
Simply, it's not nearly that easy.

A forming human being is a forming human being, not a mouse nor a chicken. But this being is being formed at the expense of their mother's body, definitely not for free, it can be an enormous price.
I do accept both arguments.

"Is abortion as bad as killing a newborn"? If the newborn can be adopted, no - because there is an alternative. Current medicine can't transplant a fetus, so there is no third option. The mother might need to either sacrifice her health or her forming child, can't have both, no third way. This is a different dilemma than once the child is born and can be adopted.

I don't believe such decisions should be made by sweeping state policies.

No I think it's not as bad as killing a newborn baby. I consider a newborn to be fully aware whereas a fetus certainly a lot less so.