[Professor S]

I am in support of abortion, but to a point. That point is when the child, if prematurely born, could be saved. That current point is 5 months.

After the fifth month, there should be no abortion. Yes, it is a woman's body, but at some point that body is caring for another human being even if that human being isn't "independent" purely for the reason that they haven't come out of the womb yet. This is whole argument in support of partial birth abortion (meaning that only the head and shoulders are outside of the woman so the child is not "technically" born yet), which is basically a loophole for legalized infanticide and one of the more reprehensible and selfish practices allowed by law.

We can't continue with this whole "all or nothing" philosophy when it comes to abortion, as it will get us nowhere. You can't simply state that "all abortion is legal" because there are 8 month old children being partially born in the world today and are then being put to sleep like you would euthanize a dog or cat.

You also can't state that "all abortion is illegal" because the fact of the matter is that for a long time the potential life is just a collection of cells. Also this does not account for rape victims, horrific abnormalities and so on and so forth.

There is one thing that has not come up yet, that is a sign of how far this argument has gone and become completely myopic in its scope: What about adoption? My mother ran a free adoption agency for years and the number of parents out there that are looking for a child regardless of race or abnormality is astounding. There are not enough children for them, to the point that they spend 3 times more money to adopt children outside of this country. Why is this not brought up as an alternative, even by Planned Parenthood (which honestly should be renamed Planned Abortion). This is a completely viable and much preferred alternative to late stage abortion and should be discussed more than it is.