First here are a few biological understandings that must be understood.
1.) Their are conditions, diseases, and physical events, that do happen that do mean the baby has 0 chance of survival or might already be dead that can or will be a severe risk to the mother. The argument that 'how can you possibly know' is B.S. we have developed things like Ultrasound Machines and various genetic testing methods. Since, the baby is in effect will never been born alive the answer of abortion/dnc is the only ethically correct answer in this case. We have the ability to save some baby's who in the past would have never made it, why not also exercise the ability to save the mother when we have it.
2.) A baby does not have a wonderful survival rate even after birth, and their are a lot of hormonal based things that go on that greatly effect both parents and the child. A child not close to it's mother has a significant chance of developing one of many anti-social disorders. While in utero a mother unknowing may send cells to attack the baby while under mental stress such as Rape or a mental disease. This is the muddy area. However, their is an interesting physiological test that I can't remember the name of it, but it's very famous for showing moral absolutism is unethical... so you can see it's a case by case bases here which once roughly answer divides it between 1.) or upcoming 3.)
3.) A baby is likely healthy but the mother does not want it. Well, first, there are many other methods of birth control, so it's not really all that common except in cases where teenagers and adults have been prevented information on birth control. So for those areas, lets continue... It's already been shown through many socio-economic studies, that it is better at this time for society as a whole for the mother to proceed with an abortion, as it significantly declines crime in general, murders, and a variety other societal problems. From a pure population versus planet sustainability aspect, it's also been shown that at this time, it's better to have less baby's. So from a pure societal aspect, go ahead mom. However, this is also where Religious doctrine and some ethical questions do exist, such is is killing the potential baby a slipper slope. Just because it's good right now, doesn't mean it's right.
So let's go view the Religious doctrine aspect. In the U.S. where this debate is pretty heavy, it's mainly the religious, particularly Catholics and Fundamental Christians. Well for the Catholics I can't say much, per their doctrine it's the Pope who interprets the scripture and not being the Pope I can't sight them much. Although for all other Christians out their, the rest of Christianity broke away from the Catholics for a reason, and the big one, is to be able to look at the Bible themselves and not having unknown edicts placed on them from a Pope.
For non-Catholic Christians: I site you these:
Exodus 21:22-25:
"When men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is miscarriage, and yet no harm follows, the one who hurt her shall be fined according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe."
"As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.” (Ecclesiastes 11:5)
Although than be fruitful and multiply I have even when going to the old Hebrew and Germanic version can not find a complete verse that support's Anti-abortion. Perhaps you can give me one.
This leads finally to the slippery slope argument, the question is, is the baby living? It is in the form of a parasite up until near birth (Yes, by definition parasite), during that last trimester though, their is the ability for the baby to survive, and in fact, the mother if she dies, typically will attempt to birth the child giving to random chance of it's survival. So, it seems, for the third trimester we have something that could turn into a living thing all by itself, so it appears slippery slope argues, no late term abortions.
But, that's exactly what we have in the U.S. no late term abortions, huh, it's almost as if their is nothing really here to argue about, we already have on the books what is ethically right.... hmmmm....
