Luck of the Draw

We live in the age of ultrasound, 3-D imaging, more powerful forms of stethoscopes - we know more about fetal development than we did 30 years ago. The fact is that not only is abortion murder, many forms of abortion are more sadistic and brutal than any form of torture imagined in our brutal past. We used to believe that the developing child had an "immature" nervous system and, as such, it would not "feel" the pain of an abortion. WRONG!!! Although it takes time for all of the nerves to be fully formed, as each nerve forms and is connected to the developing brain, there is an "all or nothing" response - once the nerve is activated, there is no "shut-off" or "dampening" mechanism in place to reduce or minimize the pain felt. Unlike us, mature adults, the developing child, and even the new born child, feels pain much more intensely than we do and cannot stop the pain. In-utero surgery used be done without anesthetic, and many pre-born children died of shock from the intense pain - doctors didn't know that they needed to deal with the pain first. Now many procedures are performed with suitable pain relief measures in place and the outcomes are much more successful. Circumcisions used to be performed without any pain relief measures, due to ignorance. Some still do, but many now recognise (due to actual studies on this matter) that baby boys do feel pain VERY intensely and need a superior pain relief measure than an older child or adult would.Sadly, a wanted child will receive all the care and attention during these difficult situations. But, for the unwanted (or inconventient) child - the method of execution is often worse than anything we would inflict upon our worst serial killers.If a pro-lifer views abortion more seriously than war or famine or any other social or international problem - it is because there is no greater problem. Abortions kill more than wars, more than famines, more than disease - and its done intentionally and legally. So long as we are capable of so brutally destroying a young human life, how can we expect anyone on this planet to seriously reject wars, stop famines, deal effectively with disease, poverty, violence. (as posted elsewhere)