Anyone know what early term, say six weeks to twelve weeks, abortions "look" like?

Everything is propaganda, though. Nevermind.

well, I did see the fetus after my miscarriage (around 11weeks) and I swear it was nowhere near anything like that. It was tiny, yes it looked like a fetus (as in a textbook) but using images of those abortions wouldn't be so "heartwrenching" :roll:
also, I didn't see anywhere on that page "i could have been the next hitler"....

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What do yall really know about abortion? I mean this honestly. I'm not trying to stir caca up because i'm not completely pro-life. You say pro-lifers need to lie to support their cause. Well, abortion clinics lie also. They say things like "oh, it's not painful to have a d&c." that's a lie if I ever heard one. I've heard many ppl say it was extremely painful. They tell you "oh, it looks nothing like a baby right now." it might not look like a baby in the very beginning but i've seen sonograms of babies at 9 weeks, 10 weeks, etc... They are still small of course but look human. They aren't a blob of cells like some people think they are. I do agree about the images you guys were talking about though. Most of them are later or fake all together. I just wish both sides would cut the bs you know? Like, why can't girls know nothing but the honest to god facts? Cut out the crap about religion and stop trying to negate the fact that it's a baby. If it's gonna be painful, tell the girl! Give her more counseling before to prepare her for mental aspects of it instead of saying "is anyone making you do this?" and if she says no then go ahead. I just really hate aspects of both sides.

Many of the women on here either work in clinics, or actually have had abortions, so I think they know a whole lot.


If clinics have to try and make an abortion seem "less scary", it is only because pro-life shoves their fear-mongering lies down every young woman's throat.


We don't try to negate the fact that it is a human, and it is a fetus, and it is alive. We don't like to use the word "baby" because it is a loaded word, and we pe-choicers prefer to be scientifically accurate.


I don't mean this reply to incite drama... Just trying to say it as it is ^_^

Jennyj, I agree that no information should be withheld from women seeking abortions, especially if it will be their first. It doesn't always hurt, because the woman can choose to be put under anesthesia during the prodecure - she might be achey afterward, but I digress. Fetuses look vaguely like babies until about the second trimester - until then, they look like beans with veins.

I do know what abortions entail - I have watched many abortion videos (including silentscream.Com) and read about the procedures. It's not exactly pretty (interesting to me, but not pretty), but I realize abortions can be life-savers to lots of women.

You want to hear the lies? I'll be glad to share them. Pro-lifers throw all kinds of crap to women seeking abortions, like "it hurts the fetus" - no it doesn't. Fetuses' brains aren't developed enough to register pain until the third trimester. They say abortions cause breast cancer - no they don't. There is no proof of this, not even on the american cancer society's website - I think, of all sources, they would have something if this claim was true.

They say abortion renders women infertile or sterile - no it doesn't. Childbirth and pregnancy do more damage to a woman's body than abortion does, and a woman would have a better chance of losing her fertility and childbearing abilities due to birthing a child. They say abortion is against god's will because you're 'playing god' - ivf, c-sections, surrogacy, and even popping an aspirin are all forms of playing god, yet these are deemed acceptable because they promote life rather than take it away.

All these lies they throw at people - it's so sick. The worst part is they tell their biased bulls*it to women in the support forum, and these women get misled by incorrect information. When it comes to that, it's not even about being pro-life or pro-choice - it's about telling the truth versus telling lies, and I think any woman seeking abortion deserves to know the truth about it rather than get infected with pro-life garbage.

The pro-choicers - the ones who care about the woman and her health more than the fetus' - are the real pro-lifers. The people we currently refer to as pro-lifers are merely anti-choice, anti-woman, and anti-truth. I'm not trying to bash on you, jennyj - I just wanted to support my claims. I apologize if I sounded like I was ranting/b*tching at you; I was just ranting in general, honest.

quite alot to be honest, I did plenty of research before I had one.


i've seen sonograms too and frankly they don't look like much at that gestation but of course they are human.

don't do it here. This is the pro-choice forum. We feel that if you have sex and get pregnant and it is a bad time, you have the right to an abortion. These pcitures you see are not from typical abortions.

oh so if a woman is raped its her fault edit you!!


A woman should take full responsibility eh? Well let me tell the god awful truth woman and your not going to like it, it takes two people to have sex and organism from eachs body in order to produce.


A baby until it cant feed itself/breathe on its own is a edit parasite and woman can control what they would like to do something with it, read up on parasite fetus fits right under it. No offense to some people!


Second off if a woman want to give a child up for adoption, fostercare,keep it or have an abortion it is her edit choice because until that baby is born it is not a living being.


A living being is something that can breathe on its own, provide its own food source and beable to communicate!


Edit you .A.N.T.I .W.O.M.A.N .A.N.T.I.C.H.O.I.C.E and .A.N.T.I.R.I.G.H.T.S it is our bodies and we will make choice not lil idiots like you

Check out this website:
http://www.Lifeandlibertyforwomen.Org/trut h_about_photos.Html

(remember to fix the capitalization)

it has a few of the most famous and widely used anti-choice pictures (including malachai) and explains how they are false.

Most of the pictures that are claimed to be of abortions are actually doctored images of stillbirths in the second or third trimester.

The fact is that at the time when the majority of abortions are performed (along with the most common method of abortion), there is very little that looks like a baby. There is mostly blood, goop, and tissue. You don't see hands or fingers, you don't see eyelids. The pictures that the anti-choice people parade around look like fully formed neonates and are misleading because less than 1/2 of 1% of abortions take place at that level of development. Those that do take place that late are performed to save the life or health of the woman without exception.

So, if the pictures really were of abortions (which I highly doubt), then the anti-choice people are being misleading because they are failing to tell you that the woman had no choice because at that stage of the pregnancy, abortions are only legal to save the woman. If the pictures are not of abortions, (which I highly suspect) then the anti-choice people are flat out lying about their authenticity.

And, if you are trying to claim that your position is the only moral position (as anti-choicers do), then you should have no need to lie or mislead anyone. If yours is the moral choice, then it should be enough on its own without resorting to lies.

Hi girls, thought id add my little bit. I think this is a great topic tyna.



Maybe hypocritical pro-lifers *ahem* might understand finally that not all abortions look like the pictures shown. Maybe just maybe they will finally understand that they are in fact wrong. To use those pictures as an example of abortion is both idiotic and disgraceful to the pro-lifers name. They make themselves look like fools. As people have mentioned before that those pictures are late abortions, not 9 week abortions. They really make me laugh. No really.



Idiots.



This is why im proud to be pro-choice.



They are hypocritical, and brainwash other people into being pro-life using either fake, or late pictures to turn other people. Whereas we use true, real statements, backed up by proof. Then let them make their own decision.

*pah*


what is this world coming too. One day it will be seperated by the clever. And dumb-asses.