Abortion: Exploring the Moral and Fetal Pain Debate

Question
My question is is abortion murder? After all, the baby does have a heart beat, and if the pregnancy is allowed to continue it will turn into a baby right? And how do pro choice people know that an unborn baby can not feel pain or that he/she does not want to be born? Thanks.

Dave

Answer
Dear Dave

Here is an interesting article about the abortion-murder question:
http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo//L-abortion.htm

Also here is another discussing fetal pain:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/294/8/947

As far as the question regarding what an embryo wants, the same could be asked of the egg, "Did the egg want to be fertilized?  Does the egg want to be born?"

Best wishes

Deb