The Pros And Cons Of Personhood

Above all, Personhood only begins after the fetus is viable (Able to survive out of the womb.) Prenatal development takes place over a course of 9 months on average, at the 5th month or 24th week the fetus has only a 50% chance of survival outside the womb. A multitude of people believe life begins at conception, so unborn babies are human beings with a right to life. The fetus does not feel any emotions or have a fully developed brain to even think. Only by the 24th week you are able to see a newborn 's features, very infrequently performed anytime after the 24th week of pregnancy, and at that point are usually done only for health reasons. When the fetus is ready be born and survive then it is a human baby.

Furthermore, when an abortion is denied the family suffers predominantly, especially the child. Children do best when they are wanted and loved, why would you bring them into world with them knowing they were

Children of unintended pregnancies tend to have a very low probability of a well rounded and successful life According to the Huffington post, studies conducted in Sweden following the women and children of abortion denial, did not see dramatic harm but portrayals of lifetime underachievement and social distress for the unwanted children. In Prague, Czechoslovakia studies showed “Disadvantages of being born unwanted appeared early. By third grade, unwanted children were already under-performing. The postulated mechanism was termed “psychological sub-deprivation.” Basic emotional needs of these children had not been met, and the consequences manifested in school performance and social development. Children born after denied abortions were at increased risk of psychiatric and counseling