be a boy or a
girl; which of his parents he will look like; what blood type he will
have. His whole heritage is forever fixed. Look at a human being 8
weeks after conception and you, yes every person here who can tell the
difference between a man and a women, will be able to look at the
fetus and tell me whether it is a baby boy or a girl.
No, a fetus is not just another part of a women's body like an
appendix or appendage. These appendages, these perfectly formed tiny
feel belong to a 10 week developed baby, not to his or her mother.
The fetus is distinct and different and has it's own heart
beat. Do you know that the fetus' heart started beating just 18 days
after a new life was created, beating before the mother even knew she
was pregnant? By 3 months of pregnancy the developing baby is just
small enough to be help in the palm of a man's hand but look closely
at this 3 month old fetus. All his organs are formed and all his
systems working. He swims, he grasps a pointer, he moves freely, he
excretes urine. If you inject a sweet solution into the water around
him, he will swallaw because he likes the taste. Inject a bitter
solution and he will quit swallowing because he does not like the
taste. By 16 weeks it is obvious to all, except those who have eyes
but deliberately do not see, that this is a young human being.
Who chooses life or death for this little one because abortion
is the taking of a human life? This fact is undeniable; however much
of the members of the Women's Liberation Movement, the new Feminists,
Dr. Henry Morgentaler or the Canadian Medical Association President
feel about it, does not alter the fact of the matter. An
incontrovertible fact that cannot change as feelings change.
If abortion is undeniably the taking of human life and yet
sincere misguided...