give me you opinion on abortion?

Question

do you think its right or wrong? Why?

Answer 1

I am a man, with no right to suggest, insist, or legislate for any female what she can do with her own body. That is between the woman, her significant other, her god if she has one, and her physician. None of my business.

Answer 2

haha... O.K. now that we have heard from the hood. Here's a normal answer; I don't care either way, however they should put a limit on the amount of times you can have an abortion. Because currently, the hood thinks that abortion is a birth control method, which it is not. I agree that we should have abortions because if you don't abort it, it will stay in the orphanage (most likely) until it's 18. It will have emotional problems out the wazoo. Why make the child go through that? Why load the streets up with unwanted babies? That's why you abort them. I am Christian so I am think that it is wrong but it should stay.

Answer 3

i belive in abortion i feel not everyone should be parents, not everyone is capable of being a parent. there was a state that just banned abortion i cant rember which, but what are women to do if they cant support a child ?put it in the foster care systen with the other millions of children, or what about cases of rape or insest? just keep a ill-gotten child and theres also a big misconception about teens getting abortions. nationally women 40+ get the most abortions and not many people know that

Answer 4

I am totally pro-choice.

If someone raped you, would you want to have their child? Probably not. Even if one did go through with the pregnency and had the kid, both the mother and the child would be unhappy. The kid would be living reminder of the rape. The mother would probably not treat the kid as well because of that.

Even if abortion was made illegal, the ones that REALLY wanted to get it would still get it, albeit illegally. They would probably go to someone that isn't even licensed to do it properly. This would only cause even MORE problems.

However, if the 72-hour birth control pill was made more available, people wouldn't have to resort to abortion. They'd just take the pill, instead.

Just my 2 cents. ;3

Answer 5

I agree with Tal. This is a personal issue. Right or wrong , the person having the abortion has to deal with it now and in the afterlife.
You cannot shove you own ( not meaning you, just general) views down peoples throats.

Answer 6

I don't believe in it because it's murder, no matter the size of the fetus, UNLESS:

1. The mother is in danger of losing her life if she carries or has the baby
2. The baby is in danger if it is allowed to grow.
3. The mother and baby are in severe danger.

Other than these situations, I do NOT believe in it at all. If someone doesn't want the child and they are able to carry it without danger to them or their child, then they can do so and give it up for adoption.

Answer 7

I'd like to warn you that my opinion about abortion is based on reason, and very few people approach the abortion debate using reason. For most people, it's an emotional debate fueled by guilt. The emotions on the issue tend to run so deeply most people forget which is which. So I do apologize for any hurt feelings which result from my dealing with abortion reasonably.

I support a woman's right to have control over their reproductive capacity. Abortion does not affect citizens (a person is not a citizen until they are born) or the intrinsic assets of the nation, so there is no legislative basis for there to be any laws taking rights away from a citizen (the pregnant woman)

Furthermore, abortion is not murder. Murder is the willful taking of one human's life by another human. I've seen pictures, and the fetus might look vaguely human, but physiologically a fetus is more like a salamander than a human. I know that sounds harsh, but there's also a degree to which deep down you know that it's true.

Neurologically, the child isn't complete until it's a year old, and continues developing for about 25 years. So while it's still in the womb, it's certainly not a developed human. It's a part of our natural development for the brain to be undeveloped at birth because otherwise the head could never have fit through the opening.

I asked the question "What makes humans distinct from other animals?" I received many interesting answers: The awareness that we are different from other animals, the ability to make rational decisions, the ability to suppress our animal nature, the ability to conceptualize good and evil, large brains, the ability to create art, the ability to question one's existence, speech, self improvement, and so on. At a glance, it's fairly obvious that a fetus does not have any of these qualities. In doing further research, I came across this website which I strongly recommend: http://7e.devbio.com/article.php?id=162

A fetus has the potential of becoming human, but being human is a very special thing and a fetus isn't there yet. Being human is more than just a matter of our genetic make-up. It's about the way we think. Without the way we think, we are like any other animal.

Given that most people believe in the existence of a soul, It becomes an issue to consider when a person gets a soul. If you believe that only humans have souls, then the fetus doesn't have one because it's not yet human. It has the potential to become human, but it's not there yet. If you believe that all creatures have souls, then it goes to wherever souls go. If you believe in Karma, then that life served a purpose which it was there to do and can karmically celebrate that it's life accomplished what it was destined to accomplish.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want anyone to think that I'm advocating killing babies. Babies are cute and respond well to people, kinda like puppies, and I am also opposed to killing puppies. In fact I have often been very supportive of all things child related and puppy related. But when it comes right down to it, and we consider the neural biology, certain facts become apparent. But I want to make it very clear that I am in no way advocating infanticide, which is much nicer than the bible which doesn't even mention infanticide despite the fact that it was commonly practiced at the time. In fact, until about a hundred years ago, I can't recall this ever having been much of an issue ever in the history of the world. But now, as infant mortality rates are at an all time low, and population is soaring out of control, now is the time in human evolution when people decide to stand up and say that abortion is wrong.

Christians claim to take truth from the bible, and the bible makes no reference to abortion (which according to Wikipedia did exist in ancient times http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion ) or even infanticide. In fact the closest thing to a reference is in Exodus 21:22 to the punishment if a man does violence to a pregnant woman causing her to lose the child, which is different from the punishment for murder as described in Exodus 21:12, which clearly indicates that the basis for popular religious thought for the Judeo-Christian-Muslim traditions did not intend for the killing of a fetus to be regarded as murder. But this is a religious view point, and not a secular viewpoint, so it out not have any influence over the law.

A lot of Christians look to the commandment, "Thou Shalt Not Murder," However, there is a great deal of subjectivity to how the bible deals with killing and the nature of murder. Given that it was practiced commonly by the ancient people for whom the ancient bible was new (the people who best know the original intent of the scriptures) coupled with abortion not being mentioned anywhere in the bible, I'm of the opinion that the bible did not intend for abortion to be viewed as murder.

I know there is a lot in here which some people will react against, because I'm dealing with the topic frankly, openly and head on. That's not the way people usually deal with the abortion debate. They hide behind images of something cute and say, "It's a defenseless innocent human, how could you kill it." I have learned that it's generally a good idea to to be wary of people who's only rationale is guilt. I'm not hiding behind any feeling based arguments but instead dealing with the actual issues. Feelings are too easily manipulated. Just ask anyone who works in marketing. But the facts are the facts and when people get over their feelings on the issue and stop listening to people trying to retain their positions and relevance by convincing people that this is actually a reasonable issue, then maybe we could move on and deal with all the real issues which we were distracted from because of this bogus abortion debate. Like for instance, why is it that there have been major advances in everything for the past 50 years, but we're still stuck with the same corrupt politicians?

Answer 8

Wrong. Even if you were raped - have the child and give it up for adoption. I had a teacher go through that and we were all so impressed with her. I will never forget that.

Answer 9

well i think it is wrong.. God put everybody on this earth for a reason... if u cant handle it y dont u have the baby den give it away dont juss kill da baby dats juss horrible... u wudnt have wanted that to happen to u..... i think that its just cruel... I dont believe in it at all!! if u knew u cudnt handle u shouldve used portection!!

Answer 10

I believe it's a personal choice. It's easy for other people to say no, it's wrong. But until you've been in that situation how can you really say what you would do?