What do you think about me supporting abortions?

Question

I think it is every woman's right to have one if she feels she wants to. If she does want the baby, by all means have one if that's what she wants. I don't think the government should end the right of having an abortion.

Answer 1

I am very much pro-life. I used to think there was no way to argue the topic w/out bringing God into it until I looked at this website http://www.abortiontv.com/Pics/AbortionPicturesWarning.htm and then realized God doesn't have to have anything to do with it because it's a moral and ethical decision...I now believe that any person has a right to perform or have an abortion just as much as they have the right to go to prison for murder based on morals...basically we put immoral people in prison because there needs to be a place they can go where they won't harm the general population, to keep us safe and if someone is so immoral to kill a defenseless child what's to stop them from killing any of us?

Answer 2

I must say that I agree with you.

I do think you have to be very careful in deciding whether or not to have an abortion (I haven't had one, personally, but I did have a close friend who has. She's sure to this day that she made the right decision but it is something that haunts her.) but I don't think the government should stop abortion being legal. Firstly, criminalsing abortion will not stop it, it will bring back back-alley abortions with all the attendant risks. Secondly, I think a woman has a right to do with her body as she wishes. I love children, but I know that I never want to have any. I use birth control so that I don't get pregnant but I know that if I were to become pregnant, I would not keep the baby. This is a personal decision. I can understand that it is very hard for the father if he wants to keep the baby and the mother wants to abort, but the fact remains that the woman will have to go through the pregnancy and childbirth and I don't see how you can force something of this magnitude on someone.

I don't even think that the main issue is whether or not a foetus can be classed as a child or not. Who can say for sure when exactly conciousness takes hold? I do think that you need to weigh the balance - unformed (possible) conciousness and potential life against an active, fully concious adult life. I don't think that you can favour a possible conciousness for a fully present one. If the mother does not want the child, for whatever reason, it is her choice. I would be financially able to have a child, and physically able to have a child. What I know I will not be is emotionally or mentally ready to have a child. I know that I would not make a good mother, and I think that you have a responsibilty to the child, born or not. If you know that you would not give a child a good life, it seems worse to have it then not to.

I don't think adoption is the issue - the planet is vastly overpopulated as it is, there are millions of unwanted children around the world - I cannot see the good in bringing another child in the world that is not wanted - I know there are families crying out for children to adopt, but statistics show this is because these families want white babies (i.e. under one year old). There are thousands of older children, both white and other ethnicities, that need families. I think we should concentrate on caring for these children before making more unwanted children.

I notice that many people are using the argument 'what if your mum had aborted you' - then I wouldn't be here, simple enough. However, I do question whether this is a valid argument - why is my life necessary to the world? I like having it but it's not necessary, and I can't say that I'd have missed it if I'd never been given it, if you see what I mean - I'm glad my Mum had me, yes, but I can't say I'd feel the same if she hadn't wanted me and hadn't been able to support me (emotionally or financially) all my life.

Please bear in mind that these opinions are personal, and that each person should do what they think is best - the key is that there is no 'one size fits all' solution for this issue, it's far too personal and emotional for that.

Answer 3

We all agree that a woman is a person and has rights.

Whether a fetus is a person, whether it has rights, whether its right to exist (if it has such a right) supersedes the woman's right to control her own body -- all three of these questions are open for debate. Those saying "yes" to these questions seem to fall into two camps: the "PETA" camp (it feels pain, it has a heartbeat, etc) and the Theocracy camp (religious belief should be given force of law).

I have to go along with the a law based on what we KNOW, not on what we conjecture or take on faith. If no one can show a compelling reason for government to prevent abortion, then government should not interfere with people having abortions.

Compel = to force. In Constitutional law, the term "show a compelling reason" means to show that an activity violates the rights of other people. This is the only reason that COMPELS the government to intervene; if an activity violates the rights of others, the government MUST act to protect the rights of those others.

PS to all you "life starts at conception" folks. Do you have any idea how many fertilized ovum are lost due to failure to implant in the uterine wall? The number is thousands of times greater than the number lost through elective surgical abortion. Why aren't you doing something to preserve these "sacred little human lives", hm?

SAVE THE ZYGOTES! We should have government support for all married women of childbearing age, so that these women can lay down and rest, decreasing the chances that precious zygotes will be murdered by her standing and walking about, interfering with the that tiny human's implantation in the uterine wall.

Answer 4

Hey, you're "allowed" to support whatever position you'd like, it's a free country that way.

The problem with the abortion issue is that both sides are supporting different "goods," and with this issue they are coming into conflict.

On one hand, there is the issue of personal autonomy, as well as equality in the sexual relationship. (While it takes two people to have sex, a woman is saddled with the responsibility of the child if one is born, while a man has the potential to disappear.) I know for years men did exploit this capability, leading many women to feel trapped. And especially with women's bodies, it's hard to have someone else tell a woman what she is allowed and not allowed to do -- men are not under the same onus, in any way I can think of.

On the other hand, there is the issue of what amounts to murder, for someone with a pro-life position. Usually with that position is the idea that a baby is a human being, just not yet born. If that's the case, then it would be wrong under any circumstances to murder a baby via an abortion, whether or not the parents are prepared to care for it. Pro-life says that other solutions not involving the death of the child should be involved.

This is why you won't find much agreement between the two sides: They're both fighting for something good, they just prioritize them differently.

So you will find some people who will support you in your stance, while others will vehemently fight you.

Answer 5

My thought on this subject is: What choice did your mom choose? There is a long line of people waiting to adopt you can be on a list for years. Why not save a life and help another family out at the same time? Yeah it is your body, but it is also somebody elses body that pays the ultimate price.

I think you only abort if you ask the baby what it wants, if says murder me, then you have evey right too. If only we lived in a perfect world and people would think of others instead of just themselves.

People use this as birth control, I don't need to use anything, if I get prenant, I will just murder it, no big deal. This includes the morning after pill.

Just remember, only half the patients that go into an abortion clinic come out alive.

I think your mom and my mom made the right choice, will you?


dp

Answer 6

Have you ever seen an abortion? Have you ever watched a Doctor pull little legs or arms off trying to dislodge the baby? Have you ever watched the little one shake and tremble in horror and try to scream as they are being destroyed. They are still connected by the umbilical cord-their lungs are not fully developed, so they can not make a sound. They open their mouth and try to scream but they have no sound yet. You need to watch a few abortions before you join up on a side in this issue. Most people like you do not know what they believe until they are really tested. Go watch a few abortions-then give us your opinion.

Answer 7

I agree 100%, people are soo caught up in stopping abortion but no one seems to care about the welfare of the child after it's born. It should be your personal choice.
I never understood why people think it's better to force a woman who doesn't want a child to have one. Wow, that's a good life for the child and the baby. And I know someone is going to say "adoption" well, that's great if your white or even asian but there are thousands of ethic and minority children in orphanages right now.

Answer 8

a child once conceived is a living beeing and aborting it willfully is amounting to infant murder,before having sex the woman has a choice to be protected or ask the man to wear protection, having sex with out protection amounts to thoughtlessness as you are not only exposed to pregnancy but also to hiv and other sex disease, even after knowing this you get pregnant then you are responsible for the life in your body, as a woman i cannot support abortation, if by some chance you do get pregnant and dont want the kid there are many unfortunate women who cannot bear children who would be only to glad to bring up the child as their own,if you are pregnant thick about the joys you are going to have and dont look at it as a burden the government is not taking your right away it is giving a right for a child to come into this world

Answer 9

A woman has the right for abortion only under the following conditions.
1. If she is raped
2. If the husband cannot support her
3. If she thinks she will trans mitt a contagious teases to her offspring.
4. Due to teen age pregnency, where she is not able to support the child after the birth.

Answer 10

I most strongly agree with you. I'm all for abortion myself. Only a woman should be responsible and carefull enough in order not to have to resort to such a solution, if she knows from the start she doesnt want a baby at the time or by her current partner. In other words, yes to abortion, but only if contraception doesnt work bebacause an abortion might cost a woman her fertility for life.

Answer 11

I dont' agree with abortions but I do think that women should be given the choice to have them. I know that God said do not murder and that he knows all children even before they are born. And at the same time he gave everyone on this earth free will. Again I don't agree with abortions, but I know that God left that decision up to us and no one should have the right to take away a choice that was given by God.