Fro those who are pro-choice.....?

Question

can you give me solid reasons why you are pro-choice other that "it's my body and I can do what i want"?

thats why we have contraception, you can make the CHOICE to protect yourself.

if there is nowhere to draw the line then how can we prosecute people who accidentally kill someones else unborn child, if it is not a child then its not a child.

uh, my insurance covers the pill, shots too.

Answer 1

...Because the United States Supreme Court has said it is legal.

Answer 2

First of all, you can't always prosecute someone for killing an unborn child - because the law does not recognize the child that is unborn until it is 24 weeks (I believe that is the age it recognizes, I could be wrong on that - it could be older. . .). If a woman is pregnant less than that, and she loses her baby due to someone else, then it is simple assault, not murder.

Now, for the pro-choice question: The reason I am pro-choice is that I do not think I, or anyone else on earth, have/has the right to tell anyone else what to do with their lives. Anyone who thinks they can and should dictate what others should do (in other words, pass judgement) is very errogant, and violating one of the basic understandings of Christianity (there is only one that can pass judgement - and He ain't on this earth. . .).

There are too many children on this earth that are starving, unwanted, homeless, raped, beaten, and abandoned because they weren't a planned pregnancy. Now, just because I believe in the right to choose doesn't mean I have or ever would have an abortion, but the option should be there.

And the last thing to think about. . . What about a case of a woman being raped, and becoming pregnant. And how about a case of incest where the young girl becomes pregnant by her father, uncle, grandfather, brother, etc. Would you want to carry that child to term? Mentally, I don't think I could do such a thing. And I don't think it is fair of me to make someone do just that because it goes against my "morale beliefs". I think THAT is more offensive than the act of abortion.

As for birth control. . . Some people don't have access to it because of the same people that are pro-life, or they can't afford it (insurance doesn't cover the pill, but does Viagra. . . Obviously the insurance industry is run by men, isn't it???).

Besides, who are YOU to judge????

(if there are any misspelled words, I apologize - the spell check wouldn't work. . .)

Answer 3

Because I don't believe that a fertilized egg, a collection of divided cells, or even an embryo with it's thumb in it's mouth count as a rightful human being. It's my belief, and I'm sure it's not what you'd consider a solid reason.

I understand that laws contradict themselves by allowing women to abort a pregnancy yet charge a person with double murder when he kills a woman and her unborn child. I don't have an answer or a solution for that.

But I cannot, in good conscience, call a human life 'human' just because an egg has been fertilized. It's a single cell. So when do we call it a life? Hell, everyone has a different idea. So when do I call it a human life? When it divides into two cells? Four cells? When it has legs? Fingers? When do we make that determination? For me, it's when the baby draws it's first breath. Why then? I don't know, for sure. It's as arbitrary and smart and stupid as any other reason. It's just *my* reason.

My religion doesn't tell me that a fertilized egg has a human soul in it or that it's a sin to abort the fetus.

Since my personal and religious beliefs don't condone forcing any woman to endure a pregnancy that she doesn't want, I can only act on behalf of my conscience and my love for freedom and liberty by supporting her right to choose for herself. Her motivations, intelligence level and sexual proclivity aren't factors in my decision to support her right.

Answer 4

It's simple matter. Somebody is going to make the choice when and whether a woman is allowed to terminate a pregnancy.

It's either going to be the woman in consultation with her doctor, or it's going to be a bunch of politicians (through enacted laws). I don't think politicians have any business making medical decisions like that.

Answer 5

One of the main reasons that I am pro-choice is because I can think of situations where a woman should be able to terminate her pregnancy without consent from the courts, etc...If a young woman were a victim of incest and finds herself pregnant, she may not feel like she can go to her parents, or the police, or a judge.

Answer 6

What about the woman who is married and not on birth control and gets raped?
Or the people who are uneducated about birth control.....there is no where to draw the line, I think that people know what's right for them, and especially in situations like that how can we decide what people should or should not do??

Answer 7

I am pro-choice because, whether it is legal or not and whether someone uses contraception or not, there will always be women who "choose" to have an abortion. For those women, I believe they have a right to have the abortion in a safe and clean place-not in some back alley. No one, in their right mind, is "for" abortion.

Answer 8

Contraception can fail and no rapist is going to take the time to put on a condom just to prevent a pregnancy.

Answer 9

It's not my body, it is someone else's body. Therefore, it is not my decision.