what do you think bout abortion?

Question

give me as many answers as possible

Answer 1

For the pro-life idiots:

Pregnancy should be a choice. How can somebody force a woman to carry an unwanted child? That is abuse. NOBODY can and/or should be forced to physically do something they don't approve of. Carrying a child for 9 months requires alot of PHYSICAL and EMOTIONAL energy and strength. Being pregnant is not as easy or as pleasant as some may think. Being pregnant means being EMOTIONALLY and FINANCIALLY ready to have a child. Why would somebody even think about having a child when they are on the verge of going bankrupt, living on the streets, and not being able to support themselves? How can you expect them to support a living, breathing child emotionally and physically? Why would you introduce a child to such a miserable life? They are better off dead. Poverty sticken people have the right to have sexual pleasure and sometimes, even if protection is used, mistakes happen; That does NOT mean that they should be bringing a child into this world.
Abortion is also an option for the more financially secure people. Accidents ALWAYS happen; Condoms can break, Birth control is not 100% effective, and sometimes people just forget to use protection or don't have protection at the time. That does NOT mean that they should have an unwanted child. Something else which has happened many times is RAPE. Many girls have been raped in the past and were forced to carry a child. That is the stupidest thing ever! How does that make any sense? Why should somebody be forced to carry a child which is the product of RAPE? Why would somebody even want to mother a criminal's child which is only alive because of a TRAUMATIZING experience? That's insane! Abortion is not wrong. Anybody who says "Abortion is murder" is an ignorant fool who should use their brain and THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BIBLE. Abortion is not murder. [ MURDER- Noun. The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice. ] THIS IS COMMON SENSE: How can abortion be considered "murder" when the fetus was never even born? If the "baby" is not breathing and living on its own, without the the help of the mother's body, It can not be "murdered". Somebody can not be murdered untill they are born! It just does not make sense to call it "murder".
Most pregnancies are terminated before the fetus is even visible. How can it be considered murder when the fetus is almost invisible? The fetus can not feel a thing therefore nobody can say it is "wrong". Even if the fetus is already visible, "living", and breathing, it is not a REAL life. Think about it this way: If you took a 4 month old fetus out of the body of a woman, it would NOT be able to survive on its own. It is only a REAL life when the baby is viable; when it can survive on its own without the help of the mother's body...Otherwise, it is just a potential at life and NOTHING ELSE.
Even I admit that abortion during the third trimester is WRONG. For example: If you took a 7 1/2 or 8 month old baby out of a mother's body, as opposed to a four month old fetus (as I mentioned above), it is more than just a potential at life, it IS life. That 7-8 month old fetus has the chance of surviving outside of the mother's body at that early of an "age" (with medical assistance, of course) while the four month old fetus has NO chance at survival no matter how much medical assistance is provided.
Anyway, This is not about the fetus, about what it can "feel", or about what's right or wrong, It's about the Mother. A woman's body is a woman's body and NOBODY can force her to do something she doesn't want to do with her body. When a woman is pregnant, it is still HER body and ONLY her body and she can do whatever she wants with it. A woman should not be forced to go through 9 months of Physical and emotional discomfort for something that will be born into a ****** up, unwanted child. Forced pregnancies will only give the child a bad life. The child won't have sufficent love, emotional, physical, and [in some cases] financial support. This child will most likely not have a quality life and does not deserve to go through so many difficulties. The mother also does not deserve to have to deal with an unwanted child; She should not have to waste time, money, and energy to raise an unwanted child which was brought into this world by force. It is NOT fair.
Also, It is NOT about the fetus! It's about the mother! Who cares about the fetus? Since when is a tiny piece cells and tissue that can NOT feel anything more important than a grown woman? NEVER! Women are more important!

Something important:Men do NOT have the right to stop a woman from getting an abortion. Abortion is ONLY the woman's business because it is HER body and HER choice and any man's opinion does NOT count; he does not have the right to stop the woman from getting an abortion and/or judge and critisize a woman who has had an abortion, has considered getting an abortion, or one who will get one in the future. How dare a man even say that abortion is wrong when he is a MAN? He will NEVER IN HIS LIFE get pregnant. Men don't have the slightest clue about what it is like to be a woman. How can a man say abortion is wrong when he doesn't nor will he ever understand the phyiscal and emotional difficulty of pregnancy? IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. If you're a man, I suggest you SHUT THE **** UP and GET A CLUE; The day your penis turns into a vagina and your body changes to accomodate a child inside your stomach, you will have the right to talk about abortion...Too bad that will never happen so shut the **** up. You never will have to carry a child and i'm 100% sure no man would ever want to, so why do you all assume that a WOMAN would want to?

Another big issue: Abortion is none of anybody's business aside from the mother. If all you brainwashed, brainless, ignorant, stupid, highschool drop-out, trailer trash, bible freak, pro-life whores are so anti abortion then don't get an abortion! It's THAT easy. Just worry about yourself and leave everybody else alone! Stay out of everybody's business. If we want to "kill" fetuses, then we can. It's our business, so go get a life and stay out of our lives.

Also, Many people say: "Why would you kill a child when you can just give it up for adoption? There are so many people who want children but can't have any."
That is the stupidest thing ever! Why should somebody have to suffer for 9 months? Why would they want to carry a child for no reason? Going through so much emotional and physical discomfort for 9 months is pointless if you will just go back to your life as if nothing happened and you will have no affiliation with the child afterwards...You will be thinking: "What did I just waste the last 9 months of my life doing? I could have accomplished so much in those 9 months. I can't believe I went through so much pain just to bring a child into this world whom I will never see again. etc etc"
It is a waste of time! You are only making YOUR life worse.

Even if you do go through 9 months of pregnancy to carry an unwanted child, You WON'T want to give it up for adoption after you see it. It's not that easy. Do you really think that you can give a child away after you've gone through so much to give it life and after you've had it come out of you, held it, heard it cry, etc? NO! Even if it was an unwanted child, It's not THAT easy! After it is born, You will want it.

BUT...Let's say that you DO give it up for adoption, Don't be so sure that somebody will adopt it. Please remember that there are SO many foster homes with children who have been living there for years and have been waiting for a family to adopt them. There are plenty of children in this world who don't have families, so whoever says "There are so many parents who can't have children but want children and there aren't enough in this world" are idiots! Look around you, this world is so overpopulated! Go to your local foster home and you'll see so many sad children without families. Why don't you adopt them all since you're so "Pro-life"?
The world does not need anymore unwanted children. There is not an 100% chance that you child will be adopted. If there were an 100% chance, then there wouldn't be SO many children out there without families.


Why abortion is LEGAL, should REMAIN LEGAL, and why abortion is RIGHT:

1. Laws against abortion kill women. To prohibit abortions does not stop them. When women feel it is absolutely necessary, they will choose to have abortions, even in secret, without medical care, in dangerous circumstances. In the two decades before abortion was legal in the U.S., it's been estimated that nearly a million women per year sought out illegal abortions. Thousands died. Tens of thousands were mutilated. All were forced to behave as if they were criminals.

2. Legal abortions protect women's health. Legal abortion not only protects women's lives, it also protects their health. For tens of thousands of women with heart disease, kidney disease, severe hypertension, sickle-cell anemia and severe diabetes, and other illnesses that can be life-threatening, the availability of legal abortion has helped avert serious medical complications that could have resulted from childbirth. Before legal abortion, such women's choices were limited to dangerous illegal abortion or dangerous childbirth.

3. A woman is more than a fetus. Some people argue these days that a fetus is a "person" that is "indistinguishable from the rest of us" and that it deserves rights equal to women's. On this question there is a tremendous spectrum of religious, philosophical, scientific, and medical opinion. It's been argued for centuries. Fortunately, our society has recognized that each woman must be able to make this decision, based on her own conscience. To impose a law defining a fetus as a "person," granting it rights equal to or superior to a woman's — a thinking, feeling, conscious human being — is arrogant and absurd. It only serves to diminish women.

4. Being a mother is just one option for women. Many hard battles have been fought to win political and economic equality for women. These gains will not be worth much if reproductive choice is denied. To be able to choose a safe, legal abortion makes many other options possible. Otherwise an accident or a rape can end a woman's economic and personal freedom.

5. Outlawing abortion is discriminatory. Anti-abortion laws discriminate against low-income women, who are driven to dangerous self-induced or back-alley abortions. That is all they can afford. But the rich can travel wherever necessary to obtain a safe abortion.

6. Compulsory pregnancy laws are incompatible with a free society. If there is any matter that is personal and private, then pregnancy is it. There can be no more extreme invasion of privacy than requiring a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term. If government is permitted to compel a woman to bear a child, where will government stop? The concept is morally repugnant. It violates traditional American ideas of individual rights and freedoms.

7. Outlaw abortion, and more children will bear children. Forty percent of 14-year-old girls will become pregnant before they turn 20. This could happen to your daughter or someone else close to you. Here are the critical questions: Should the penalty for lack of knowledge or even for a moment's carelessness be enforced pregnancy and childrearing? Or dangerous illegal abortion? Should we consign a teenager to a life sentence of joblessness, hopelessness, and dependency?

8. "Every child a wanted child." If women are forced to carry unwanted pregnancies to term, the result is unwanted children. Everyone knows they are among society's most tragic cases, often uncared-for, unloved, brutalized, and abandoned. When they grow up, these children are often seriously disadvantaged, and sometimes inclined toward brutal behavior to others. This is not good for children, for families, or for the country. Children need love and families who want and will care for them.

9. Choice is good for families. Even when precautions are taken, accidents can and do happen. For some families, this is not a problem. But for others, such an event can be catastrophic. An unintended pregnancy can increase tensions, disrupt stability, and push people below the line of economic survival. Family planning is the answer. All options must be open.

At the most basic level, the abortion issue is not really about abortion. It is about the value of women in society. Should women make their own decisions about family, career, and how to live their lives? Or should government do that for them? Do women have the option of deciding when or whether to have children? Or is that a government decision? The anti-abortion leaders really have a larger purpose. They oppose most ideas and programs that can help women achieve equality and freedom. They also oppose programs that protect the health and well-being of women and their children.

Anti-abortion leaders claim to act "in defense of life." If so, why have they worked to destroy programs that serve life, including prenatal care and nutrition programs for dependent pregnant women? Is this respect for life?

Anti-abortion leaders also say they are trying to save children, but they have fought against health and nutrition programs for children once they are born. The anti-abortion groups seem to believe life begins at conception, but it ends at birth. Is this respect for life?

Then there are programs that diminish the number of unwanted pregnancies before they occur: family planning counseling, sex education, and contraception for those who wish it. Anti-abortion leaders oppose those, too. And clinics providing such services have been bombed. Is this respect for life?

Such stances reveal the ultimate cynicism of the compulsory pregnancy movement. "Life" is not what they're fighting for. What they want is a return to the days when a woman had few choices in controlling her future. They think that the abortion option gives too much freedom. That even contraception is too liberating. That women cannot be trusted to make their own decisions.

Americans today don't accept that. Women can now select their own paths in society, including when and whether to have children. Family planning, contraception, and, if need be, legal abortion are critical to sustaining women's freedom. There is no going back.

Answer 2

In the most basic sense, a fetus is a parasite, a Woman is a host. In my opinion, the "rights" of the host out weigh the "rights" of the parasite.

We can debate whether a clump of cells constitutes a human being or not until the end of time , but it doesn't really matter to me. Women are not incubators. If they do not want to carry a zygote or fetus to term, then they have every right to make that choice. However I think once a fetus is matured to the point where it can survive outside the body then the only option should be for the child to be removed from the mother and incubated until it can be found a home (at the exspense of the mother).

Personally, I would prefer a world where women would not feel the need to have an abortion, but the fact is we dont live in that world and regardless if they are legal or not, they will still happen. So why not make them available in a safe environment where the safety and health of women is ensured? Why drive this practice to the back alleys and make a black market for this service just because you dont agree? Dont have an abortion then.

Dont want your children getting knocked up and getting abortions? Then educate them about sex and safe sex practices. Keeping them ignorant wont keep them from having sex. Its more likely to get them pregnant.

And I dislike the term Pro-Life. Everyone is pro-life, they should be referred to as Anti-Choice and Pro-Choice because that is a more accurate description of both groups.

Answer 3

I don't like the idea of it.
I would not do it.
I understand that a rape victim does not want to keep a pregnancy as a result of that crime, so that is probably the only time I would except it.
If you do not want a baby..then take precautions before pregnancy happens, not after the fact!
Why abort when their are so many couples, people that want a child, but can not conceive!
It's sad. Everything about it. The fact protection or self control was not used. The fact that some use abortion as a form of Birth Control. That the whole experience is treated like a... hangover.

If abortion is used, then I feel that person, persons are self absorbed.

I do believe there are true Medical Reasons for abortion. Cancer, Fetus has no brain, etc...

Then there are those people too stupid to take care of their self, they would never be able to care for the needs of a child.

So, to each.. is a personal decision..but still not to be used as a form of birth control.

You Asked.........Thanks for the question.

Answer 4

My opinion differs on a case by case basis. Everyone's situation tends to be different. For example, I don't think lying is really all that great, but sometimes it has to be done, right? But in extreme cases when an abortion really is needed, then I'm glad for it. Reasons it's okay with me: The population problem, people not being able to give the child a good home, horror for the mother (rape, etc.), danger to the mother, birth defects. Reasons I don't agree/like: it does parallel murder (it's intentional), it is too often the result of irresponsibility, and it is too often the "easy way" out of a difficult situation. I have never been in a situation when I might decide to abort. I know people who have, though and after hearing their stories and taking into consideration their current lifestyles, I'm glad they chose the way they did. It was THEIR CHOICE to make. Not mine, I cannot judge a person until I've walked a mile or two in their shoes.

Answer 5

I dont think you should do it unless there is a medical reason not to (ex: something wrong with the fetus or the pregnancy may compromise the mother's health)...with so many people out there wanting to adopt little babies, there is no reason to abort a living breathing baby. In addition, the vast majority of abortions are repeat abortions, meaning it isnt the person's first one. So, they are just using it as birth control, which is messed up in my opinion. I do think abortion should be legal in the first trimester. However, I also believe that women need to be completely informed about the decision they are making and the alternatives out there, just like they would be if they were undergoing any other medical procedure. Right now, they dont tell you anything and it's messed up. Women find out later and really regret their decision, have a lot of guilt, etc...because they had misinformation about how developed the fetus was. There should be laws requiring abortion clinics to disclose this information unless the woman says she doesnt want to hear it. It's a violation of her rights not to know what is happening to her unborn child and her body.

Answer 6

i think the government has no right to dictate over whether a woman should be able to terminate a pregnancy or not because you never know someone's situation. For example:

what if a woman was raped and had gotten pregnant?
wouldn't the baby be a harsh physical reminder of what
happened

lets be honest there are already more than enough people living in poverty and in unstable homes. why bring another into this world especially if you know that you cannot raise it within the best of standards.

i also feel that this is america the land of the brave and the home of the FREE telling me as a woman what i can and cannot do is limiting my freedoms not only as an american citizen but also as a woman.

it is a woman perrogative to change her mind and make decisions and until the government and the people who pass the laws actually know what ts like to not be able to afford something or to to need something or see your children need something and you know that you cannot provide it i think they all should calm down on the dictating of women's bodies.

in america we have all these freedoms until our freedom wrongfully impacts the live of others. heving an abortion impacts lives but most women have them because they are actually woman enough to say that i am not able to raise and nurture a child.
many people would say that if youcan experimet then you should take responsibility for your actions, but inthe real world how many people really do that?

Answer 7

I feel that there are certain circumstances where abortion should be a choice. I do not feel that it should bee used as a form of birth control nor an answer to "what do I do now?"

I think it is wrong to have it being fought out by the government and the courts. Abortion should be an option that is given only by a doctor and it should be a decision between the doctor and the patient.

Answer 8

It's the business of the woman and her doctor. Though, I do believe every woman has the right I am against abusing it. I don't think people should be irresponsible and have unprotected sex ...thinking they can always get an abortion if something happens.
I also don't think abortions should be done after the first trimester.
So I'm pro-choice with some restrictions I suppose =P

Answer 9

First off - I don't like responding angry, however, I will say I resent being called and 'ignorant fool' simply b/c I believing killing an innocent developing baby is awful. I will never understand the people who say "I'd never do it, but I think there should be a choice". Well how bout then I say this "I'd never shoot someone, but I think there should be that choice." Sound any less stupid? No. Abortion kills a baby. That simple. A baby that no one knows what he could have done with his life. Just b/c a baby is unfortunate and born into poverty doesn't mean he'll never accomplish anything. As for why should a woman be FORCED to go through 9 months of pregnancy? Well....did anyone FORCE her to have unprotected sex? Or well...sex at all? If you do it, with any sort of protection, there's still a chance. As for those poor women who actually were forced: that's horrible. But 2 wrongs don't make a right. That man should be tarred and feathered for hurting a woman, but it's not that child's fault! Bear him in love and place him adoption.
BTW - rape usually does NOT result in pregnancy, as the natural way a woman's body works fight that. I don't have the stats anymore, I researched them a long time ago for debate team in high school, it does happen, but b/c of trauma, unfavorable environment, lack of orgasm to push sperm where it needs to go, it usually does not result in pregnancy in the first place, and the vast majority of abortions performed are not b/c a woman was raped, but b/c she had sex and doesn't want to have to deal with the consequences.
No one said adoption was easy, that's why it's called the 'loving' option. It takes a lot of love, knowledge, and wisdom to give your birthchild to someone better equipped to raise them. It's heartbreaking and freeing at the same time, knowing they'll do better, but knowing they'll do without you. Except in the case of open adoptions, which are becoming increasingly more frequent. As for a woman carrying a baby for 9 months isn't going to give it up, why not if she doesn't want it? Exactly how is it so hard to give up a baby she considered KILLING! And it's 9 months, not a massive chunk of your life! Pregnancy is emotionally and physically draining, but, hey, most of us who ended up that way chose the actions that got it.
I agree a woman's body is her own, but her rights stop where someone else's start....even if that someone else is someone SHE created and is currently using her for housing.
It's completely uneducated to say that a unwanted child won't be adopted. Older children put into the system have a hard time, yes, but newborns? NO Private adoption especially is thriving and this allows the birthmom to handpick the waiting family, and baby to go to them right from the hospital. Healthy newborn babies don't just lie around for not being picked.
The legalization of abortion and the push for them to remain so is just yet another example of people evading responsibility for their actions. Another posted about why should a woman have to pay for an 'accident'. Well, I say having sex isn't an accident, you want pro-choice, there's you choice, right there. To have sex or not to, that's the choice. Yeah, some kids do it, but you know what, that goes back to the same thing: kids today have been raised in an environment that has taught them that no matter what their actions there is a reprieve, that consequences don't always have to be dealt with. In times past, teens didn't jump into each other's beds in such overwhelming numbers, they knew that they couldn't deal with the consequences. Today's kids, well, why not? I can have an abortion, or daddy'll pay for it, or mommy'll raise it, I'll use a condom. They've been taught rationalizations. If this option wasn't available, they'd have to consider the real choice in the first place: sex. I had an unplanned pregnancy. It bowled me over. I didn't know whether to keep him or place him with a family. But after I saw this bean shaped blip on a screen (at 7 weeks) it was very real that there was someone besides just me in there then. Denying it's existence doesn't mean it's not really there.
Nuff said, I guess. I don't really think my explanation here will serve to change anybody's mind, though I wish I could for those babes' sakes. A baby is a baby is a baby, no matter how young, how little, or what stage of development. And it's not that baby's fault you messed up.

Answer 10

There is no right or wrong answer. Some abortions are needed to protect the life of the mother. A person that is raped and gets pregnant as a result of the rape should have the choice as to whether she wants to have the baby or not. She should not be made to carry her rapist's baby if she chooses not to. A very young girl...14 or under shouls be allowed to have one because it can cause severe (Rare) life threatening complications.

Answer 11

i don't think i would ever have an abortion, but its not my business if other people want to do it. I do believe in the sanctity of life and that it can be a way for some people to be relieved from their responsibilities, but that should be up to the parents and not up to me. Some women can't raise a child, sometimes it may be an issue of rape or disease, but there are already too many neglected children out in this world...Too many children in orphanages, and in the end everyone can do whatever they want with their life and can deal with their own conscience.