I Was Outraged!!! I Couldn't Believe It. How Awful Of Them To Pass That. It's Enough That Like 4,000 Babies Are Killed Everyday By Abortion. But This Is Crazy, What Is Our World Coming To?
2006-08-26 03:53:17 · 20 answers · asked by Summer 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I think you're just on a high-horse and need to get over yourself ! What ever happened to "Live and Let Live" ?? This pill or its legislation isn't hurting you at all !! I think its responsible !! it will stop a lot of women from making bad decisions (abortion, throwing babies away, giving babies for adoption, then regretting it; single parent household)
You're so worried about teens getting hold of the pills and just being irresponsible... first of all - not your business... and second, the morals and good judgement education should come from the parents. Its not up to the government to sanction and control every tiny little thing that our nation's young people could get into to to "potentially" cause themselves harm, etc. Its up to the parents all over the world to teach their kids right from wrong, morals and values, and good judgement.
We're still a FREE country, right? I say, stay out of everyone else's business.
2006-08-29 18:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The morning after pill does NOT cause an abortion; it prevents implantation of a fertilized egg in the first place. If it's never implanted in the uterus, there is never a pregnancy. Would you rather such a measure NOT exist and have these women get abortions instead? Or would you rather give them a way to prevent a pregnancy from ever happening, without all the problems that can come from abortion?
Young people are going to have sex anyway, so why not give them the chance to have another way to avoid unwanted pregnancy? Measures like this morning after pill are NOT an enticement for young people to have more sex; they are a way to keep the sex they do have from having such life-altering consequences as an unwanted pregnancy. Because this pill is used during the time frame before implantation, it is NOT ending a pregnancy. Besides, if you're over 18, it is within your rights to prevent pregnancy in whatever way is legal. This pill is really another form of contraception, as per the previous description above. It is NOT a form of abortion.
2006-08-29 23:04:37 · answer #2 · answered by medrecgal1973 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is interesting that you are against this, but in another question you are asking about government help because you are a single mom with a baby! In another question you want to know about cars because you are planning on buying one in the next couple of weeks.
You are aparently ultra-conservative about right to life, but ultra-liberal about making others pay for your decision to have a child when you don't think you can maintain an acceptable standard of living even with a full time job.
I think the morning after pill should be available to anyone of any age. Embyos are a mostly unrecognizable bunch of cells for the first 8 weeks or so. It isn't even a fetus yet. Something which isn't even a fetus is not a baby, it is a potential baby. Getting squeamish about the morning after pill is ridiculous.
By the way, I'm not pro-abortion (call a spade a spade, pro-choice is liberal-speak, the issue is abortion, not the "right to choose", would I be pro-choice if I advocated that everyone should have the right to choose to shoot other people?) or anti-abortion, I'm pro-common-sense. I do think that partial birth abortion is murder.
2006-08-27 10:30:01 · answer #3 · answered by OzobTheMerciless 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it's a great thing. The pill is taken within 3 days and it takes 72 hours for the sperm to reach the egg so no baby is formed yet. Another thing is that I've taken that pill because if a rape. If I were to get pregnant I would of aborted so these pills can be a good thing!
2006-08-28 23:02:25 · answer #4 · answered by luvalways719 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is our world coming to when you have 35.7 percent of all births being to unmarried women in a civilized country like the US?
I am not an advocate of abortion but taking this pill is not abortion. If you believe it is then you need to educate yourself alittle more before you make a judgement call like this.
Are you an advocate of taking birth control pills? Are you an advocate of using some other form of birth control? If you are then maybe you should reconsider your stance. There is no difference. Just a matter if you take responsibility before you have intercourse or immediately after.
Are you an advocate of one parent households? Are you an advocate of children raising babies? I don't care which cloud you have your head in, even in the most stable of one parent households there are drawbacks to raising a child born without two loving parents in the household. It may not be as critical to the parent. Even a young child can feel the effects of being raised in a one parent household. Making this pill more readilly available will go a long way to lowering the high percentage of births to unmarried women and girls. It will also save the inevitable heartache.
I suppose you could always have a baby out of wedlock. I suppose you could expect mommy and daddy to support you and the baby financially. I suppose you could expect perfect strangers (tax payers) to help support you and your child since you can't. I suppose you could. Is that fair to the tax payer? Being fair to the tax payer isn't important though is it. Is it fair to mommy and daddy who raised their offspring only to have to contribute to raising their offsprings offspring? Seems kind of selfish to me.
I personnally think this may be a good thing. I have respect for a young woman who is mature enough to not believe her "mistake" is a justified burden for others to bear and takes measures early to do avoid a potentially heartbreaking decision later.
2006-08-28 10:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was fair. I'm against abortion, but at least this helps the women victimized by rape. And as far as I know, its like a big dose of birth control to keep an egg from implanting. At least its not ripping a baby apart. Or forcing someone to carry a child they don't want. So since I have taken birth control before, its hard to be against the idea of a pill that helps prevent abortion.
2006-08-26 11:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by Velken 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Please don't be outraged. This pill doesn't cause an abortion. It stops the pregnancy from happening in the first place. This is a good thing. Less abortions, less unwanted, unloved babies. More choices for woman about their own bodies.
And the law is for WOMEN over 18, if you're a GIRL under 18 you need to get it from a doctor.
2006-08-26 10:58:39 · answer #7 · answered by Simone 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do not like the fact they are making it available without a prescription because you will have some over the 18 year old buy it for a minor...also our government is making a statement that it is OK to have sex and not use protection, just take the morning after pill. What about sexual diseases and AIDS. Our government needs to do something about preventing those as well as pregnancies.
2006-08-26 11:32:53 · answer #8 · answered by Coast2CoastChat.com 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every state in the union says that death occurs when the brain is not functioning as a brain. At the point where the morning after pill is used there is no functioning brain. How can you say they are any more a living being than your appendix?
If you think they are alive at that point, then why have you not tried to change the legal point of death in all 50 states?
2006-08-26 11:01:33 · answer #9 · answered by eric l 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The pill is actually taken before the baby is formed. It keeps the egg from being fertilized. The morning after pill will not kill a baby that is already implanted in the uterus
2006-08-26 10:58:15 · answer #10 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋