where I live right now, people are very pessimistic about life. many people just want to die. even I wish I were aborted. so whats the big deal? you give your kid a free express ticket to heaven instead of being selfish and keeping it on this rotting earth full of hardship. opinions?
2006-09-20 09:32:38 · 52 answers · asked by kunta kinte 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Abortion isn't always wrong or right. It's not as black and white as that. People just have strong opinions about it.
2006-09-20 09:34:33 · answer #1 · answered by Alana B 5 · 8⤊ 4⤋
Yeah, Life sucks and then you die. But people often forget, life is hard, and at times it sucks, and you wonder what the point is, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth living, there is always something good, it's just people don't often look for it.
As for abortion, it is legal in the US and it should stay that way. Bringing a child into this world is not something that should be taken lightly, neither is taking the child out of it. A women should have the right to choose. One must take guality of life into account. A young girl has no right to be a parent and the child will suffer for it. When it comes to unwanted pregnancies, there are only three real options Keep it, Abort it, or Put it up for Adoption.
The current adoption system is cloudy and corrupt at best, while some good does come out of it, a lot of children will never get adopted and will be left in the system or placed in foster care, while some foster parents really do have the best of intentions, many are only in it for the extra money. While some would argue that the cost of the child outweighs the money gained, if one never intends to actually care for the child, then it is profit, and many foster homes take this route.
As for keeping it, keeping a child that is not wanted is wrong, especially when one never had the means to care for a child in the first place. A young mother stuck with a child she never wanted may grow to resent the child for something the kid cannot help. It's not fair for either of them.
In many cases Abortion may be the best option, sad but true.
As for Abortion as a mean of birth control, yes this is wrong, and used to often. But making abortion illegal is not the way to counter this. The sex education in this country is horribly lacking. So many school systems only teach abstinence or nothing at all, and well it should be abundently clear by now that abstinence isn't working. Many young people don't know the dangers of sex, they don't know which methods work and which don't, a lot don't even know where to get or how to use certain methods. Many of you are right, 14 year olds shouldn't have sex, but many start younger then that, sex education needs to keep up with this trend, because very few parents will.
2006-09-20 10:20:46 · answer #2 · answered by Shaman B 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most people who are against abortion feel that it's the exact equivalent of taking a smiling, cooing, healthy, pink-skinned Gerber baby, putting it into a blender and pushing "frappe." Given that they see it as a real, here-and-now baby, and not as a "potential" baby, it makes them CRAZY with anger that anyone would do such a thing! --Especially the ones who can't have kids themselves, who are going through very expensive IVF treatments, are trying to adopt and not having much luck, or who just recently had babies themselves and are in the bonding/falling-in-love stage of relating to their babies.
Feeling the way that you do, the best thing is to get sterilized if you can, and to faithfully use your birth control if you can't. And then be sure to only vote for pro-choice politicians, so that you are assured of access to both abortion and birth control in the future. Heck, I'm not religious, I believe that this life is IT (i.e., that there is no heaven), and even I feel that abortion is an OK thing to do. But it makes other people go berserk, because they see it as being the equivalent of baby-murder. They think it's even worse than murding an adult, because babies are innocent (and adults presumably are not?).
Short of getting yourself sterilized, you might want to get some psychological counselling to help you deal with your depression, IF such services are available where you are. No one said that life is easy. I hope that you have a better time with your life as time goes on. Hang in there!
2006-09-20 09:51:15 · answer #3 · answered by Cyn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you wanna commit suicide that is your choice, an unborn child has NO CHOICE in the matter! Therefore making it murder: a death against ones own will. However, abortion is not always that black or white. You also CAN NOT compare abortion to miscarraige, as another answerer on here did! A child fighting to hang onto it's life is QUITE different from a child that has it's life literally ripped away from them! You can go on the net and see videos of abortions. It is not only murder it is BRUTAL! These babies are burned alive or they have their skulls crushed and their spines ripped out of their bodies. And you think it would be more humane for a parent to do that to a baby instead of bring them into this world? Well tell you what, how about we all make a big Saline bath for you (for the uneducated, that is a high enough compund of salt to burn, what is used in some abortions) and lower you into it and see how long your pity party, poor me, attitude lasts. Granted i don't know **** about your problems, however, i have traveled the world, and BELEIVE ME, i have seen those starving shaking babies in Russia. I have seen a starved naked 5 year old holding her naked starving infant with brother with a broken leg, begging for food on the streets of China. I have seen 20 people living in the same one room apartment in Belarus, all sleeping in the same bed to keep warm at night. And yet EVERY SINGLE ONE of them had a smile on their face every day, and DID NOT want to die! You have it ALOT better than more than half the world. You can afford a computer and the internet, when other can't even afford food, clean water. or heat. I really think what you need is to grow up, and possibly seek some phsycological help. I don't pity you, i pity the poor people that have to deal with you. Get some help, and stop dwelling on death and suicide (abortion). Suicide is probably the single most slefish act that a person can do. Ask the the mother who lost a child to suicide, or the children that lost a parent. If you can't do it on your own, get some help, before its' too late, cause hun, that is something that you can NEVER take back!
2006-09-20 09:55:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
I used to be pro choice, but after trying for a baby for several years, finally getting pregnant and seeing my ultrasound for the first time gave me a whole new perspective. I still believe that it all depends on the circumstance, but I personally wouldn't advise it. This is a sensitive subject and everyone is entitled to their own opinion(s). I have some friends who have gone through with it and have had no regrets while my other friends can't seem to forgive themselves until now. I had VERY strict parents and when I was younger, I always thought to myself, "If I were to ever get pregnant, there would be NO WAY that I could have the baby. My parents would disown me! (which would have been true)" But when my doctor told me that I was infertile, I was so angry at myself! No one ever thinks about these things until it happens to them.
You don't realize it, but when you are pregnant and you see that first sonogram as early as 8 weeks, you can see the baby and it's already moving!!! Some people don't realize that because what they don't know won't hurt them.
2006-09-20 09:58:54 · answer #5 · answered by JoesWifee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree. Every life deserves a chance but life isn't all it's cracked up to be. There are so many poor people or people with disabilities. Very few people actually live a happy life. There is nothing wrong with abortion. We have so many unwanted and uncared for babies as it is. Females have sex when they are not ready and don't use protection. Girls younger and younger are getting pregnant. A fetus in the 3rd month of development (in most states the maximum time length for abortion) can not feel pain. Abortions are pretty gross but it is a good option for a female who is pregnant and not ready to care for a child.
2006-09-20 09:51:45 · answer #6 · answered by Pink Princess 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Because some old guy in a cloak who reads ancient mythical books tells his followers that mushing 8 cells is the same as killing a child.
Frankly- for those that believe in god... clearly life isn't very precious to god. There are millions dying every day from awful causes. if god doesn't choose to intervene in hurricanes and tsunamis, why should give a hoot about a young woman who made a mistake and doesn't want to ruin her life, the life of her zygote, and the life of her entire family.
It's not rational thought. It's religious thought. The same religious people who don't have a problem with the death penalty or the war in Iraq, are bombing abortion clinics because it's so wrong???
2006-09-20 09:44:07 · answer #7 · answered by Morey000 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Wow that is a loaded question to ask. From the start let me say I am greatly opposed to abortion personally. I know to many women who had them and hated themselves forever because of it, I have also seen too many people struggle to have a child of their own and miscarry over and over again. Plus from a religious stand point I believe that no matter how young a fetus is... it is a person.. your own child.
The world is a trying place and as a parent myself I know how hard it is to imagine your child being hurt by the world around them but as a parent I know how much of a better place this world is because of my child and she is only two.
The truth is in every situation we find ourselves we have two choices, we can except things as they are and feel like you do or we can make up our mind to make things better. If the problem is the place you are living then leave or do something to improve it. Simply suggesting we all kill our children and end the human race does nothing to help anyone out.
And as far as keeping your baby being the selfish option I could think of nothing in the world that is more wrong. Because it is just a baby, your baby, anyones baby it deserves the chance to live. Why else would God have sent them down.
2006-09-20 09:43:45 · answer #8 · answered by Erin B 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Abortion is killing an unborn child. If one is so against having a child then they need to take any and all steps to make sure they will not become pregnant. You sound like a very sad and depressed person and I hope you get some help. As for x_southernbelle's comment about what we think about miscarriages. I don't know how she can compare going through a medical procedure to kill an unborn child and the body miscarrying the baby. Usually the body miscarries the baby because there is an underlying medical problem. This is totally different than going through a medical procedure and killing your unborn baby just because you don't want it. There are so many people out there who can't have children and try everything to conceive. There is always adoption and usually at no cost at all to the birth mother.
2006-09-20 10:00:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
So were do you live? It can't be some poor country because you have a computer. the world will never be a better place if we don't have children and raise them to do what is right. as long as people have children and fill there lives full of hate then they will take it out on the world when they get older. if you don't want to bring a baby into this world then don't have sex. that child never asked you to spread your legs.
everyone has there own opinion on abortion because whether you believe it is right or wrong it is killing a life. it's whether or not you believe in murder.
p.s As far as you people who set an arguement using the death penalty. People who are in jail for CHILD molestation and MURDER should be killed.
Why not those who kill a life.
2006-09-20 13:13:36 · answer #10 · answered by lynn 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Abortion is the killing of an innocent life. Those children who are aborted don't get the choice to decide if they should stay here on this earth and see what it's like or go back up to Heaven. No baby should be murdered before it is given the choice of life or death. I will give you that Earth does seem to be going to hell in a handbasket, but my God I am thankful for the precious joy of experiencing it. If you wish you were aborted, then I say to you, Thank God you weren't. You were given life to make these choices. I will pray for you and know that even though we don't know each other, I am glad you're alive.
2006-09-20 09:45:33 · answer #11 · answered by brandiwhine 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋