What do you guys think about abortion? Legal or not?

Question

I don't think it is right at all. A child is a child, no matter the circumstaces.

I want your inputs

Answer 1

The problem is, not everyone agrees it is a child. Some religions believe life begins at conception. Some believe life begins when the baby takes its first breath. Some religions use other definitions. Medical science can only draw the line at the point where the fetus can survive independently (point of viability).

So, the issue becomes.... if we are not going to follow the medical standard, and draw the line at viability, then which particular religious definition should we enforce. And in the US, that answer must be that no religion is more right than any other. And that means either following the medical standard (which is what the laws currently do), or allowing it to be personal choice.

The thing about the abortion debate is that the two sides are arguing entirely unrelated issues. Pro-life people say "abortion is bad". Pro-choice advocates say "The government not should be making personal decisions that like". It's not about abortion. It's about who gets to make the decisions.

Face it -- someone is going to choose. It's either going to be the individual, or it's going to be the majority (through enacted laws). If the majority gets to choose, then they are effectively imposing their belief system -- which is almost always religiously-based -- on everyone.

The concept of reproductive freedoms is not whether you agree with the individual choices being made. It's whether you think the government should have the right to take away and mandate those choices.

Why can't people understand that freedom of choice is not a minority value, even if the majority happens to disagree with the minority's choice?

Answer 2

1) As a woman who has had a suprise pregnancy, I can relate. Until you go through a circumstance where abortion would be a viable option, you can't have a true grasp on the situation.

2) I'd rather see my hypothetical daughter have a legal abortion than have an illegal one and die from infection.

3) It's far too easy to say "DON'T HAVE SEX." Mistakes happen. Rape happens. While I would never have an abortion, that doesn't mean I could look at a woman who was raped and had an abortion and scorn her.

4) Women in Africa have a higher rate of abortions--why? Those HIV+ women would rather abort their child than give birth to an HIV+ chld. The US actually promised African money to help the AIDS crisis but didn't give any for 3+ years because of the abortion issue.

5) How do we know that it's not God's "path" for the unborn baby? No one knows what God has in store, so why should be pretend that we do?

6) Old men in Washington shouldn't be able to decide the choice of millions of woman when it comes to their reproductive rights.

Answer 3

First you have to define what you mean by a child. The fertilised egg? Then it is illegal to have in vitro fertilisation, because if you flush all the unwanted but fertilised eggs, you are killing a 'child' too.

Also, you're condemning every girl who has been raped or worse yet, sexually abused by their own fathers, uncles or brothers to carry those children to term. (In abuse cases, it's rarely a stranger. It's someone they know, and they like to start them young, not when they're twenty.) Fourteen year olds can get pregnant too -- in medieval times, that was the prime age to get them married and start breeding. That still comes under your 'no matter the circumstances'.

It is still a sexist society. If a woman is pregnant and unwed, she suffers the stigma of being a single mother. If a woman gives up her child for adoption, she is a bad mother because she didn't love her child. If she goes for abortion, regardless of whatever the circumstances or how traumatic it might be, she's a whore and selfish. There are still women who are asked to leave because they're pregnant and the employers don't want to pay for maternity leave. And women do not snap their fingers and give birth magically; they do it with possible risk to their own lives. Even in advanced societies there is no such thing as 100% safe births. It's a strange world where people can be anti-war but want to pass a law that women should suffer and die for their children, or at least until the child grows up to be a woman, then she can die in turn for her child.

If a woman could have a child without having to have it within her body, I would fully support no abortion. If men could get pregnant, we would not have this argument at all. It'd be abortion all the way, all the time.

Answer 4

Well this is a very contoversial question, it all depends on the situation. Your right a child is a child so your going to want whats best for that child. I feel if you can't offer what is best for the child then don't have it. In some cases pregnacies are a result of rape or even medical mistakes as far as they went to get birth control and either it was'nt used right or the product just was'nt for your particular body...so there are different stories to go from. and in the end result the choice is ultimately the womans, why bring a child in to this world if you can't even take care of yourself. I think it should be legal..if not legal it would probably end in alot of poverty and deaths from women trying to get it done any way and causing health problems. and from families who simply can't afford another child or a child at all. If life was free then i would prolly say different.

Answer 5

Abortion is legal at the current time here in the US. It is a difficult question and must be answered individually by each person. However, my opinion is that the person carrying the child has the right to decide whether or not to carry it. I do wish, however, that we had better/more widely available birth control so that the issue doesn't come up quite so often.

Answer 6

It should be legal. I know a woman who was raped and got pregnant. I know that doesn't happen often but it does happen. She had an abortion because she couldn't carry a baby that was conceived like that. And no, she shouldn't have it for someone to adopt. For 9 months her hatred of the person that committed this felony would grow and there would never be love for the child. The circumstances DO matter. Its easy to say those things when you're not in the situation.

Answer 7

Ah, the age old question. If you're looking for an opinion your going to get plenty, but not mine. If you are looking for facts then yes, it is legal to abort within the first trimester. If you don't think it's "right", then vote and make sure that your opinion matters. Too many people run off at the mouth and don't do anything about it. Let me ask YOU a question though. Let's say that you are raped and you become pregnant as the result. Would you go through with the pregnancy? Actually think about that one.

Answer 8

Here's an issue rarely brought up, what is better to terminate a pregancy when the child is CLEARLY not wanted and will wind up suffering..neglect, emotional, physical, or sexual abuse. *trust me, I know...i've been there myself* Or being murdered later on either by the parents or a lover of one of the parents? One only has to look in the paper to see how often this happens. Or the single mother who has 4 kids, on welfare, no future, one more child is not what she needs.For whatever reason I cannot figure out why people can't get the idea of birth control. I've heard that birth control isn't available by state medical insurance *for low-income people* but viagra is. I can tell you from experience that's not true.

And for those of you who tout adoption, look at the numbers. There are SO many kids out there already who will never be adopted. It's like with animals. Everyone wants puppies or kittens. No one wants an older animal. It's the same. I recently found myself pregnant. I take responsibility for my lack of judgement, but I also realized that I couldn't afford a child. I chose to terminate and have no regrets. One doctor gave me a sob story about how he and his wife couldn't concieve *they did all this fertility treatment and then she hit menopause* and questioned why I hadn't considered adoption. What annoyed me is that while he was telling me all about this...he never mentioned that HE was considering adopting a child.

If a woman chooses to stop a pregancy, it is her choice. Until a fetus can live without surviving off the mother, it's equivalent to a parasite. No one debates the issue of getting rid of tapeworms.

Answer 9

It all depends on when you believe life begins. Personally, I believe that life starts when the fetus can live outside the host. It doesn't matter if it is a pig, dog or human. As for adoption, I think it's a fantastic option. If you're white and so is your child. There are more children of other races besides white waiting to be given a loving home. Everyone wants a baby. Not a 3 year old. And more and more people are leaving the country to adopt. What happens to the needy in your own back yard? We are preparing to adopt a family of 3 children. My husband is Filipino, I am white, our daughter is of mixed race and these children are black. They have been waiting 5 years for a home. Which is worse? Abused children without a home or no children at all?

Answer 10

It is 'cells' that have the potential to become a child. Much like stem cells. They are cells that have potential. Nothing more and nothing less.
I wonder do you use bug killer? Do you squish spiders in your home? They are living cells created by God as well. Are they Less valuable than potential human cells? If murder is murder, is murder...
Just because our bodies were designed to procreate does not mean that they should. Just beasue we can create necular weapons does not mean that we should. Just beasue we can eat a cocroach does not mean that we should.
An abortion is a crisis in a womans life, no matter the circumstances. It is not our responsibility to say if it is "right" or not. That is between the woman and her God.
Other than that, No - its not a child. Its a mass of cells with potential.