Well I have probably opened Pandora's box, but here goes. I am doing a paper about abortion for my ethics class. I have to choose a side, then explain why I chose that side. I was wondering about some feedback- which side? Why? Is there such a thing as post abortion depression? The medical studies say no, but some say yes. I know it is a very emotional topic-please don't be rude. Simply state your position and why. Thank you.
2006-09-26 18:24:11 · 15 answers · asked by Goldylocks 5 in Health ➔ Other - Health
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2006-09-26 18:27:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
prochoice is my position. why? because to bring a life in this world requires more than just love. It requires responsibilty, maturity, commitment and a change in how you live your life. unfortunately making a baby is so much easier than taking care of a baby. Today there are a thousand different obstacles one must go through in the years a baby takes to mature and most of us can't make decisions for ourself much less for another human being.
on the other hand a baby can make one change for all the better. it can challenge us to achieve more than we could ever imagine It can show us love that we could never otherwise experience.
thirdly there are those who could never have children of thier own and would love the chance to raise a child even if it's not their own.
yes, you did open a pandora's box asking such a question and you will probably get solid reasons to go either way but ultimately it is up to the individual and their beleifs and moral compass and thei situation at the time of pregnancy.
as for depression, a sad reality is that some women that have had an abortion have felt a tremendous amout of guilt afterwards. the medical field may not acknowledge it but I can't imagine someone going through that and not feeling some level of guilt. God gave us free will but he made sure we had a concience too, ,most of us anyway, and with that concience comes an awareness of others and ones self.
good luck on your paper
2006-09-27 02:07:01 · answer #2 · answered by sslender9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is such a thing as post abortion depression, and here is why. I became very ill and was taken to the hospital, and found out I had gaul stones and needed surgery. The ER took a pregnancy test, and came back neg. I had my period the previous month, and was susspto come up on it. The ER gave me some heavy medicine intreviounsly for the pain for these gaulstones. I had to go to my regular doctor 3 days later for follow up and start the paperwork and such. After taking all sorts of blood work, my doctor called me at home that night and said she didnt know how to tell me this, but I was pregnant, and wanted to know if hopefully I didnt take the pills the ER prescribed. Of course I took them, it was supposto help me. Come to find out, the ER had no record of giving me the test, and the pills they prescribed usually cause up to 95%deformality in a fetus. The next kicker is they cannot do my surgery while pregnant, and that was even if my baby was alive. My doctor told me I should have a DNC as soon as possible. The hospital couldnt schedule me for one for 4 months. I chose to go to the abortion clinic as a last result. Was this my fault....yes and no. I had and still do have depression regarding that experience, but like the doctor said, gaulstones wont actually kill you, but the pain will.
2006-09-27 01:37:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abortion is right... If a woman made her decision to have an abortion, and became at peace with her decision, than she knew it was the right decision to make. On the other hand if a woman didn't think about her decision, made her decision, but was still emotionallly not sure about it... will regret what she did!
It is a sad process, but something that people sometimes must endure, learn from and move on in their lives!
I just had an abortion, I was very at peace with my decision. I didn't cry, but realized that night that it was needed. Grieving is the first step to healing, and if you don't do it then it will pop up in the future with a greater amount of emotional distress. So as to post-abortion depression, I think it is a fear tactic used by anti-choice believers to scare women out of having an abortion.
I have to live with choice for the rest of my live, but understand and stand true to the reasons I chose to have it done. Women that don't do this will probably have a harder time dealing with their decision!
People that justify abortion as being murder are ignorant, selfless and fail to understand the decision a women has to make to either abort, keep or adopt her unborn baby. Murder is a malicious intent to kill and hurt something, would a mother ever want this??? NOOOO...
People that choose to abort are making this decision based on the past, present and future. If you never intented on having a child, then that sperm and egg were never suppose to meet anyways.
Abortion has been performed for thousands of years, based on the fact that the tribe/society would not be able to support another child being born. Population control is a very important part of maintaining a healthy society.
Human beings were never meant to be governed by law, why should there be a law that illegalizes abortion? The science of human life boils down Darwin's Theory :survival of the fittest. Sex, only insures survival of our species. but I think we all know that our species is going to survive abortion or not.
So why do people care soooooo much about what other peoples choices are?? Having an abortion should be the least concern of anyone, please care about your own family and needs and not anyone elses.
1 in 3 women by the age of 45 will have had an abortion. Its way more common than you think and will continue to be. We will only lose mother and unborn fetus if this issue becomes illegal. Why lose a life that is already living?
People that keep saying women who have abortions are sluts or whores are SOOOOOOOO WRONG!!! Every kind of woman can have, and probably has had an abortion. Doctors, Lawyers, MARRIED WOMEN!!! And to call these women sluts and whores is extremely rude, and your words "shouldn't" change a omans mind or make her feel "bad" because of what she did!
2006-09-27 15:03:42 · answer #4 · answered by Braidynsmama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, yes the depression exists. It's hormonal, the same as when a woman miscarries.
You can argue against abortion by arguing that all life is sacred, and the mom can always adopt the kid out.
You can argue for abortion by citing DOJ stastics from the 70's-90's that show a decrease in crime approximately fifteen years after Roe v. Wade, and an uptick about the same time after Reagan took office. (school shootings, etc.) You could also say no kid should grow up unwanted and unloved, addign that childbirth shortens a woman's life.
You could be courageous, and say it's a personal issue, and you refuse to interfere, because it's not your business unless its your baby.
So, that's why I'm pro-choice. Before the hate-messages roll in, remember Oliver Wendell Holmes's quote: "The First Amendment was created to protect unpopular speech...popular speech protects itself."
2006-09-27 01:40:50 · answer #5 · answered by ericnifromnm081970 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't want to do it unless there was a good medical reason to do so; and I'm sure there must be such a thing as post abortion depression. Afterall you've put an end to someone else's life. Could you live with that? It's something you would have to deal with for the rest of your life.
2006-09-27 01:31:57 · answer #6 · answered by susie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Post abortion depression, medical studies say no so that is your answer. The other 'studies' are done by the same woman hating pro-lifers who make studies about abortion causing breast cancer (which is again false!). If a woman tells you that she is suffering from post abortion depression she is really suffering from the abuse of the 'pro-life' and anti-woman community.
I'm pro-choice. I don't believe a fetus is a person but a potential person. I believe that unwanted pregnancy can be likened to rape and that a womans right to bodily autonomy trumps the right to life of a potential person every time.
Oh, and I've had an abortion and I never truly felt bad about it and I would do it again in a heart beat (tasteless pun!) if I needed to.
2006-09-27 01:36:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abortion is killing an innocent life. People refer to the baby as a fedus. Well it has a soul the second it is concieved so it is a living being. People who get abortions will pay for it later in life. I say if your able enough to get pregnant you should be able enough to at least give birth to the baby and keep it or give it up for adoption. There are many people in the world who can't have children and then there are those who get pregnant and kill the baby. Give life a chance. The Lord will thank you someday.
2006-09-27 01:33:24 · answer #8 · answered by ludlowpj4 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think this is a question any of us can answer for you.
If this is a school paper then obviously your teacher wants you to bet hinking about it. Not using someones else opinion.
I do not have an apinion by the way. I have seen both sides of the question. Seen What it has done to friends. Seen the afterwards of decisions to have an abortion and what happens when the girl decides not.
So good luck to you. I dont think there is a concrete answer to this question.
2006-09-27 01:35:01 · answer #9 · answered by hugtheplag 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not believe in abortion, yet I am very strongly pro-choice. Yes, I know I sound like a walking oxy-moron. As far as depression goes, I believe it is a personal guilt affliction. Some get this, and some don't. Just my opinion.
2006-09-27 01:31:23 · answer #10 · answered by pump_runner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd say pro choice. my main reason is due to society the way it is today. until we can take excellent care of the people that we have on this planet today, we shouldn't be telling people to bring a kid into this world that is not wanted or cannot be provided for. also, many people are just not ready when it happens. this world would go backwards (even more than it already is) if everyone had every kid they got pregnant with.
2006-09-27 01:30:11 · answer #11 · answered by anonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋