What are your opinions on Abortion?

Question

Im not pure democratic, and im not pure republican. I have opinions of both sides. I am against abortion, but i think it should be allowed if the birth is going to kill the mother. Exspecially if the births gonna kill both mother and child...it's better to have an abortion and lose one life then both. you know? Does anyone agree with me on this or disagree? (please, no rude answers)

Answer 1

MYTHS ABOUT ABORTION



Myth 1. It's "my body".
Busted 1. No it's not. It is a foundational genetic fact that your body has your DNA, your fetus' DNA is different.

Myth 2. The fetus is a parasite.
Busted 2. A parasite, by biological definition, must be a different species. No thinking person would consider apples as parasites of an apple tree. (However a worm in the apple is indeed a parasite). The biological defintion of parasite can be found at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/parasit... . Some committed abortion supporters cling to the etymological definition of "one who is sustained by another without benefit to the host". Taken in that sense, a 6 month old baby is as much of a parasite as a fetus. Only the most despicable monsters in world history killed the very young.

Myth 3. You can't legislate women from getting abortions by making abortions illegal.
Busted 3. Driving while intoxicated is also illegal, but thousands of people are killed by drunk drivers every year - only an imbecile would suggest that we legalize driving drunk because people "will do it anyhow".

Myth 4. You can't tell a person what to do with their body.
Busted 4. Wrong. There are many laws regarding public health and decency (Ex. you can't ride the city bus while in the nude.)

Myth 5. Fetuses aren't human.
Busted 5. 46 human chromosomes couldn't possibly be anything else. Tyrants and slavers throughout history always rationalized their crimes by denying the humanity of their victims. Radical supporters of abortion point out that on rare occasions terrible genetic diseases like Turner's Syndrome cause people to be born with 45, 47 or 48 chromosomes and that these people are "not human". While these genetic diseases have pronounced physical and mental manifestations, they do not change the species of the affected person.

Myth 6. The fetus cannot survive on its own.
Busted 6. Neither can infants - a six month old infant would quickly die left to its own abilities. Again, only history's worst monsters killed infants.


Myth 7. Many Christians get abortions.
Busted 7. Many Christians owned slaves - didn't make it right.

Myth 8. Making abortion illegal would force women who were raped or pregnant through incest or whose health was threatened to give birth.
Busted 8. Before Roe v Wade many states allowed for court ordered abortions for this very specific set of circumstances. A system for quick and condfidential judicial review for terminating these troubled pregancies would ensure the taking of human life has its day in court.

Myth 9. Human eggs and sperm are alive. Menstration and masturbation are the same as abortion.
Busted 9. So are the cells of the lining of our mouth - but like the egg or sperm, they independently could never be the start of a new human being.

Myth 10. The fetus isn't human because it isn't sentient.
Busted 10. Neither are people who are unconscious, and no one would suggest killing a person because they are unconscious is legal.

Myth 11. If you don't like abortions, don't have one!
Busted 11. If you don't like slavery, don't own one! Didn't work in 1865 - the abortion version won't work today.

Myth 12. If abortion is made illegal, dangerous "back alley" abortions will thrive.
Busted 12. The availability and efficacy of modern contraceptives can make unwanted pregnancies as likely as winning the lottery.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/healt...

Myth 13. You can't support the death penalty and be pro-life.
Busted 13. Any unborn person convicted of a capital crime should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law

Answer 2

I think that abortion is wrong....especially as a form of birth control....I don't think that an 18 year old couple who forgot to use a condom should be allowed to get abortions....you choose to have sex, you accept the chance that pregancy might happen.

on the other hand....in the instance of rape there should be some exceptions....that women did not choose to be pregnant she, did not choose to have sex....also if found that carring full term would seriously risk the life of the mother or child then it should be allowed.

But NEVER NEVER for a form of birth control....there are many other options...such as adoption for people who can't raise a child....

there is a lot of talk about the women their bodies....what I don't get is that...what about the fathers of these children....do they not have a say in whether their child can be born.....( I am not talking about rapists or anything, just the guys who had consential sex and then the female was prego....) do they not get a say....half the genes that make up that baby are his.....

Answer 3

Yes, that's practically my opinion on it word-for-word. Abortion as birth control to me is just evil. Abortions for women who will die if they carry the child to term is saving a life and I would be for that 100%. I feel that adoption needs to be viewed as the natural and correct alternative, and I'd like to see a federal system in place that paired up people who wanted to adopt an infant with a woman with an unwanted pregnancy, and to allow that woman to have the insurance benefits of the couple. The only gray areas to me are the issues of rape and incest... if the woman or girl didn't choose to participate in the act of intercourse then having to have the baby is an unnatural consequence... but that's also unfair to the child who has a right to live as the woman... I'm torn on that aspect of the debate.

Answer 4

What a very painful decision to make. I believe in the sanctity of life, and I know God makes a way for a mother who chooses not to abort. Though I am pro-life, I do believe it is not right to pile guilt and condemnation on a mother who decides on an abortion for reasons that are very personal.

Answer 5

I firmly believe in a woman's right to choose. I am not pro-abortion, but am pro-choice and yes there is a difference.

Women in situations where they have been raped or are victims of incest should not have to parade through a court in order to terminate the pregnancy. Women is danger of losing their life from their pregnancy, or having children so malformd that they have no chance of a conscious life should be able to make the PRIVATE decision to terminate their pregnancy and not have to involve the courts as well.

Answer 6

I am democrat pure and simple. I am also against abortion, however I do not think that the government ought to be involved in these decisions. I think it is a piss poor means of birth control. However it is a decision that each individual needs to make for themselves. I am old enough to remember when abortion was illegal and girls still managed to get them if they wanted to, difference being they were done in sleazy motels and back alleys and many girls died from bleeding to death and infection. I wouldn't want my sister or girlfriend to end up in an alley with coat hanger still hanging out of them dead. So I feel the government needs to stay out of what should be a persons decision. They will meet their final judgment someday.

Answer 7

It is a female thing, and no man can answer your question. If I was president, I would have a medical board of females to determine the grounds why a mother wants an abortion, or if she would have the child and give it up for adoption.

Answer 8

1. If they are poor and getting public assistance, mandatory.

2. I don't really care unless it is a partial birth abortion. In that case the doctor and the mother should face murder charges.

Answer 9

I think that abortion is a decision that must be made between a woman her doctor and her minister!
Being I am male, and not a doctor or minister, I have no further opinion!

Answer 10

As long as it is the law of the land it should be available.
And its not anyone else's buisness except the two people who created the new lfe.