For those 'anti-abortionists' who I assume are religious?

Question

I do not want anyone to take offence to this, but I have to ask. As so many people on here class themselves anti-abortionist, I assume at least some are religious and disagree for religious reasons.
Again this is not meant to offend but its something I've been wondering for a long time, if you campaign about abortions being wrong and evil (I will not judge either way), as its your religious belief, how you do compensate for making peoples lives a misery (when the chances are its bad enough at the particular time anyway) in the name of a god that I was lead to believe wants peace on earth and mankind to get a long with each other?

Again I'm sorry if this offends I am simply curious, and I'm not saying all religious people that are against abortion make peoples live a misery, but there are a few that go out of there way to upset and insult.

Aint giving up- I am not asking why people are against abortion, just why they feel that it is their job to interfere and upset so many people in the process

Answer 1

Pro-choice Christian here.

Answer 2

This is actually a very sensitive issue, which I see you appreciate by your details in your question. I do not actively campaign against abortion clinics. I do, however, oppose abortion on demand. I think it should be restricted to the case of rape, incest or when the mother's life is at stake. I believe that if people really knew when and where life began, both the pro-abortion and anti-abortion people would stop contending so vocally about it, and abortion would almost be eliminated entirely. However, we will probably continue to have this conflict up to the time of Jesus Christ's Second Coming. I don't want anybody to be miserable, but there are consequences associated with breaking spiritual laws, and abortion has more consequences associated with it than we know. What I would advocate as a Mormon is a return to the teaching of the law of chastity and its associated blessings. I don't think we have studied the blessings of chastity nearly enough, which include the avoidance of STDs, a deeper appreciation of those around us, and the ability to truly plan a family with God's timing, but also it includes a greater sensitivity to receiving inspiration about your own life and your family's life as well.

Answer 3

God gave us free will. It is a God given right and I will not take it away from anyone.

While you can try to convince someone not to do it--it is their right to choose.

Let God--the person who is intended to judge--do all the judging and you can keep to yourself. "Judge not, lest ye be judged."

I have never had an abortion. I would never have an abortion. I have never encouraged an abortion. BUT I have been there to support a women who had an abortion.

Science has yet to prove when life begins. Is it at life or conception--that's the debate. Until we have an answer from science I don't believe anyone can make an educated decision on this one.

I'm pro-choice and a Christian.

EDIT TO ADD--I'm not in anyway saying life is not valid. I'm not saying I wouldn't try to convince a woman to put a child up for adoption instead of abort--but I am saying in the end it should be her choice. There's a fine line you can cross when a woman is making that hard decision between adoption and abortion. I don't cross that line. I don't sit and preach "Thou shall not kill." I sit and try to show her the other options. I volunteer often at a pregnancy crisis center and we write lists with the girls to help them determine what is important to them. For example--what kind of a life do they want the child to have? What are their morals? What are their religious beliefs? We work on that. We put together lists that would happen in the case of abortion, adoption, and keeping the child for themselves. In the end the woman makes her choice---we do the appropriate things to help her out. Believe it or not even being a religious person can convince a woman NOT to get an abortion by using techniques other then their religious beliefs. I actually think in some cases for non-religious women it has an adverse effect if you convince using religion and pushes them more towards it.

Answer 4

I am LDS. I personally have sympathy for those who feel they must have or have had an abortion. I believe the choice for doing it is as individual as the person. I feel that it is very sad that some think there is no other way than an abortion. But, that is their own choice. Do I know if they will be held accountable for it someday? No, because I am not the judge. Do I think it is right for a person to have an abortion because pregnancy is an inconvenience for them? No.
The church has made it pretty clear how the Lord views abortion. In the case of rape, incest, or harm to the baby or mother, those instances are cause for termination of the pregnancy, but should be only considered through faithful prayer. The matter is not to be entered into lightly.
I would never put down, judge, discriminate, or treat badly any person who has ever had an abortion. I know a person who has had one and I feel sorrow for her. I can forgive her for her decision, it did not affect me. We are required to forgive all, and God will forgive whom he will forgive.

Answer 5

If they were religious then they would know not to judge anyone and i have seen plenty of people on here attack someone for saying/talking about having an abortion. I don't get it. You can not judge if you are religious, only god can do that.

God forbid they ever have to walk a mile in their shoes then they might know what it's like to have to choose..
Lyric from Everlast "What it's like"

I am for abortion and it isn't anybody buisness if you or if i or the girl down the street has one. It is every womans right to choose.

Answer 6

Pro choice here. But i wouldn't have one unless it was for a medical reason, i am also 30 and married. So I really wouldn't have a reason to abort.

I get upset when I read a young persons question on if they should keep their baby and some people on this site carry on like she would be the worse person in the world if she aborted.

Pull you heads in and offer open minded advice and personal experiences, as for adoption I was brought up in a foster home, they were nasty and abusive. Even now after going through that, i don't know why my mother didn't keep me. So adoption is not always the best way.

Answer 7

I can't see how murdering your own child a precious gift from God would make your life any less miserable. I think it would make a person even more miserable knowing that they had taken an innocent life. Having a baby is not the worst thing that can happen in life it is the best thing even if the timing may be a little off! Having a child is more likely to make your life worth living even if you put it up for adoption than killing a child is.


People interfere because they want to help. Maybe if some young women was going to a clinic to have an abortion and some one told her on her way in that God didn't want her to kill her baby she would think it over and not have an abortion. Having her baby may turn out to be the best thing she has ever done.

Yes people have free will and ultimately it their decision to make but I don't see how giving women another option (adoption) or letting them know that God loves them can hurt! I would never scorn a woman who did have an abortion Jesus died for our sins who am I to judge another person. I have friends who have had abortions and it still haunts them I wouldn't want that for anyone. And for those of you who say you would only do it for medical reasons the doctors told me my daughter was going to be born with severe health problems and limited brain function they recomended termiation but although she does have lots of problems she is a beautiful loving child of God who brings joy to our family and everyone who knows her she would have never have been able to share her gifts if she had been aborted! God makes us all in his own image every life is valid.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

My friend had an abortion in highschool and shes still tourmented until this day.It would have been easier to suck it up and give birth.Adoption in an option!God-Bless ya!