what? Maybe you should re-read that question...*
2006-11-10 07:06:27
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answer #1
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answered by Sunspot Baby 4
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Uh....I don't really understand the point of the question, but I'm feelin' froggy! And I haven't had a good abortion question in awhile.
I argue FOR PRO-CHOICE!
1) If it's during the first trimester, when the fetus, NOT BABY, but FETUS, has NO hope of survival outside the womb, I think it's fine. It's not a baby, it can't survive from that point, there are no lungs, etc.
2) I don't want ANYONE telling me what I can and can't do with my body. If I were to have gotten pregnant when I was raped 8 years ago, I would have gotten an abortion. I had so much anger and hate towards that man, I could not imagine having to explain to that child later in life who he was.
3) I don't live by the rules of your god or bible. I live by the laws of my country, which say that I can have an abortion. Until it becomes illegal, it's not a true argument. It's a losing battle for anyone arguing pro-life!
And just for the hell of it, 4) It is sometimes a medical NECESSITY to get an abortion. If someone had an tubular pregnancy, abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother.
2006-11-10 15:09:38
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answer #2
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answered by Heck if I know! 4
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1) No one has any right to tell me that if I were to accidentally become pregnant, despite taking every precaution against it (which I do), that I should be forced to carry a deformed child to term, because I am on medication for a chronic illness and it specifically states you CANNOT take it while pregnant or BECOME pregnant while you are taking it. It has to be flushed from my system for several months before I can even think about conception.
2) What Erica H said. No woman - NO WOMAN - should be forced to carry a pregnancy resulting from rape or incest to term. May the Goddess bless you always for sharing the fact that you are a survivor.
3) A friend of mine's parents have a friend who was actually jailed back in the 1970s before abortion became legal because his wife was told carrying to term would kill her. Their doctor would not perform the abortion, but they "happened" to find the name of a reputable doctor who would while in his office. Someone tipped off the police, who broke in during the abortion. The wife bled to death after the authorities arrested the doctor, because they stopped him mid-procedure and they couldn't get her to the hospital on time.
And if that isn't enough 4) coat hangers can too easily be straightened by desperate women into instruments that will tear a uterus to pieces.
2006-11-10 15:31:04
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answer #3
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answered by thelittlemerriemaid 4
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I don't argue with anyone.....you want an abortion that's on your conscience. Do i agree with abortion NO.
1. In this day and age there is contraceptives available everywhere.... so there really are no excuses are there.
2. What God has created....who are you to choose if it lives or dies.
3. There is always adoption.... There are plenty of childless wonderful couples who would give that child a wonderful home and life.
If however the abortion is a medical necessity. That is something totally different. If its a danger to the mothers life. There are always exceptions to the rule. But as a means of contraceptive..NO 100% NO. This is my view which i am entitled and if someone is pro abortion that's there opinion and i respect that....don't agree with it.....But its her conscience.... not mine.
2006-11-10 15:12:15
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answer #4
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answered by Anonymous
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Do you mean "why do we argue about abortion?"
1.Because there are those who believe that a woman should leave her life completely to fate--i.e. her ability to bear children is her primary function and destiny no matter what else she has CHOSEN to do with her life.
2. Because some people who are against abortion actually think that incest or rape will not result in pregancy--as if trauma will prevent it. And, anyone who has sex outside of marriage deserves the "punishment" of compulsory pregnancy.
3. Because anti-abortion sentiment is rarely about the child. It's about the "immoral" woman. Adoption is touted as a handy solution that totally ignores the fact that many women don't want to be pregant, either--and don't want to endure nine months of public shame that no one will soon forget.
4. Because this world is already full of kids who need homes for so many other reasons. Why add to their numbers?
5. Because no one should have to raise a severely deformed or disabled child. How selfish to bring someone into the world who will suffer. Yes, unanticipated adversity sometimes builds character--but don't welcome hardship you can avoid. God doesn't send "lessons" in the form of disabled kids!!!
4. Because while it's everyone's responsibility to do their best to only have the children they want and can support--by the same token, it's no one's business to force a woman to be a baby factory when her birth control method fails--or for any other reason. And it's certainly no one's business to make a woman petition the court or be publicly examined for the social conditions under which she conceived.
5. Because people in the US seem to forget is that abortion wasn't a hot topic for CENTURIES until midwives and pharmacists were cutting into doctors' abortion business. That's when all the public outcry and laws began, to turn it into a surgical procedure only to be done by physicians--for monetary reasons--and then banned entirely until the 1970's.
30% of Colonial brides went to the altar pregnant, lest anyone think that the "sins" resulting in pregnancy somehow came out of the hippie "free love" era in the late 20th-century United States.
So that's why I argue about abortion--because ignorance really p*sses me off.
2006-11-10 15:27:00
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answer #5
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answered by Cluny Brown 4
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It's all about the rights of adults to act like children vs the right of the resulting child to live.
For me, it's simple. Sperm and eggs do not contain a complete DNA sequence. But an embryo does, and it is a DIFFERENT DNA sequence than that of the mother. You can't HAVE two seperate DNA sequences, therefore, LOGICALLY, it is a seperate person who deserves the same protection under the law enjoyed by anyone else.
Making survival outside the womb the criteria is like saying that astronauts are not human because they can't live in a vacuum.
Of course, when a child threatens the life of the mother, s/he isn't exactly innocent anymore, is s/he?
However, my mother was the result of a rape. I can hardly agree that she should have been aborted!
2006-11-10 15:21:45
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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Why am I argue about abortion? Because it's a human rights issue. And religious people enjoy trampling human rights. It's quite a fun past-time.
2006-11-10 15:07:44
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answered by Anonymous
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First of re-write your question because I could hardly understand it.
Abortion is a different thing to many people.
1) To ME it is murder
2) To me it is get out of jail free kind of thing
3) You should deal with the consequences
2006-11-10 15:10:44
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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Because we haven't come up with a social agreement about it. There are extremists on both sides of the issue, some who say "never" and some who say "always". Some say "absolutely wrong" and some say "an absolute choice".
It should be obvious to any intelligent person that abortion should never be considered the best first choice for a birth control method. Education is first and best. Education is what lets you decide if you want to abstain from sex until you are married, or if you need to get some birth control. Education is what lets you choose to protect yourself from things that can happen that you didn't want to have happen.
In some cases, education doesn't work. A young woman could learn what she needs to know and still get raped and become pregnant. I would not deny such a woman an abortion.
The United States makes education and law enforcement public matters. Our tax money pays for public schools and for police departments. If we fail to educate our young people, we fail as a nation. If we fail to protect our citizens, we fail as a nation. If we fail to either inform or protect a woman and she gets pregnant because of our social failures and then we refuse to let her get an abortion, we are compounding our failures.
I don't argue about abortion any more. It is not my right to tell people what to do with their lives. I argue in favor of sex education in schools, in favor of every person's right to choose morals that they can be personally responsible for, in favor of keeping our streets safe, in favor of sending rapists to jail, in favor of an American's right to say what they think it is right to say.
And here is what I think is right: we can be as extreme as we want about our own personal morals, but we have NO RIGHT AT ALL to tell other people what personal choices they can make. We can offer our support to our fellow citizens, but they are always free to refuse our support.
Two bits of good advice, first to pro-life, anti-choice people: if you don't think abortions are a good idea for you, don't have one and support sex education in your schools.
To pro-choice, anti-life people: if you want to keep abortion safe and legal, don't ask the government to pay for your abortion. And support sex education in your schools.
2006-11-10 15:35:50
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answer #9
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answered by anyone 5
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After seeing these images, if you still want to have a discussion we will talk.
2006-11-10 15:12:56
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answer #10
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answered by Anonymous
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Because religion should not be written into law. I personally am no fan of abortion but, simply by the nature of being a teen and having teen friends, have seen personally the effects of stupidity, an unwanted baby, and resignation to single motherhood working three minimum wage jobs.
Dunno what you mean about examples, but point is, if abortions are morally reprehensible to you, don't have one. I don't see why one group's "holier than thou" attitude should decide the fate of thousands of women young and old around the nation.
2006-11-10 15:10:59
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answer #11
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answered by Anonymous
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