Not another abortion rant, I promise!?

Question

I asked this question yesterday, and only got a few answers. I'm not asking you to spend a long time here, all I want you to do is post whether your pro-life or pro-choice. Just wondering where everyone stands. I'm not lookind to stir up a BIG discussion like everyone else seems to do. Please, if you took the time to read this, just post one way or the other, which way you would vote, if you could.

For those of you who ask "why ask?" I don't expect everyone to agree, that's the beauty of living in America, it's called free speech, and the right to choose what you believe. I was just trying to see whcih side is greater. I know looking on here, resources are limited, but it might give me an idea one way or the other. BTW if you think the government shouldn't have control, that means you are pro-choice! pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion- contrary to popular belief!

Well, I guessed it would stir up a debate, what I should have said was "not preaching one way or the other" What I meant by saying that I wasn't trying to stir anything up was that I was not ranting and I was trying very hard not to be rude to anyone, no matter what their beliefs were.

This is for you facts74- I may have accidentally given away which way I tend to believe, but I never actually said that I was pro-choice. Pro-abortion would imply that I believe that every baby should be aborted. Pro- choice implies (more correctly) that a person believes that a woman should decide what happens to her body, and no one else. I have never had an abortion, and unless my life was in danger, don't think I ever will, but if the government gets to say that women can't have abortions once again, what's next? No birth control, or no morning after pill? This may sound a little extreme, but I assure you it's not. If this happens, what's left for women but to be baby making machines? I tried very hard not to state my opinion, but there it is, SORRY! I also believe there are some cases where an abortion is a better decision to make, but if a woman in one of those situations decides against it, I support her CHOICE! (see where the whole PRO-CHOICE thing comes into play?)

Answer 1

i dont think i should have to choose between those. I am "pro-choice" but that doesnt mean that im anti-life....anyway i guess i would vote pro choice-a woman should be able to do whatever she wants with her body-the government shouldnt have control over a womans reproductive organs

Answer 2

I'm obviousley not a woman, so my opinion results from a questionable perspective. I'm somewhat torn between the two sides, but I have to say that I tend to lean towards the life side.

Reasons for this is (my personal perspective):

The majority of Pro-choice women, change their abortion opinions after becoming a (planned) bilogical parent. Very few can look at their child and imagine what if they had aborted it?

The women that have had abortions, as they get older, tend to experience feelings of guilt. With thoughts such as: What would he or she looked like? If I had kept the child, my daughter or son would now be 12 years old. etc., etc., etc..

It's really funny how many women, will blurt out, "PRO-CHOICE" it's my body and I'll do what I want with it . . .Bla Bla Bla. This statement is usually thrown out there with very little thought as to what the longterm outcome of such a decision would entail. Sacrificing a human life is a HUGE decision, regardless of your personal religious, moral or ethical beliefs. Weither you believe a baby is an actual life or not at a certain time in it's congenital development.
But, we must agree that unharmed, it will become a human life.

I myself made a decision that I regret to this day. I have an 19 year old son or daughter that was never allowed to be born. I wanted to have the baby, but my girlfriend's modeling carrer was far more important. I did what I felt was right (at the time) and stood behind my girlfriend's decision to let this one go and we'd try again another day, when things were right.
Let me tell you something, there is no right time to have a child. Life is way to busy for there to ever be a perfect time. Just think about what all our parent's sacrificed.
I now have two wonderful children a wonderful wife and hope my ex-model girlfriend has stopped shedding intermittent tears over a decision that appeared right at that time in our lives 19 years ago.
Right now I'm not feeling very macho, as my eyes are tearing up, But, I almost wish I could of read this post 20 years ago . . . . I'll just shut up and bring this to a close.

All I can do at this point in my life is move on, forget the past and love my two children 300%.

I hope this was somewhat enlightning and at least answered your question if nothing else.

Answer 3

Pro-choice

Answer 4

Pro Choice

Answer 5

Pro-Choice

Why: I believe that a woman should have right what to do with her body. I firmly believe that it is God's plan. It makes me upset when men try to put a standard on a woman's body.

I'll say this: until you've in a situation when abortion is a real and viable option, you can't really speak on this subject. If you haven't had to carry a child and been scared out of your mind, you can't really understand the women who DO have an abortion.

While I understand the whole thinking that a baby is a life, the mother is a life too.

I also hate it when people say that you can't be Christian and pro-choice. That just makes my blood boil. I believe that God is with every mother who has ever had an abortion. No one can really honestly say the pain you go through until you have an abortion. God had a plan for their child, and He was with them when they had an abortion. Maybe that WAS God's plan.

I do have a limit though. Late-term abortions make my blood boil. If a child CAN survive at 21 weeks, why would you abort when you could have a c-section and give the baby away for adoption? If you haven't made up your mind by 20 weeks, abortion isn't an option anymore.

(I love how everyone pro-life is giving everyone pro-choice a thumbs down. Classy)

Answer 6

Pro choice

Answer 7

That's a hard question...as an expecting mother I am obviously pro-life and no matter what the situation was, I'd never terminate my pregnancy because I don't believe in abortion FOR ME PERSONALLY. However, notice what was said for example "I" and "my"...that means that this was a CHOICE that I made. Guess that puts me in the middle for other people!

Answer 8

Pro Life. That's fine if you don't want a baby, but there are so many people that do want a baby and can't. Why not find a home for it and give it away? Plus it is healthier for you to actually have the baby than have an abortion. You have to get all that cleaned out of you or you can get toxemia, or something like that.

Answer 9

I believe that as hard as it might be for a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy, that the end result of a barren mother adopting the baby out weighs that hardship. I am not pro-choice, but I do believe that the government should stay out of it. I believe that every tiny life is a blessing. I do have compassion for those who have been raped, molested, etc... but I have more compassion & concern for those mothers who are not ABLE to give birth.

Answer 10

I'm all for life, I have 3 children of my own..but I do know there are circumstances where women don't really have another choice or if they do it's not a good choice for anyone involved..So I am pro-choice!

Answer 11

this one is iffy for a lot of people because of the political standing of this issue. i myself am pro choice, only because i believe us women should be able to choose what goes on in our bodies. men don't have to deal with the pains of pregnancy and labor and then after with the expectations of taking care of a baby and everything else. if they so choose, they can still act like the teenagers they once wre without acare in the owrld while we're busting our butts trying to make a living and feed a little mouth and making sure no one harms our little ones.
however, i don't think i'd ever be able to have an abortion, simply because i don't think i could handle it emotionally. it's a big decision to make, and i'll admit to considering it with this pregnancy, but by the time i'd made up my mind, it was to late, and i'm glad it was taken out of my hands.