Do you think abortion is murder? Can a women live a normal life after an abortion, or will she always have the thought of who here child could have been?
2006-11-30 16:36:25 · 22 answers · asked by peter s 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
i like what someone said below about if a mother get killed with her baby they person who killed her gets charged with killing both of them...so it should be murder for the mother to kill her own child.
2006-11-30 17:39:28 · update #1
i think abortion in our society has become a big deal...because people are not resposible...people want to have sex....and not be responsible for the kid...just wear a condem or dont have sex...
2006-11-30 17:52:28 · update #2
I ABSOLUTELY think it's murder. The Bible says that a person is living from the time of conception.
Now if you're not a Christian and could care less abou that, take this for an example.
A woman can abort her child secretly, without anyone knowing about it, and go on about her life like nothing happened.
Now say the boyfriend finds out his girl is pregnant , freaks, and kills his girlfriend. Guess what? He gets charged with TWO, not one, but TWO counts of murder.
So the woman can abort (aka kill) an unborn child and be let off the hook, but if someone kills a woman that's pregnant, they get charged with two counts of murder.
Now someone try to tell me this isn't screwed up. I DARE you.
And if a woman gets raped and doesn't want to deal with the baby, put it up for adoption! There are countless families that can't have a child. They would welcome it with open arms. There is ALWAYS another option than abortion.
And could you REALLY kill your child so you could live? Can anyone be THAT selfish?
2006-11-30 16:44:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
No, I don't think it's murder while it may or may not be killing. I don't see a fetus as a person, but a potential and a choice. I was 15 weeks pregnant when I had my abortion. I didn't choose to be pregnant so long, but that's another story that has to do with an awful pro-life group in the city I was living in at the time. I think it is sometimes very necessary and also something that is difficult to understand for many people. I think this lack of understanding is a problem that should be addressed because this lack of understanding leads many pro-life people on to a path of hatred and hurting the women who have or need abortions whether or not they know it. This hatred and negativity is certainly not good for this world, the existing people in it or the potential babies that these 'haters' desire to be having.
I do believe that a woman can live a normal life after abortion. I believe this because I had an abortion and do not spend my days thinking about a child that could have been. If I never got pregnant, there would be no child. It's similar in my mind except that the abortion and the pregnancy leading up to the abortion was a major event in my life. It did change my in some ways, I now feel the need to speak up against many of the 'pro-life' lies such as "you'll live in guilt". I won't tell you my whole story, but I truly feel that if I chose to have a child then, I would be doing the wrong thing not only for myself, but for the child as well as for partner.
If you are interested in reading stories about women's lives after abortion without the risk of pro-life bias, try visiting www.imnotsorry.net
2006-12-01 02:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I used to be totally Pro-Life until I got pregnant and went through absolute hell and experienced the lowest floor to rock bottom that I have ever seen. You can't really judge the decision until you are in the position to make it. I found this out the hard way. I didn't have an abortion but I don't discourage it (or encourage it) either.
I do agree that there should be some limitations for third-trimester abortion to only include fetal anomality or health problems of the mother.
With that being said, there are over 600 MILLION (with a M) children in foster care who will never be adopted before the age of 18. A majority of the children who ARE adopted are newborn WHITE babies. The availability of abortion services has been directly linked to a decrease in crime statistics.
A lot of people feel free to voice their views of abortion as "murder" but most of them (avid Pro-Lifers) do not support sex education, birth control availability measures, or programs for single mothers. Most of them do not adopt children from the foster care system or provide temporary foster care for children in need. This does not make the procedure of abortion any more pleasant and the psychological ramifications are often lasting and profound on the mother, but the idea that the unborn child would have a better life if simply given the opportunity to live is not exactly a reality either. The mother most certainly will think about the aborted fetus for the rest of her life and wouldn't be human if she didn't, but sometimes it is in the best interest of everyone to give her the opportunity to make that choice.
God gave us the ability to think and operate on our free will and loves us enough to have compassion for our sins. A benevolent God would most certainly forgive a mother for making this type of heart-wrenching choice if she asked for forgiveness (if you need to put the God equation into the picture).
2006-12-01 00:57:47 · answer #3 · answered by Red 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
To everyone out there i have had two pregnancys terminated. The first was when i was 15 and my boyfriend was21. To this day i still wonder about what would be a12 year old child, but i dont regret it. the second was only 4 years ago and the father was an alcoholic who beat me and definately didnt want a child. Having a child under either circumstance would have been un fair to me and the child. I now have two children under 3 and i love them beyond imagining but if i had either one of the previous pregnancys go to full term would i have my angels now, probably not. You cannot sit in judgement of somebodys decision unless you have had to make it for yourself. What is good for you will not always be good for someone else. It is not a baby it is a clump of cells until 16 weeks yes a clump of cells with potential but still only a clump of cells. Yes adoption is wonderful, i feel for those who cant have their own children but a woman/girl should not have to go thru childbirth if it is going to be detrimental to them in any way. I am pro choice and no one will be able to change my mind the same as i wont change pro lifers view. And actuallyif someone murders a pregnant woman they arent charged with the murder of the baby unless its past the second trimester
2006-12-01 01:40:29 · answer #4 · answered by Big red 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
My opinion yes. The only way that I feel that it should take place is if someone is raped. And yes a women can live a normal life after having an abortion. But that women will or man will always wonder what they baby may have looked liked or what they might have been. But it the case is that she wasn't raped I would just have the baby and put it up for adoption. Their are many people out their that are unable to have a baby and they look at adopting in order to have a child they can call their own.
2006-12-01 01:10:36 · answer #5 · answered by firefighter bound 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I think the answer to this depends on the women. I could never have an abortion, no matter the circumstances. But there are some reasons women have abortions that I don't find completely depressing such as the baby is a result of rape or incest, or having the child could kill the mother during pregnancy or delivery. In these cases the women shouldn't feel as bad and could seek counseling to help her cope. It just depends on your own personal beliefs as to whether or not you could go on with your life.
2006-12-01 00:41:23 · answer #6 · answered by mandeejo 2 · 5⤊ 3⤋
I have mixed emotions...Im not sure if I could ever do it because yes, i would wonder my whole life what my child would have been like. I wont say that i will never do it because you should never say never. I do understand why some people do it and that is just a decision they have to make and deal with. I do think it is wrong to be careless and irresponsible and just know that you can always abort the baby if you get pregnant.
2006-12-01 00:40:39 · answer #7 · answered by georgiabelle87 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It is definitely murder, no matter how far along you are. Life begins at conception. Now here is what I have never understood: How can a person say that they believe abortion is murder, but thinks that it is a woman's "choice" to kill their baby, and that is OK? There is a word for that: HYPOCRISY. Voting for politicians that believe in "choice" is equivalent to having an abortion yourself. People that think like this will have to answer to God just like they had an abortion themselves.
2006-12-01 00:56:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Would if be considered murder if someone killed you because they thought you were an inconvenience?
Why does someone even have to ask this question.
TAKING A LIFE OF ANOTHER IS MURDER!
Don't give me the "if you are never been in that kinda situation...." bull crap. What does that have to do with murder? It shouldn't take a person to be in that "position" to know that killing is wrong. Whether you believe abortions are okay or not, murder IS murder.
http://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-4-video.html
http://www.cbrinfo.org/Resources/pictures.html
http://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/fetalpain.html
Life starts at conception
2006-12-01 01:05:38 · answer #9 · answered by mystique_dragon4 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It depends on the person. What is your gut telling you? I don't consider first trimester pregnancies murder. There have been several times I took every precaution and still thought I was pregnant. A child at that time would have completely ruined my life. I would've considered abortion and I think I would look back with relief, if that's what it had come to. I'm lucky I've never had to make that decision. I think when it came down to it, it would have been a toughie.
2006-12-01 01:13:24 · answer #10 · answered by MARIE 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋