Do those who think abortion is not right for themselves, but should be an option for others?

Question

just really secretly feel that their own babies are "better" than others people's babies? I mean, why do they feel that it's ok for poor babies, out of wedlock babies, disabled babies, sick babies, babies conceived in rape, and babies of incest to be killed in utero, but not for THEIR precious babies to be killed?

Any clues?

jmrob29: I think it's cruel of you to let someone do something that you know is wrong and that you KNOW will bring them sorrow, and then mock them for it. Don't you think that by making abortion legal, it sends the wrong message that it is a good thing to some women who may not know any better? Is that your way of "weeding out the idiots"? Quite mean of you, I think.

Nikiki13: My thoughts exactly. I think it's a cowardly position that people take trying to be politically correct, when in actuality they are just refusing to take a stand. They obviously believe it is wrong because it is killing a human being. If it is killing a human being, then it should not be allowed by ANY person, freedom of choice or not. We don't have the freedom of choice to kill our newborns, do we? Or is that the next logical step from abortion on demand?

E: You talk about us not having the right to make decisions for someone else...isn't abortion the ultimate decision to make for the unborn child...whether he or she lives or dies based on the mother's "situation"? How does the mother being raped make the child even one iota less of a human being than any other unborn child? Who is the mother to decide whether her child will have a life worth living? Why don't pro-choicers every make that obvious connection?

Also, what makes pro-choicers think that an abortion will make the memories of a rape magically disappear? From testimonials all over the internet, abortion only compounds the negative feelings about the event for the mother. If she "can't stand to look at the child" then she should give him or her up for adoption to a family that will love that child for who HE or SHE is, not judge the child for the actions of the father.

Wolf: So now "being able to think" is the criteria for being a human being? Scientifically, a baby at 40 weeks gestation is a "fetus" just before he or she is born. So you're actually suggesting that the second before being born the fetus can't think, but the second after the baby is born, he or she CAN think? On what basis do you then presumably frown upon infanticide? Get a grip. You don't know ANY of the facts and your argument has long since been debunked. Pure bull.

Even those in the abortion industry know and admit that an unborn baby is a person, which is why they've steered the debate away from the "Product of Conception" as they like to call "it", because they know they can't win an argument based on the facts. They've instead changed the debate from the unborn child to "my body, my choice" successfully diverting attention away from the baby and dehumanizing "it" by calling "it" a part of the woman's body. Preposterous. The baby, from the moment of conception, has its own set of unique DNA, its own blood type, and its own gender. It is a living being of the species Homo sapiens. That's all I need and that's all the law needs to classify abortion FOR ANY REASON as murder.

Oh, and guys who have answered here or plan to answer this Question, as the pro-choicers like to say to men who are pro-life, I say to you "your opinion doesn't count because you don't have a uterus". The abortion industry is not a friend to fathers; the radical feminists who support abortion on demand openly hate men, hate marriage, and hate children for "keeping women down". They don't care ONE BIT for your opinion on anything, much less what women do with their "own bodies".

E: I also find it amusing that you tell me "you shouldn't either" when you just said that no one should tell anyone else what to do. You just broke your own rule.

Answer 1

I think that people who say that they wouldn't have an abortion personally, but that everyone should be given that choice are trying to be politically correct. Obviously, if They wouldn't do it, there must think that it is wrong. So I don't know why they are OK with other people doing it. Perhaps they just haven't really thought it though and don't want to offend anyone.
I get a lot of crap from people who feel that abortion should available to anyone how chooses to get one. It is disgusting and wrong.

But back to your question, no, I don't think they feel their baby is better, they just don't have strong convictions in this regard.

**One more quick thing. Just because the baby might not have the perfect life, or you don't want to have one yet is no excuse to kill it. If you abort the baby, you won't get it back later on when it is better for you. You will have a baby, but not the one that you killed.

Answer 2

An interesting stand you take on it. And I believe is more out of emotion than of any real practical thought.

I would probably never have an abortion, but I am not arrogant enough to pretend like I know every single person's circimstances to dictate to them about *whether or not* they should have an abortion. Of course I'm not waving an abortion flag. For the last time it's 'pro-choice'. Meaning. That if a person for whatever reason they feel necessary thinks that they can't have a baby then *I* do not have the right to make the choice for them. I can certainly give an opinion. And I may opt for them to keep it. But *I* don't know them. *I* don't know their circumstances. So *I* don't feel 100% comfortable telling *them* what to do.

You really shouldn't either.

Answer 3

I think that any person rich OR poor should have the option of abortion.

Starting to get a little bit snarky again aren't you Maggs? You are very well aware that this is simply a non question as you are yet again stereotyping all women who are pro choice into one little neat box that fits your ideas. You claim to do all this research yet are completely uneducated about the women and men you are slamming here in your "question."

For awhile there you were actually beginning to sound like an intelligent woman who could actually ask thought provoking questions. Your answers, as cut and paste as they all are, with all the exact same wording leave alot to be desired unfortunately. I would really like to see you put some thought into each individual answer as I truly feel like you have some good things to say, even if I happen to disagree with most of it.

Answer 4

There are probably times when abortion can be justified such as when the life of the mother is at severe risk, but I believe that it should not be used as a form of contraception.

I am against abortion in general and if it is to be allowed, it should be allowed in the most extreme situations with very stringent evaluation of the criteria for the action.

I have a grandson, born to an unwed teenage mother, but he is the most precious thing in the world to me. I sometimes imagine what I would have missed had he been aborted

Answer 5

That is why we have pro-choice. I would never tell someone who was pregnant whether or not they should have an abortion. I am pro-choice and I did choose to keep my son. Just because I am pro-choice and had my son doesn't mean that I think that everyone else in the situations you mentioned should abort. Abortion and religion are personal choices that individuals need to make for themselves and I don't feel I have the right to push either my religious or abortion beliefs on anyone.

Answer 6

People make decisions based on emotion, when it's not their child they have the choice of reasoning. I think it's a difficult decision for anyone to make. It's not all black and white every case is different. Would you want to live your life as as serverely disabled person, or do you just want to keep that person alive to confort your own feelings?

Answer 7

You know, I believe in abortion. I also believe in adoption. It should be your own personal choice (the woman's and absolutely no one elses-even the father) whether to have a child or not. Sometimes a person's situation determines whether or not they would have an abortion......it is their decision in what I call "the red hot minute".

America was based on freedom of choice.....and some people choose to be idiots.

Answer 8

that's not the reasoning. jeez!

my mother is pro-choice. she would never have an abortion because she wanted kids and probally would have felt a bit guilty and very wistful.
I'm pro-choice. I never want to have an abortion because I want kids badly. and I'm scared about something going wrong. but if I got pregnant tomorrow, I'd have to have one., because it th best option I have. and its no ones business but my own.

I feel the same for other women, they have their reasons and they don't have to justify them to me. and its not a baby- its fetus. it's a baby when it can think.

Answer 9

No one has to have an abortion if they do not want it and nothing is wrong with that. They just feel that everyone has a right to decide and they have made the decission for themselves and not trying to force everyone to follow their wishes. People that think other people should not have abortions should be prepared to take, care for and raise those babies rather than trying to force other women to have children they may not be able to take care of themselves.

Answer 10

I think your question would be more valid if you omitted rape & incest.

Could you imagine being raped and then seeing the rapist, having to care for someone who continually reminds you of the rape & rapist for 18years?

And if you are a religious conservative, then the RelCons guys around you who would be potential mates would see you w/ this out of wedlock baby and would never consider marrying you - unless your name is Mary.