What are youre views on this sensitive matter ?

Question

No god comments please as i dont feel they are relevant . But how do you feel about a womens right to have an abortion . I think that most would agree that it is fundamentally wrong to have it later on in the pregnancy but in the very early stages how do you feel about it ? And why do you feel the way you do ?

Answer 1

Why shouldn't women have the right? its not up to anyone else to tell someone that they HAVE to take a pregnancy to term. Unfortunately even though you asked them not to i'd imagine the god squadders will have a field day with this question - ignore them.

Answer 2

I believe a woman has the right to choose but would not have an abortion myself. My son was unplanned but was never "unwanted". He wasn't born into an easy situation as his father and were already arguing constantly before he was born but I refused to let my unborn child pay the price for my carelessness.

Although I know my life would have been far simpler had I not had my son, I have never regretted having him. I have been a single parent for most of his life, had worked through university on my own from the time he was a year old (got my degree). I've done some serious financial struggling with him but he is thirteen now and I'm living almost in the black.

It's a good feeling being his mother - I'm proud of ust both. I had made the decision to give him the best possible life from the time he was conceived.

I know women who have had abortions. They are not evil nor did they take their decisions lightly.

I did say that I could never have an abortion, however, I actually don't know what I would do if I became pregnant after a rape - I honestly don't know. Nor do I know what I'd do if a child I was carrying was very disabled. If I had an eptopic pregnancy I'd terminate it. Keeping the child would mean certain death for both of us - it would be pointless ending two lives when one can be saved.

It's just not a black and white issue. Whilst I will stay true to my feelings I can understand the choices that others make.

Answer 3

Incredibly difficult. Fundamentally i have always agreed with a woman's right to choose - and somewhere I feel that the earlier stages of pregnancy are more justifiable than the later stages - when you are dealing with baby-like foetus and not a collection of cells. That said, I had one - it was the sensible thing to do (the father had a genetic condition, i was too young, etc etc) - and I know it was the right thing to do - however, mother nature has a scary way of coming back and making women depressed after the event - i think it is mother nature's way of making sure that you get pregnant again - somehow, emotionally I regret what I did, even though I know it was so logical, in the early stages, and completely defensible. It is a complete dilemma, and provided no one is forced to make the decision against their will, i completely respect both sides of the argument - it is the hardest decision a woman will ever have to make.

Answer 4

I support abortion in the early stages. I, personally, think the embryo isn't a child and the woman matters more. The pro-lifers think this way too, otherwise they wouldn't support abortion when the woman's life is in danger. They're not anti-abortion as they say they are. The world health organization estimates that 110,000 women die each year from illegal abortions. Those women could have lived if they were given the right of a legal abortion.

Answer 5

I think that it really is a matter of choice and ethics. I myself would never want to do this, but if I were not able to support this child or take care of it in any way, I would abort. I am guessing that adoption is o.k. for some people, but I would always feel sad. Never knowing if the child went to a good family, never knowing what the kid looked like. The child, usually if being adopted, is taken from you the second it is born. But I think that one glimpse you get of the child will tear your heart apart. So, if you must, you must really have a good reason!If you sincerely have to, abort in the early stages, don't let the child grow or you wil become attached.

Answer 6

I don't really know a whole lot about abortions having never had one myself. I have had two children though and knew I was pregnant within a few days of missing a period. So whydoes it take women so long to visit the doctor to arrange a termination. I know they have lots to think over in their heads but surely in most cases a few weeks is plenty, making the pregnancy 10 weeks at the most. I think abortion up to 12 weeks is OK unless a highly disabling problem is found at a later scan. Aborting babies over 16 weeks is not acceptable in my mind when the only reason is that it is not wanted.

Answer 7

I, personally, think it is wrong to have an abortion for reasons other than to prevent an unhappy/unhealthy life being created.
I don't think I could have an abortion.
However, I am pro-choice, to a certain extent. I think I would be happiest if the time you are able to have an abortion was much less, I don't think it is nessercary for it to be as long as it is. 12 weeks seems fair to me - but then again I don't know all the medical reasons for late abortion.
These are just my random musings, hard to say why I feel this way - its just my personal opinion, and not one I feel the need to tell anyone about. It isn't a religious veiw point. I'm a taoist, but I've actually got no idea what the taoist teachings are on this sort of thing. I shall go and find out, should be interesting.

Answer 8

(if you don't want 'god comments', you might have posted this in the 'pregnancy and parenting' category'- just a tip)

I believe in a woman's right to choose, but I also believe each woman carries the responsiblity that right demands. I feel this way because I know there are legitimate reasons one might get an abortion. In the case where it's not due to a medical emergency, I can only comment that it is difficult to see children that are not loved or wanted by their parents. Sure they could give them up for adoption, but many don't, and both the child and parent suffer, all because someone was irresponsible.

Answer 9

It's not a decision to be taken lightly, and is individual to every case, but at risk of making a sweeping statement I would say that there are occassions when an abortion is best for the mum, the dad and the baby.
However abortion is never the ideal, and the circumstance should really be avoided where possible!!

Answer 10

a woman has a right to her body,she can choose many options,abstinence,birth control,lots of birth control.you must remember that a decision to abort can affect a woman with compassion in a very negative way.since roe v wade 20.000.000 Americans have been murdered.thousands of woman who exercised their right to their bodies have committed suicide because of their guilt.before any abortion,a woman should have to watch an abortion on film so the woman can see the baby get their skull crushed to make the delivery easier,if it is an early pregnancy,have them watch a movie that shows how their baby will be vacuumed out piece by piece,then she can make an informed decision before she murders her baby.

Answer 11

I Took it upon my self to learn about fetal development... human life begins at conception... I am firm in my position that that life is fully human.... There are a very limited number of circumstances that would make an abortion medicaly necessary...VERY limited reasons...I you are given honest information concerning human development... and if you have ever been present at t 2 1/2 month mis carrage( I was)..and it was my wife... you would know that that life is human and you would morn it's loss...I have been present when a woman severly injured in a car crash lost her child at just over 4months... do not tell me it is just tissue or "pre"life....when you hold that lost life in your hands and put it in a bag you know it was a human life.
Abortion for birth controle or sex selection is MURDER

my "opinion" came to be many years before I came to be of The Christian Faith...I did not concider God had any thing to do with it at the time.... I now know God is very relevant in this matter..