Abortion or No?

Question

If there was a baby born to bad people, which senerio would be better?
Abortion- The baby is put to sleep, so it never feels pain.
or
No abortion-The baby will be badly taken care off where the parents might eventually kill the baby accidently or intentionally by drowning it,or somthing like that.
Are you pro-choice or pro-life?Please state your spirituality.
This is not an attempt to insult others, as what some people might percive it to be. I just want to know what other people of other religions thoughts are.

Answer 1

Vehemently pro-choice, atheist. I had an abortion, so I'm a 'murderer', apparently. I was alone with a boyfriend who didn't care less and had no money.

Adoption for most women is not a choice in these circumstances and anyone who says so has clearly no experience in the matter. Removing a fetus 10 weeks after conception compared to carrying a baby to term, giving birth to it, seeing it and then giving it away is well....no comparison. I don't mind admitting that I'm not strong enough to do that. I believe, had I been forced to that, I would have kept the baby. Not because I suddenly had money or support but because I wouldn't have been strong enough to gove it away. I don't see many fundies adopting unwanted children, by the way? Scientific evidence shows that at 10 weeks, the fetus has no nerve ending and therefore cannot feel pain. I disagree with late-term abortion for all but extreme cases but I don't regret decision, although I still think about it often. I am now engaged to a great man, have a career and will have a happy family. If I had had the baby, these things wouldn't be happening. I would be on welfare, unhappy and most importantly, not giving that child a happy life.

Answer 2

Ok, I am an atheist. I do believe in choice. If the mother wants an abortion I think she should have it. Raising a child you dont want isnt a good situation for either the mother or the child.

Now, this scenario doesnt take a lot of things into consideration. Does the mother want the abortion? If she doesnt would someone make her have an abortion because she is a "bad" mother? I would strongly oppose that. Also, is every child raised by "bad" parents a waste? On the contrary! Sometimes people from horrible family situations rise above the circumstances and do incredible things.

Its not an easy question and it certainly is something that you cant answer in a few paragraphs. I think the real answer to the dilemna is to support women, making it easier for them to raise their children in a warm loving environment, but to allow abortion if its truly what she wants. I believe in TRUE choice. No woman should ever have to say "I have to have an abortion, I have no choice" or vice versa.

Answer 3

Personally, I think abortion is ok in SELECT circumstances. Rape, incest or the health of the mother. After that, no. There are many families that can't have kids. I know of a couple that have spent thousands of dollars on doctors visits. In this case an adoption would be perfect. If a woman is found to be having multiple abortions, then the state should have the right to administer birth control. Hopefully, if someone was considering an abortion, they would change their minds and put the kid up for an adoption.

Answer 4

Here we go again with the adoption argument. Many of the same people who say the baby should be put up for adoption would argue vehemently aainst a gay couple being allowed to adopt a child.

So the solution is to let kids waste away in foster care and group homes where they will be more sexually experienced by the time they are seven than most people are by the time they are thirty. If you think I'm lying about this, do a little research.

Fundies live in a dream world. Those who oppose abortion but also support the rights of homosexuals to adopt at least have their values in line (even if I don't agree with their stance on a woman's right to choose).

Answer 5

So, you think that if there is a possibility someone may be injured or killed later in life, we should just premptively kill them, whether they personally want to die or not? What kind of logic is that? Should we apply the same logic to newborn babies? Should we also just go ahead and kill any children are currently being abused to protect them from further suffering? Who would decide which babies would be abused? Can you see the future?

Do you not realize that abortion is the most violent child abuse imaginable? If you think babies just "go to sleep" and don't feel pain, if you really need to take a look at the facts (and keep in mind that the average age of an aborted baby in America is 10 weeks):

Photos and Video of Abortions, Including 1st Trimester Abortions:
http://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-4-video.html
http://www.cbrinfo.org/Resources/pictures.html

Photos and Facts About Prenatal Development:
http://www.justthefacts.org/clar.asp
http://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-2-prenatal.html
http://www.studentsforlife.uct.ac.za/foetal%20dev%20photos.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3847319.stm
http://www.lifeissues.org/ultrasound/11weeks.htm

Pain Perception in the Unborn:
http://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/fetalpain.html

I am pro-life and anti-abortion. I am a Christian.

Answer 6

I am pro-choice and non-spiritual.

If the abortion is better for the potential child due to the circumstances of the parent or possible birth defects... by all means, abort. If it's done in the appropriate time frame there is no pain for the potential child. If the child is not aborted it could be subject to a lifetime of pain.

People often advocate against abortion by saying "they can't make the decision themselves so we have to make the decision for them" but that works both ways. You can't ask a fetus if it wants to be born into an abusive household or spend it's entire life with some deformity... How are you sure they would enjoy that type of a life?

Answer 7

In abortions, the baby is not simply put to sleep. It's often ripped apart, and the baby does have feeling at that point.
I believe that we as humans don't have the right to decide who's allowed to live. Having an abortion kills the baby just as much as intentionally drowing it. The baby has its own heartbeat, and has actually been proven to be its own entity. It only needs the mother for food and as a place to reside for 9 months. It breathes on its own and eventually moves a little on its own.
So, I am pro-life and a Christian.

Answer 8

Everyone reading this who was born after Roe V. Wade is actually an abortion survivor. (Something to think about)
Read on a blog once about a mother's answering her 8 year old child's question about what was an abortion. And no matter how hard she tried to explain it as gently as possible--the horrified shock on her child's face, and the response: "well, it must be true, if you say so mommy--but I really can't think about it any more." And the sickened turning away.

Abortion is murder. One day you are on the right side of the belly button and it's murder--the day before you are on the wrong side of the belly button and its not??

Pro Life. Catholic.

Answer 9

I am prochoice and for this particular scenario I would say that the decision to obtain an abortion is up to the "bad" parents, her doctor, and conscience. I don't think anyone should be encouraged, one way or the other, to make a specific decision about a pregnancy. They should make the decision that they can personally live with. This means that we do, in fact, have "bad" parents who cannot live with the decision to obtain an abortion and thus, keep the pregnancy.

I am a Unitarian Universalist and the church teachings on this issue are what I share.

Answer 10

when i was 7 my mother was in a terribly abusive relationship.. she was beaten and raped in front of my sister and i ..
she looked after this mans 2 children also , one was handicapped

after the rape she planned to escape but this man kept watch over her like a prisoner
she found out she was pregnant and knew she had to do something about this
so one night she ran away with all 4 children while the man lay drunk
she had to take the mans children to their grans and just run off anywhere with my sister and i
we had no clothes, money or personal belongings
she went to her sisters who was the only family she had , but her sister also had children and no room for us all
so my mother left us there until she went to a shelter and eventually found an appartment for us
during this time she arranged for an abortion , as this man was looking for her and she was scared he would find out about the baby
so she did it ... she nearly died doing it
and at 7 years old i was really the only person my mother had to help her through this
that was 30 years ago...
to this day she mourns that baby , she knows that her life got better in the end and that the baby MAY have been safe
but this is only in hindsight and may not have been so if she had went ahead with having the baby
i love my mother very much and know how difficult this decision was for her
so despite the fact that i could not have an abortion ....
i would not judge anyone who has to make this decision as i know how heartbreaking it can be
sometimes people have very little options and must do what is right all round ..... even if it hurts them deeply

i am for choice ... this does not mean i am all for people using it as a means of contraception