A Question For Pro-Choice Advocates.?

Question

I'm not trying to start any fights with this. I'm actually looking for some understanding here.
When abortion is argued as a "woman's right to choose", what exactly does that mean from a woman's standpoint?
Is it a "women's rights" issue (on the broader legal and social concerns) or something more personal?

I would really love to know how women define "a woman's right to choose".

Thank you.

Answer 1

I'd say it comes down to this: If a woman gets pregnant, the man can take off, zip consequences, unless she wants to hire someone to track him down. And while birth control, condoms, etc. are reliable...they aren't 100%. Abortion is, while not a great alternative, sometimes the only option for a woman who is in a bad situation. (And for those who will talk about marriage...I do know a woman whose husband left her when he found out she was pregnant. She did not have an abortion, but these situations *do* occur.)

Answer 2

Depends for the legal one but I think for every Pro-choice believer "social concerns" are the main point...

Legal as in it's the woman's body, HER pain she'll have to go through and HER body's changes, etc.

I don't like it as "social concerns." MENTAL CONCERNS. Social sounds like a girl having an abortion so she isn't labeled "a slut" which is usually the least of a pregnant woman's priorites at this point. Mental as in, if up for adoption, many wonder for the rest of their days where their baby is...who it's becoming...it's extremely depressing. Also, the mother has to give up on her dreams a lot, quitting school or finishing school but no college. There are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many things! The mother has a higher risk of cancers and other long term effects if she goes through an abortion. the baby is endangered and faces many many permanet hardships in life if it was a teen's baby and all this other stuff I can't type right now...any other questions or want me to go into really grave detail i'm [e-mail]

Answer 3

I know I'm not a woman, but I defend the right to choose frequently... I most often explain it as: a woman choosing what to do with her body, instead of the government. The government should not tell woman what she can or cannot do, it's a personal choice that should be done in private.

A woman is always more important than a fetus, but once it is born, that fetus is now a child, and thier rights to protection outweigh the mother's rights.

From Justice Ruth Stenberger (female justice who sat on the bench for Roe vs Wade)

"That it is women alone at whom restrictions on abortion are directed and that women alone bear the burdens and disadvantages of coerced pregnancy and childbirth has led commentators to explore the implications of abortion restrictions for women's equality under a number of constitutional theories. Even more fundamentally, the availability of safe and legal abortion has made it possible for a woman to take 'autonomous charge of her full life's course." - J. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Some Thoughts on Autonomy and Equality in Relation to Roe v. Wade, 63, N.C.L. Rev. 375, 383 (1985)

"A state cannot constitutionally 'stop a woman from choosing the procedure her doctor reasonably believes is in her best interest.'" - J. Ginsburg, with J. Stevens, Stenberg v. Carhart

"This law (Nebraska's restriction) does not save any fetus from destruction, for it targets only 'a method of performing abortion.' Nor does the statute seek to protect the lives or health of pregnant women." - J. Ginsburg, with whom J. Stevens joins, Stenberg v. Carhart

Answer 4

solid question. the actual fact of the count number number is, existence starts at idea. And no, i do not propose to state the same conservative dogmatic rhetoric. yet in case you look on the fetus after idea, cells initiate to divide interior hours. If it really is not existence, then what's it? Many biologists will consider that. So, taking that existence, even even if it isn't possible outdoors the womb, is what that's- call it homicide in case you'll. (the present "attempt" courts use to verify if a fetus is alive- the idea being that if it survives outdoors the womb that's alive. Hogwash. heavily, legal experts ought to take better biology training). also, to the guy who pronounced right here: "the regulation of the land, see Roe vs. Wade" You pulled a "John Kerry" there. Roe v. Wade isn't the "regulation of the land". that's a range that changed into exceeded down with information from the superb courtroom. even although the U. S. superb courtroom makes use of case regulation and the most of stare decisis ("let the alternative stand") to verify the way it argues a case, the courtroom has often reversed itself, extraordinarily on a gorgeous politicized mission. The 1896 Plessy v Ferguson segregation decision, for example, might want to were the "regulation of the land" had the courtroom not reversed itself in Brown v. Topeka Board of teaching in 1954. Abortion is construed as a "precise" less than the penumbra of the bill of Rights and the privateness circumstances alongside with Griswold (which preceded it). yet, I rigidity back, Courts can and do opposite themselves and that's irrelevant to state that Roe v Wade is "the regulation of the land". i imagine taking any existence- even if it is a million month submit-idea, or 18 years previous and scuffling with in Iraq, is misguided. Now, do i believe that there's a distinction between both? definite. however it does not excuse taking an unborn existence.

Answer 5

To me it is the right to do as I see fit with my body. I could choose not to fight cancer even though it would lead to my death. Why can't I choose not to give birth.
This is how I see it. When a man (the majority of our law makers are men) can carry a child and have morning sickness, weight gain, sore breasts, swollen ankles and legs, sleepless nights due to the watermelon strapped to his stomach, and the responsibility of a child he can talk to me about taking the choice away from the women of this country.

Answer 6

Since it is typically the woman who will be the main caretaker (if daddy splits) for the next 18 years, it is her right to choose the course of her life and the ultimate responsibility: being a parent.

Answer 7

A woman has theright to choose what she allows to bedoneto her body. its no longer necessary for a woman to have to get her father's or husband's permission to take thepill, or have an abortion, or have any other surgery. That's it plain and simple. if you don't like it, move to Iran or afghanistan.

Answer 8

It simply means that I have the right to decide if the fetus in my body should be terminated, kept, or given up for adoption. Those are choices, correct?

Answer 9

meaning:

If a woman isn't stable financially, or emotionally she has the right to choose. If she has been a victim of rape or incest, she has that right to choose...

Answer 10

This same as a right to decide whether to donate a kidney or bone marrow to somebody who needs a transplant to survive. You can live with one kidney, and bone marrow restores itself over time. Yet donating involves much pain and reduces your quality of life. So nobody but you can make this decision, even if it mean life or death for somebody.

Same with pregnancy. Being pregnats is like constant hangover I hear. Delivery is kinda like pushing a baseball through your bowels. It is woman's pain, and she has the right to decide whether to accept it or not.