Abortion. Unless it's rape, is abortion another word for "people who wont accept the consequences?"

Question

I'm reading all kinds of different answers, from men not keeping their peckers in theis pants to women not closing their legs, but the bottom line is that UNLESS IT'S RAPE, you're so-called "unwanted child" is a result of an irresponsible couple who should have thought about what the consequences could have been....if you want to have sex but do not want a baby, better protect yourself, wear condoms, go on the pill, do whatever you have to do to prevent it.

Answer 1

I do agree with you that the majority of abortions are exactly that, however, you do need to understand that there are other scenarios like ectopic pregnancies as one participant has mentioned, but there are other life-threatening situations that a woman can also go through with an unplanned pregnancy.

What I don't get is these people that are using abortion as a form of birth control, not springing for a condom, but being able to afford an abortion?!?!?

Answer 2

I once used to think like you when I was very close minded and in my teenage years. Now I'll try to take the time to educate you a bit. I have no clue as to how old you are, or what "real world" you've lived in but clearly you don't recognize your own right to do govern your own body. First off, government has no right to tell anyone what they can and can't do with their own body. Period. Anyhow, if govt really cared to "protect human life" then why are we sending off our young brave men and women overseas to their deaths?

Also, I have never met anyone who "wanted" to have an abortion. News flash, its actually a very tough decision to not only make but live with every single day of your life. It is not a simple solution to a "unplanned pregnancy (not unwanted)." Anyone who has had an abortion will tell you that they regret not having been more careful and responsible while having sex. But HUMANS ARE HUMANS! HUMANS MAKE MISTAKES! No one has the right to judge anyone bc we all make errors in life. You are not Perfect, I am not perfect, nobody is!

Secondly, you seem to be viewing at Parenting one dimensionally when it clearly isn't, it involves many things. Money, time, education, family values, etc.. I could go on forever. Pregnancy is a reality check for many, Its at that exact moment that you have to picture the honest truth of the next 30+ years of your life. Whatever decision a couple makes, they know that they will live with those consequences the rest of their lives whether it be guilt or a child. At the end of the day, abortion is very painful for everyone involved. And everyone can agree that safe sex should always be practiced to avoid such decisions, consequences, etc. Name calling couples irresponsible, and such won't get anything done. Taking the time to educate people to practice safe sex will make a difference in the future. So lets focus on being PRO-ACTIVE in educating America.

Answer 3

Even assuming people would agree with you, the problem is "enforcement." If abortion were only allowed in the case of rape, then I would suspect that many more "rapes" would be reported. By the time any rape trial (or trial for perjury, if the woman is lying) is over, the kid would be in kindergarten! Or, if we err on the side of the woman, the abortion comes first (and always takes place), and all the rest comes after, clogging the courts. Or would a doctor need to certify that a woman was raped? Again, it could be "faked" or finessed by sympathetic doctors, and any regulations setting forth criteria would be very intrusive and could trun many people away from the pro-life cause.

Morally, you may be 100% correct. Eating makes you fat, spending gets you in debt, and having sex makes babies - I didn't make the rules! But legally I don't see how to implement a law basing the availability of abortion on whether a woman is raped or not.

Answer 4

First of all, an infant should be brought into the world because he/she is a "consequence". Too many unwanted babies in this world and the last thing we need is another abused statistic. I don't believe in abortion for myself and I don't believe it should be used as birth control, I also don't believe in late term abortions, but I do believe that no one should be forced to have a baby if they don't wish to.

It is arrogant and you haven't walked in someone elses shoes so don't judge. God will do that when the time comes, and as Whoopie Goldberg said about men condemning abortions "Put your money where your mouth his and cut off your dick"! By the way, there is no contraception that is 100% except abstinence so you can take all the measures in the world and get pregnant. Even vasectomies and tubal ligation isn't 100% so get off your soap box and take a chill pill.

Answer 5

You would be surprised to know that many conservatives are not against abortion, like me. Now I would never have one, but hey if anyone wants to have one, I don't care. When they meet their maker, they have to face the consequences. The reason I am OK with the abortion law is I was in high school when abortions were illegal and remember girls trying to use coat hangers to abort their babies. A desperate female will do anything including what I told you. So I would rather a doctor perform this rather then the females try to do it to themselves.

Answer 6

Abortion *is* a way of accepting responsibility for one's actions. It's a last-ditch form of birth control.

The ones who don't have abortions and have children they don't want and then abuse, neglect and/or murder them are the ones who are not taking responsibility or accepting the consequences of their actions.

No form of birth control is 100% effective (and abstinence isn't really an option for married couples or those who are in committed long-term relationships but don't want children). I had a tubal ligation ten years ago, but there's still a chance of pregnancy. Were that to happen, I would take responsibility and have an abortion - and have the doctor perform another tubal as well as an ablation while they were at it. The only reason I haven't had one done already is because I can't find a doctor who will do it as elective surgery for me.

Answer 7

I understand where you are coming from but in this day and age I think abortion is necessary. Like the other poster said are you willing to take in the hundreds of thousands of children that never get adopted because they are unwanted? It is better to terminate a pregnancy than to have a child grow up in a unloved, unwanted household. The only 100% birth control is abstainance and people are not going to stop having sex anytime soon.

(P.S. Did you know that the majority of abortions are preformed on married women?)

Answer 8

There was a question in there...?

You may be correct. (Here it comes...)

HOWEVER... perhaps people need to examine what exactly the consequences are and to whom they apply. I don't know what you have experienced in your lifetime, but can you honestly say that in every situation involving irresponsible birth control that having the child is the best choice? What else are people irresponsible about? Raising children? Providing for their needs? Not beating and maligning them? (Here is a good place to point out that there is no form of birth control that is 100% effective except abstinence and possibly sterilization. And the idea that people are going to stop having sex is just... well... kinda naive.)

An unwanted child is an unwanted child. Better unwanted and terminated in the first few weeks, than unwanted and unloved after birth. But that is just MY OPINION. Luckily we are both entitled to our own. Thank you for providing a forum to get all the angry, emotional, heated responses - that we all have - across.

Answer 9

you can think of it that way, but the point is, at this time abortion is one of the ways that a woman can choose to take responsibility for this unwanted pregnancy. Thats what so many people tend to forget, that abortion is a completely legal means of accepting responsibility for the situation.

Answer 10

Unless there's a risk that the mother might die if she were to continue with the pregnancy than there is no reason why she should get an abortion. Rape is not an execuse and incest is not an execuse. If you don't want the baby than put it in an orphanage or give it up for adoption. God didn't tell Adam(PBUH*) and Eve to go get abortions every time they didn't want a kid. He told them to mutiply the Earth. I doubt ALLAH would be very happy with all these women getting abortions. But that's my opinion. You can all ask when you get to Jinnah.