What is your opinion on abortion?

Question

Do you think a woman has the right to choose? If you do, what about termination in the third trimester, when the fetus has a brain, a heart, organs and can move around? If you are pro-life, how do you feel about abortion in cases where a woman was forced to have intercourse? What is your opinion and belief?

Answer 1

I believe fully and wholly in a woman's right to choose. I don't believe termination in the third trimester is a viable option. Also, I'd just like to say that some people aren't "just" pro-choice or "just" pro-life. My mother, for example, believes completely in a woman's right to choose, however, she herself would not make that decision.

Reading some of your responses, I am seriously disturbed. Some people are didactic, judgmental, holier-than-thous that scare me for the future of this country. Just as it's horrifying that a woman could use abortion as a form of birth control, it is EQUALLY horrifying that some of you could be so cavillier about giving birth. Some have said "Even if she is raped, she should just have it, because it's no one's fault." That is assinine. Do half of you know the physical and psychological changes birth provolkes in a woman? These changes are for LIFE. You can stand on your soapbox all day and dictate what people should and should not do, but until you walk in those shoes, your opinions are presumptuous and meaningless. And even if you were to walk in those shoes, your decision is yours alone - and does not necessarily apply to your sisters.

We have to stop attacking, judging, and cutting each other down. Women need to stand together and fight what male-centered religious dogma has beat into your heads. Go with your heart. Go with what's right for YOU. I would never want to see a 14 year old rape victim go through the trauma of pregnancy and birth because a male dominated, male-centric religion influenced government told her she must.

You people scare the hell out of me. Have we not progressed at all since the women's movement? It seems to me we have slid backward.

And I'm sorry if you're Male - you have absolutely nothing to say. Period.

Answer 2

I believe abortion at all is wrong..and aborting in the 3rd trimester is Murder. that baby could be born and live, so that would be like killing a newborn...people get in trouble for that but they can have abortions just weeks before the baby is actually born and nothing is ever done to them. I believe if a woman is forced to have intercourse she should still have the baby, she may not want it but there are millions of people that cant have children that would love to adopt a baby. I think the woman's right to choose is taken away the moment she has sex, she already made her choice and its not the baby's fault. Honestly i think if you have an abortion you should be fixed right then all in the same process so you can no longer have children...If you cant take responsibility for the one you already had you shouldn't have the right to have any more.

Answer 3

I strongly believed that the baby comes first no matter what, raped victims or otherwise. Our society now a days are becoming careless because they know that abortion is in the horizon. Our society believed that it's wrong to take another life, for example; death penalty, and yet our society allows abortions.

The baby didn't do anything to deserved such a verdict. By coming into this world by our fault is not at all a baby's fault. These unborn deserve better. Our society are trying to remove death penalty, we should remove abortion too. It's only fair, if we try to preserve the life of a criminal, who is guilty of a crime, how much more for a baby that's so pure and innocent.

If we really think that abortion is right, why don't we wait until the baby is born and we send them to trial, that way they have a fighting chance. If they're proven guilty of being born in such a way, then that's the time we send them to the gallows. In which case I would like the law to state that the parents of the child will be the one to pull the trigger.

Answer 4

I feel women should have the choice but i think that the abortion limit should be put down to something like 12 weeks. 24 is the legal limit but in that case, (sometimes) the foetus needs to be cut into pieces and passed out the womb, or premature labour is induced. There are cases when abortion is necissary, such as if you have been raped and you fall pregnant, you sould be under no obligation to have the baby. I dont necisarily agree with 'lifestyle' choises (choosing to abort because you dont feel like you want a kid). Thats not right because if thats how you feel than you shouldnt have unprotected sex. But i completely believe that women have the choice.

Answer 5

i believe abortion is wrong.... no matter what trimester it is in... I think it is sick that people would be cruel enough to kill a baby when it is beyond any doubt alive.

i think it is the same thing as murder... the baby is being killed because they arent wanted... you can't kill a co-worker or anyone else for that matter because you dont want them around. why kill a baby then...who is infact, just a little person.

And i have thought a long time about the situation above as well. If a woman is raped, and gets pregnant, i think the baby should be born. i believe this because, just as it was not the womans choice to get pregnant, it was not the baby's choice to be concieved. It is neither of thier faults. Now, since this rape would be a bad thing, wouldnt it be great to have a good thing come of it... and if it is not good for you, then you are helping someone else.. there are alot of familes that look toward adoption because they can't have thier own children.

Answer 6

All in the hands of the mother and father. I am 9 months preg. and I could not even think about doing or have done something like that, of course my opinion. If a women was forced to have intercourse then I think I would be more for it if that is what you would want. I don't think anyone but you can make the decision. Best of Luck.

Answer 7

I believe a woman should have the right to choose but only in the FIRST trimester, after that she's committed to having the baby. So many lives can be ruined if a young girl has a baby before she's ready. Just because I believe in the right to choose doesn't mean that I think it should be used as a method of birth control. People should take all steps possible to prevent an unwanted pregnancy.

Answer 8

First of all, you should know that a baby has a heart as early as seven weeks; you could check this website http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/pregnancy/calendar/week/7

This webpage will also show you the baby's growth as early as six weeks and the organs that it already has.

An abortion means the same at any stage within your pregnancy - the only difference is that the mother feels the baby's movements and growth the further along that she is. Therefore, some tend to believe that because of this, there is not human being inside at the early stage in pregnancy. Once you research the website which I indicated to you, you will realize that this information is incorrect.

A woman does have a right to choose - but if you look at life realistically, we all have a right to choose in all the decisions that we make, the difference is that we choose whether to make the right choice and the choice which we can accept and live with or at times we choose the wrong choice and have regrets for the rest of our lives and at times can even be penalized for our decisions. I do not think that having the right to choose whether to abort a child or not should be a legal issue but more of a moral issue.

One also needs to consider the circumstances of how this child was conceived. There are incidents when a child is conceived out of a violent crime such as rape and each woman can handle this differently. I do not think that I would be capable of carrying a child for nine months and knowing that this child was conceived out of such a violent act - I could give this child up for adoption but the fact of the matter is that "I" am the one who has to carry this child for nine months in my womb and NOBODY could tell me how I could cope with such an experience.

I am pregnant now, but I feel my child is mine and I have no hate towards him because this child was conceived with love and I am bound with this man for life who I love - and no matter if we break up in the future and I could hate him afterwards but the fact of the matter is that my child was conceived out of love and at one point this man, who is his father, I loved.

Therefore, everyone will always have an opinion but NOBODY can judge anyone under the circumstances of rape - I do not agree with these young teenage girls which are irresponsible and see abortion as some type of contraceptive - that is a different story, there, I believe they should make them tie their tubes - but when you are talking about a serious issue - then things change.

But an abortion regardless is murder of an innocent child which has been given the death penalty for someone elses mistakes.

Answer 9

I am pro-life all the way... I believe that abortion is murder no matter when it is done. As for those poor women who are raped & do get pregnant from it, I really do feel for them because they did not ask for this to happen to them BUT it happened for a reason... God gave them a precious gift & even if the woman doesn't want to keep the baby with her, there are millions of couples who can't have children of their own. I say if it's pregnant by rape then give the baby up for adoption but don't kill it... give the poor little thing a chance... they just might invent the cure for cancer... ya never know. As for those who weren't raped... you spread your legs & you knew what the consequences were so grow up & take care of your responsibility... if you think you're old enough to have sex... then you're old enough to take care of the outcome

Answer 10

Abortion is OK until the heart starts beating (first 22-23 days), after that it is destroying a living being (whether conceived out of or against the will). Why not put a baby up for adoption? There are so many families who'd love to adopt a child and they are only looking for such opportunity!

Third trimester abortions should be banned altogether. One doesn't have a heart if one can make a decision like that. Mentality like "I can do anything I want to" is not applicable here, and it has nothing to do with the right to choose. It has to do with how you're going to live with it for the rest of your life. And if you're OK with it, you don't deserve to live. Once you have your own child, you will know what I'm talking about.