Are you for or against abortions?

Question

Please explain your reasoning, be honest, need alot of answers.

I, personally am against abortions, and i am not here to criticize, or side with anyone. I just feel that my views are just as important as the next person, and i want to give everyone that is simple minded or one-sided to get the whole story. So say what you feel, and get it all out.

Answer 1

against
killing is killing know matter what form it is in
there are allot of people with out children good people that would love to have them
and i believe in god and he said not to kill

Answer 2

I am not "for" or "against" the whole abortion thing. I just believe that it is up to the person in that situation. I am so sick of hearing people saying that its a living thing and that it has a right to live. I chose to have an abortion a year ago and I did it for my own life. What kind of a life would that child have had if me and my partner could barely afford to keep ourselves? I know that it was a living thing, but I believe that its no life for the child if I could not afford to feed it, clothe it and give them all the things in life that they deserve. I can't do that when my own resources are limited. Don't get me wrong, I love children and can't to be a mum eventually, but when that day comes I want to be able to give them everything and more. It's just not fair to bring a child into the world when the situation is difficult.
To those out there who have had one, or are considering this choice, do not feel guilty about the decision. I did for months after and it made life hell for me and my boyfriend. I'm just starting to get back on track and trying to come to terms with the whole thing. But I still believe I did it for the better.

Hope this puts a different perspective on the issue for you.

Answer 3

I am so strongly against abortions!!!!! I am not closed minded I just can't find it in my heart to kill an innocent baby. If the mother is having problems with birth or if she has a drug problem, if she was raped, if the baby is going to be born with deformities, if the mother's not sure who the father is, I don't care what the situation may be. There ARE other options out there in the world other than abortion. Think of how many generations you would be killing if you killed that one child. Every day there are mothers that want to have children that they can love and raise but can't. And in the meantime some crackhead is popping out babies left and right and abandoning them. In the US alone there are so many mothers that are "unfit" and take advantage of there mothering capability. Ladies if you are not ready to have children, then keep you legs close. And to the ladies who have had an abortion. I'm sorry. I'm sorry because I know that I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I knew I killed an innocent child because I made a bad decision. I'm sorry because I hope that everyday that you go on about your everyday life that you think of how much of a murderer you are. I'm sorry that you'll be haunted for the rest of your life.

Answer 4

When I was a child, women used coathangers,bled to death or infections killed them. Some had money for a 'tour' of Europe,most met a "doctor" in out-of-the-way places .In nursing school, a young patient,15,took Quinine for months. She listened to the old wives tails. She delivered a fine baby boy, but she had gone blind and almost paralized. I could go on to list why I fought hard for the 'right' of women to bear children when the time was right for them.I'm 74 and still can't believe that women would bomb clinics giving out the information for safe birth control. I have 1 natural child and two adopted children.Today women MUST control their sexual feelings. One STD can sterilize 25% of the time. If a girl wants an education, its not easy to get while on welfare. I can promise you that if men had the babies...the abortion question would never come up. They would say they were for "choice" ..after all isn't that an American Right?

Answer 5

I was pro-choice when I was young, but took a philosophy class in college and found it really difficult to logically argue the *morality* of it. (Not the legality---which is what pro-choicers ALWAYS resort to when faced with this argument.... "It's my body, the government doesn't have the right, women will do it illegally and unsafely anyways"---yada, yada)

Then when I had my first child it because unfathomable to me that abortion could be anything but wrong. I look at my children and how completely unique and different they are. All raised in the same house by the same parents, and yet they are such their own special people---with their own quirks, their own gifts, their own unique personalities and temperments. They were born that way for the most part. It made me cherish human life even that much more----what a miracle it really is. My 3 year old was WHO HE WAS in my womb. I just hadn't met him yet. The idea that for some reason I could have the right to decide that he "should not be" ---for ANY reason, just seems unbelievably wrong. Who am I to decide that? Who is anyone to decide that?

Life is hard. No one is saying that teenagers who get pregnant are going to have an easy road if they decide to have their babies and give them up for adoption instead. Yes---that will be hard. But just because something is hard doesn't justify ending a life that is growing. A little personality that already exists that no one will ever know. I know that the rape argument is brought up often---and I understand it---however, the amount of abortions done because of rape are a miniscule amout compared to the majority. In many of the cases the morning after pill could stop it early on.... before implantation has even taken place.

I'd love to hear some pro-choicers actually debate the morality of their position without bringing "legality" into it. So pro-choicers---let's hear it: Why do you believe abortion is moral/right?

I also don't understand why pro-choicers discount the very wonderful solution that is ADOPTION. There are so many couples who want desperately to adopt and end up going to other countries because there are not enough infants to adopt in the US. Is adoption discounted as a "solution" besides abortion because it is just too inconvenient for the mother to be? After all, she is inconvenienced for 9 whole months right? Much easier to just erase a little person from the planet. Everyone seems to be looking for an easy-out today--- but the truth is, that once you are pregnant, there is NO easy solution. Your life will be forever changed/affected. It seems like many girls today don't want to accept that fact and look to abortion as a quick fix. The problem is, that it ends up being just that..... a "quick fix" and in the long run, the choice they made haunts them. To end a life because it makes life "easier" for you is simply not the right choice. Suck it up and go through the birthing process. Give the child to loving parents if you are unable to care for him/her. That to me, is the only moral solution.

Answer 6

I feel that it is not up to me to judge anyone on their choices, however I would hope that if a person chose to have an abortion they would have all the information needed to make such a decision, that will follow them throughout their life. It sickens me when a woman uses abortion as a form of birth control. However some pro lifers make me equally sick for the way they treat people that have different views than them.

Answer 7

What a tough question and the main reason why there is no real abortion "debate". No one is really "for" abortion, rather there are people who believe that a woman can not be forced to carry a fetus to term and has the choice to terminate a pregnancy. People who oppose abortion believe that a fetus is a human being with all of the unalienable rights granted to us all and thus aborting a fetus is tantamount to murder. Because both sides are coming from such different arguments it makes conversation difficult.

If you are rather just looking for opinions on the matter I myself am pro-choice but have no problems with certain restrictions such as parental notification and putting a stop to late term abortions. My reasoning is that how can a free society force a woman to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term? Where do the lines exist between a woman's right and a society's right to place their demands on the woman?

Hope this is helpful.

Answer 8

Against 100%. Once you are pregnant it isn't about you anymore. That baby has rights, it is a human being. Killing a baby will not change the circumstances that you are in. There are plenty of alternatives. Abortion violates the basic right of every human being, the right to live. NOBODY has the right to say that the baby has to die because you don't want to take the responsibility that having a baby demands. Put it up for adoption and let someone love them. You never know, that baby could cure AIDS.

Answer 9

I don't believe in abortions, because you know exactly what can happen if you decide to have unprotected sex! Therefore you're asking for it. If you don't want a child then protect yourself. There are MANY types of birthcontrol out now, so there really is no excuse. HOWEVER, I do believe that you are a victim of rape and become pregnant then I thank that is ok to abort that child. You didn't ask for that!!

Answer 10

I think its up to the mother. I am Pro Choice! Maybe the mother knows the baby wouldnt be properly cared for, maybe theres not enough money, maybe there is medical problems that she cant handle a child. There are many reasons for it. Maybe its just not your time to have a child! I am for it because I think the motherknows when she is ready to have and child and what she wants to do about it. I dont think any man should tell a woman to have an abortion but if the mother wanted she could include the father in on it.

Answer 11

Against, because every abortion kills an innocent human being. This is not a matter of opinion, but a simple biological fact. For more information, see:

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

Information on All Aspects of Abortion:
http://Abort73.com

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

Abortion Stories:
http://abortiontv.com/Words/truestoriesfrom-mothers.htm
http://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-G-2-testimony.html
http://www.teenbreaks.com/abortion/girlswhoaborted.cfm

Abortion Risks:
http://afterabortion.info/complic.html
http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/effect_of_abortion.asp
http://www.teenbreaks.com/abortion/complicationsgirls.cfm

Abortion Deaths:
http://www.lifedynamics.com/Pro-life_Group/Pro-choice_Women
http://www.afterabortion.info/news/abortiondeaths.html
http://www.lifeissues.org/ru486/deaths.htm

Free, Confidential Pregnancy Help (including referrals for financial, medical, legal, and housing assistance; free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds; free maternity and baby supplies; pregnancy, parenting, and adoption information; counseling and emotional support):
http://www.optionline.org/advantage.asp
http://www.heartbeatinternational.org/worldwide_directory.asp

Support for Pregnant Teens:
http://standupgirl.com/site/index.php

Support for Pregnant College and Career Women:
http://www.nurturingnetwork.org

Pro-Life Answers to “Pro-Choice” Arguments:
http://www.deathroe.com/Pro-life_Answers/
http://www.pregnantpause.org/abort/choicarg.htm