Views on abortion?

Question

I was wondering what are people's views on abortion is. I have read and answered other problems people have had with abortion and have found some disturbing comments that abortion is horrible and wrong.

My opinion is that abortion should only be allowed if the person is young or got raped. I don't see abortion as killing and i think it's the mother's choice. I was shocked to find people rated my comments really low for me just saying my own opinion and i just wanted to know, why?

Answer 1

I really believe in choices. No one knows what is going through someone else's mind when they decide to go through with having an abortion. There are a lot of judgemental people out there that say things without seeing or really putting themselves in someone else's shoes. I think that the choice is up to that person and that person only to decide. Who are we to say someone can or can't do something?!

Answer 2

I agree with you but understand other peoples views. I personally have had an abortion which some people would say was wrong or immoral. But the circumstances i was under are exactly the ones you have stated. I couldn't have brought up a child that would stir up such feelings. Nor could i bear it and then give it away the chance it came back to find me or merely the pressure of pregnancy upon school work and my body was not a feasable option. There does need to be a cut off point of how late but how i see it until there is a form where the child could live healthily outside the womb its just cells. I think it's a kinder thing to stop a pregnancy if the child is going to be born into a bad atmosphere .The child will experience taht directly i wouldn;t want to be responsible for that if it can be removed.

I'd just like people to imagine how incredibly terrifying it is to be 13 and in that position. As for birth control before marriage , I can't take birth control for medical reasons can you give another option to a young scared child in that position . Im not condemming what you say just want to hear you thoughts

Answer 3

I've always thought my opinion was a second-tier thing, since we guys don't have to worry about being pregnant, but here goes: Some people, including the Catholic Church, believe life begins at conception. If this be true, then abortion is murder, and it's a moral imperative to do everything one can to prevent it. Any other position would be logically and morally inconsistent. I have no gripes with those people, because they must do what they think is right. I don't have their moral certainty. I think there must be some difference between termination of an embryonic pregnancy, in the first few weeks, is different from one in the next several weeks, and is certainly different from one in the time-frame after the fetus has the ability to live outside the uterus. Recently premature infants born as early as 22 weeks have survived. It's hard for me to reconcile the abortion of a fetus that late or even closer to term with the idea of saving babies that premature simply because the former are still in utero. The distinction between those abortions and infanticide is only a matter of a few inches, and privacy issues to my mind hold less sway balanced against the life of the baby. When one considers that society is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on the premature infant, and sue the doctor for tens of millions if an error results in the child's death, it just seems inconsistent to me that abortions at that stage of pregnancy not be restricted. I'm also sure one could make a logical case for legal infanticide, as other societies have done, but this definitely crosses my line. As I said before, as a guy I think my opinion doesn't weigh as heavily as a woman's, but it would seem reasonable to me that there be legal penalties of various degrees placed on abortion at various stages and degrees of complication and circumstance, and the penalties should match the circumstances. If it's important enough, the woman should be willing to pay the price, if any. Of course, if this system were suddenly to become law, I'd certainly hate to be the one responsible for matching the penalties with the circumstances.

Answer 4

my personal opinion -
i have always said that i would never have an abortion because it would be killing a child.
but just a couple of days ago, i found out i was pregnant. im on the contraceptive pill and took it properly but it just didnt work. i am only 18 years old, at university and live an hours drive away from my partner.
we discussed our options and have both always wanted to be able to bring our children up properly, with a roof over its head, being able to provide everything it needs. and we cannot do that.
neither of us wanted an abortion but realised this was an option we may have to take. so we have done extensive research and as i am only 3 weeks pregnant, there is a pill to take that will bring on a miscarriage type of effect. do people see this an abortion still?

all im saying is, i had my own opinion but they started to change when i was faced with this situation.
we havent made a decision yet

people shouldnt judge or try to enforce thier opinion until they have been in the situation themselves. opinions change when reality hits!

Answer 5

Well i had an abortion a few years ago i already had a 8yr old and a 3year old and was in a very violent relationship, i was on the pill but obviously something went wrong. It was a very difficult decision to make and i feel guilty about it everyday but there was no way i could have brought another baby into my world of violence and abuse. I no some people will read this and say well i should have left him but i didn't have the courage. If people want to call me a murderer then they can but i live with this till the day i die.

Answer 6

I am pro choice. Who has a right to tell a woman what to do with her body? If she was raped, she has to wake up every morning and know that her rapist's baby is inside of her. How could you force that upon anyone? What if the mother is a 43 year old woman? It is putting the mother at risk if she has a baby. And why would the mother want to raise a baby when her children are grown? It's at this time that people want to relax and enjoy their lives not the stress of raising a baby all over again. Any way you look at it, I think it's the parents choice on what to do. And in a case in which the parents disagree, then I think it should be the woman's choice as it is her body.

Answer 7

I had an abortion 3 years ago at 17 weeks.
I do not want kids, i never have and never will. It was an accident.
I believe it is every womens right to choose. Why should you be forced to bring a child into the world when you dont want to.
The procedure itself was hindered by the NHS. condsidering I was 7 weeks when I went to my GP, and it wasnt carries out untill 17 weeks. this also meant the NHS could not do it, and I cad to be referred to BPAS (the british preganacy advisory service) and travel 100 miles from my home to have it done.
The actual abortion was nothing really. slightly unconfortable as I had to pass the foetus out normally and the amount of blood was horrific.
Id do it again if I had to, without a shadow of a doubt.

Answer 8

In 1987, I was born at 24 and a half weeks, only 3 days after the cut off point for legal abortion in the UK, and I am fine. No disabilities or nothing, I am perfectly healthy, have had one child and am expecting my next. I think abortion is a disgusting use of contraception, and should only be offered in extreme cases such as rape or if harm will come to the Mother or baby during pregnancy/labour. If you're not sensible enough to use contraception while having sex then maybe you shouldn't be having sex.

Answer 9

In early stage pregnancy, when the 'child' is effectively a clod of poor-quality meat, I'm pretty casual about the issue.

I think it moves into a grey area as the child nears birth in the last trimester (with the obvious exception of abortions that are required to save the mother's life) - but I still wouldn't look down on someone else for doing it.

This is just what I would base the decision on, were it mine to make.

Answer 10

People will always disagree strongly on this point, but there are far worse things than abortion. Like bringing a severely disabled/sick child into the world who will only live a matter of days/weeks. Or a sick mother who accidentally falls pregnant then dies giving childbirth because she wasn't allowed to have an abortion. It is and always will be the woman's choice.