What are people's opinions on Abortion?

Question

I have to do a debate for a class in school and I was wonder what are people's opinions on pro-choice or pro-life? I am pro0choice myself but I am also pro-choice in the debate so I was just wondering.

Answer 1

I am a mother of a 27 month old, and I am pregnant with twins. I have had several early term miscarriages, and each one has broken my heart for the life we lost.

However, I am also firmly pro-choice. Pregnancy is HARD. It is a drain on your body, a drain on your personal life, a drain on your finances. While my husband and I have both been overjoyed with our pregnancies, and have celebrated each milestone (end of first trimester, first heartbeat, first ultrasound, etc), we have absolutely no right to force our excitement onto someone who does not want their baby.

I worked for many years with 'at risk youth' who were, by and large, teenagers who were born to parents who did not want them. VERY few of those teens every overcame the early-childhood experiences with parents who did not want them. Thos parents were selfish--they did not want the 'social stigma' of having an abortion, yet they were not willing to be parents either. There are literally thousands of children in this world in similar situations.

What it all boils down to is this--pregnancy is dangerous. Carrying a child to term has GREAT medical and physical effects on the mother, including the increasingly unlikely but still very real possibility of death. NOONE has the right to force someone to put themselves through that, under any circumstances.

Answer 2

After volunteering in a clinic, I can honestly say there are a lot of misconceptions about people who have them. I saw ALL walks of life, rich/poor, black/white, married/unmarried, educated/undereducated, serial abortionists/first and last time abortionists. It is an extremely tough decision that no woman EVER wants to make. It's an option. In my experiance, I saw more affluent white women getting abortions than any other demographic.

I am prochoice. I don't think I would ever have an abortion though, but I've never been in the situation to even consider it. I believe life doesn't begin until birth, before birth, the fetus is more like a parasite since it cannot survive by itself. I also believe the soul cannot enter the body until one takes its first breath and the soul exits the body at the last breath.

As far as G*d's plan goes, G*d is forgiving and understands the choices that we must make. If we had a better social welfare system, I honestly believe we'd have lower abortion rates. Most people I encountered would have happily had the child if they knew they would have healthcare, housing, and food for them and their child.

Answer 3

I think that the major issue here is PREVENTION. Brith control has been around for a long time now. I, personally, would never have an abortion. I use birth control faithfully and if that were ever to fail, I would simply own up to my responsibility. However, many of the people out there getting pregnant now-a-days are simply too stupid/immature/irresponsible to use birth control and do we really want these people raising children??? I don't think that it is fair to the children that have to grow up neglected and unwanted. My own mother was going to have an abortion if my dad left her when she told him she was pregnant and since my dad raised me and was a better parent than my mother ever could have been, I would have prefered to have been aborted than raised by her. I wouldn't be the same person. So, instead of all of the pro-lifers running around talking about how pro-choice people are murders, why don't they spend their time educating young people about birth control and adopting all of the unwanted children out there?

Answer 4

I used to work at a women's clinic where a range of services were provided, including abortion. I think that the choice is between the woman and her God. She can get input from friends, family, significant other, etc., but she is the one who is physically involved; therefore, it should always be her decision. I learned the following quote (my absolute favorite) by Voltaire in high school and it has some relevance to this situation. He said (more or less), "I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Obviously, the quote deals with freedom of speech, which is very important. Likewise, I believe that someone who is not pro-choice has every right to believe what s/he believes, but perhaps the most important thing is that the person has the right to choose and not be forced to do as others would have her do. Good luck with your debate!

Answer 5

I think using abortion as a form of birth control is just plain wrong! I think that's the big debate. If a girl/woman is raped or molested then by all means it should be their personal choice as to have it aborted or not. However, I think too many people these days are just careless and then when they find out they're pregnant, they opt for abortion. Use protection instead and save our unborn, innocent lives.

Answer 6

I am extremely pro-life. I do not think it should be a choice for a woman to make whether to have an abortion or not. I don not believe it is her body, so the choice should not be up to her. Unless it is identical twins, no two people have the same fingerprints. A mother and her child do not have the same fingerprints, so that proves they are not the same body. Most of our present day law enforcement deals with DNA evidence. No two people have the exact same DNA. A mother and her baby do not have the same DNA, so that again proves it is not part of her body. Abortion should NEVER be a fix-all for uncontrolled sexual behavior. People to need to be more responsible. We hear television ads all the time about the need to have dogs and cats spayed or neutered to prevent unwanted animals roaming the streets. But for people, abortion seems to be the preferred method of litter control. How can you act responsibly with dogs and cats, but not with people. We always hear about the rape and incest victims who become pregnant. I even told a pro-choice person who had used this argument that I would agree to go along with abortions for rape and incest if they would agree to outlaw abortions for convenience. They quickly changed their tune to, "it's my body, and no one can tell me what to do with my body". Well, as I have stated before, it is not her body, and don't use an argument if you are not going to stick with that argument. Face it, it boils down to people not wanting to take responsibility for their actions.

Answer 7

I don't believe in abortion and I don't believe in the death penalty!
A child is a blessing from God, if a person still feels they can not raise a child there are plenty of people in this world that can't have childern and would adopt the child. I was adopted when I was 3 and my sister was 4, we had the most wonderful parents and When we were in our late 30's our biological family came looking for us, we met our brother and sister,It was ok for awhile, but we have lost contact, I guess by choice. I never met my biological mother, because I never wanted to, I had a Mother who raised me and loved me, and she will always be my mother no matter what.

Answer 8

clinics that perform abortions DO NOT LOOK LIKE NIGHT CLUBS, not sure where they got that info.
I have had an abortion in the past, while if for some miracle i was to get pregnant today, i am not sure i would do it again.
i do feel that it is up to the individual who is pregnant, most of the pro lifers take it upon themselves to make decisions for others, plain and simple it is not their body, not their life, they have no clue as to why a woman wants an abortion. there are so many factors as to why a woman may choose an abortion all of which are very personal, and no ones business but hers and her immediate circle of family and friends.
the funny thing about a lot of pro lifers is they are in agreement of the war in iraq, one in which thousands of men, women, children, and babies die.
you can always contact a doctor who does abortions,or contact the national organization of women (NOW)

Answer 9

I'm pro-choice. I don't think I have to right to tell people what to do with their lives. Me personally I wouldn't do it because my mother got pregnant at 15 and she didn't do it. Having the choice makes people feel more in control of their lives. There are those out there that use this process in the wrong way but we can't babysit everyone.

Answer 10

Which is worse as a child? Being aborted when you're a few cells having no soul or feelings?
Or growing up in a family or with a single mom who doesn't love you, doesn't care about you, mistreats or abuses you because you're a "burden" to them?
Or perhaps going in and out of foster care and being used and abused by that system?
There is an epidemic of terrible parents and abused children in this country. Try visiting a foster center. Or a residential psychiatric center for abused, emotionally troubled, and neglected kids. See what the common problem is for these children..... awful parents.

So ask the pro-lifers, if abortion isn't the answer... what is the solution? Who will raise, provide love, and support to all the unwanted children?