Pro Choice or Pro Life?

Question

I've seen so many people voice their opinions about abortion in people's questions. "Don't do it" "Don't kill the baby" "I don't care if you're 16, keep it!". And there are others that vocalize for the pro-choice side of the argument.

So tell everyone right here how you feel about abortion. Are you pro-choice or pro-life? Personally I'm pro-choice. I think women deserve the right to choose. Its our body, let us decide.

Please no self-righteous, religious zealot, preach fests.

Okay people, when I said no religious preach fests I was referring to people saying God will come down with fire and brimstone on the people that choose abortion.

Secondly, I do not believe abortion is to be considered birth control. I consider it a final option, but an option that should be made available. Of course adoption is better, but that might not be a useable option. People never consider why women choose abortion. Its always "She should have closed her legs" "She's murdering a child" "Its not birth control". Step off your high horse and be a little understanding. I believe, like many, that we should all look at EVERY possible option. If someone chooses abortion, its the last possible option and she chose it for a reason, but its choice she should be allowed to make and no person should judge her for it or take that choice away.

I live in a country where we can marry whoever we want, be whatever we want, make the choices we want and I'm proud of it.

Answer 1

I'm 71. In my day we has no choice, period, unless it was something I wasn't aware of.

There are many forms of birth control now and that empowers a female to make a choice.

Mother's need to educate and prepare their daughters.

God didn't send us here with a on and off switch so we could turn on our sexual desire at will.

It is a very sad situation for a little immature 16 year old to take on the responsibility of raising a child.

I don't mean to insult 16 year old girls. I was a 16 year old girl once and I had just learned how to wipe my nose and walk and chew gum at the same time when I turned 16. I hope everyone understands the point I'm trying to make in my last two sentences.

Adoption is another alternative. I have seen that turn out great for an unwanted child but I have also seen very sad circumstances involving adoption.

This is one of the most complex question I have ever answered on yahoo answers.

Who am I to make decisions for someone else.

I just can't give a general answer to your question.

I wish I could and it would solve the problem.

As far as I'm concerned, it has to be a personal choice. If their choice is right or if is wrong, they are the responsible person and they will be the one held accountable..

What ever will be, will be. So be it.

Answer 2

Although I don't see abortion as birth control, as there are several methods of birth control on the market now, and always the word "no" I am pro-choice. I am for a woman's right to choose, not just in abortion but in anything really...the right to vote, the right own property...etc. I think that if a woman's child will be healthy and "normal" then she should consider putting the child up for adoption. That is my opinion, but some women feel differently and would just rather abort the child all together. Oh and as for abortions being "murder" that would be untrue, as the legal definition for "murder" is if someone kills a born, living human. No offense to anyone who is "pro-life," but last time I checked a fetus did not fall under tha category of already being a born human being. So technically it is not "killing babies." And these days the fetuses which have been aborted go toward stem cell research.
I personally think a woman should look at every option she has and then decide on what is best for her.
Personally I think that if a woman is not ready for all the responsibilities of intercourse, including that of having a child then she should say "no." That is her right...I just wish more people stressed that one, that way maybe abortion wouldn't be such a big issue. I think women should use it as a "worse case scenario" idea. But I also think that the woman should be able to handle all of the latent and manifest consequences of her decision. Which is why I would try to look at all the options, before aborting the fetus.

Answer 3

Pro Choice

Answer 4

Pro-Life. Pro-RESPONSIBLITY.

Here's an interesting view on this subject, as well as the death penalty and all those hard to pick a right side decisions for you all.
How much of a need for abortion would there be if everyone actually took responsiblity for their actions. Don't have sex until you are ready for a child, or just practice birth control if you don't want to wait. As far as rape goes, if we, oh I don't know, castrated sex offenders for their crimes, I'm sure the numbers of sexually based offenses would drop a few numbers, eventually sickos would think twice before raping someone...wouldn't you if you knew for sure you wouldn't have your little play toy anymore for doing it? How about the death penalty? Do you mean to tell me that there is no difference between it and an abortion? Well, let's see, the next unborn child that you find has gone out and purposely murdered another human being for personal enjoyment or gain, get ahold of me. To make sure you are putting the right person to death, how about this...if there is absolutely no doubt that the person did it...guess what...time to pay up for your actions. Responsiblitly for your actions....people should try taking it. Some times it's a hard pill to swallow, but it needs to be done. You can't say, it's my body, so I can do whatever I want, because first of all, you come off sounding like an irresponsible spoiled little brat. Second of all, why should everyone around you, including the child you so irresponsibly created have to pay for your actions? If you are going to take the "it's my body" argument, then how about that little body that is in the womb? Just because it doesn't have a voice yet doesn't mean that it shouldn't have rights...the right to live, just like every other human being...because that is what it is...a human being. As soon as the sperm and egg meet, they are constructing a human being. It isn't any thing else...it is human. Part of being human is having responsibility for our actions...that is why we are here. If we all were more responsible...think of how much better a place this would be.
I don't think of my argument as pro-life or pro-death...my argument is for pro-responsibility!

Answer 5

I'm pro-choice. However it seems to me that young teenagers aren't getting abortions, or even using birth control these days. I've heard these young girls say what they think is right--"I don't believe in abortion"--then comes the baby they can't take care of, but they want to keep it. So much for adoption. Instead Grandma and the state have to take care of baby, and baby suffers from not having a 2 parent household that welcomes him and wants him. That is what I would call a murder--the murder of a childhood.

Answer 6

Pro choice is my preference but then again you have the choice to use birth control. I would prefer it if those that made the pro life decision carried out their obligations in full and supported this child throughout its life, instead of realising after a few days or weeks that being a parent is hard and palming the child on to the welfare system.
There is no one answer fits all here. That is why pro choice is the best way to make an informed judgement. And to learn to live with that decision.

Answer 7

If passing a law to prohibit abortion would actually stop it and get people to make smarter choices, then I would pass it. Then of course if I could plant a dollar in my yard and grow a money tree, I'd do that too. One is just about as realistic as the other. I feel most abortions happen because people have acted in a stupid and selfish manner and have no desire to change that pattern. In my mind I feel it is the lesser of two evils to safely prevent a person from entering the world than to subject them to a life of abuse and rejection such as would be inflicted upon them and/or expose them to the risk of being exposed to a botched job abortion.

As to the "my body, my choice" argument. If that really is the case why can't men opt out of child support and paternity suits etc? The fact is in our legal culture if you impregnate you sex partner, from that point on, you have obligations to that partner and to that child. Why is that not the case for the woman carrying the child? Don't get me wrong. I'm not advocating that "freedom" for men. It just seems that condition makes the "my body, my choice" argument a fallacy in logic.

Good luck sorting through your survey

Answer 8

I am pro-life. I am not pro-life due to religious reasons. I think it's ridiculous that pro-choice people think that way. Are people against homicide for religious reasons. No, of course not. They just know it is wrong without a religious reason. The reasons why people are pro-life is because abortions kills a baby just as a gun kills someone. They are both equally wrong.

I do believe there is a correlation between the rise in child abuse (outside the womb) and abortion since 1973. BTW: abortion is child abuse. There is also a rise in poverty since 1973. Abortion does not reduce poverty or child abuse. It perpetuates it.

Answer 9

No preaching here...just a scenario to get you to think. But first, I'm pro-life with just one exception. The exception is medical, when the doctor determines the mother will not survive.

Here's the scenario.....You have an only child and it's a boy, he turns twenty four and marries his high school sweetheart. Two years later they find out the wife is pregnant and share your views and decide they are not ready to have a child. A week before the abortion they find out your only child, your son is diagnosed with a terminal cancer and will die in less than six months. Your son changes his mind and wants the child to be born but the wife doesn't. She does not want to be left alone with the child. Do you change your mind? Should she?

Answer 10

I'm pro-choice, but of course abortion should not be birth control. If the woman's life is in danger, or if she's been the victim of rape then she has every right. Really, education is important. We all know what can happen when a man and woman have sex without a condom or other birth control.

And as for those idiots who think killing abortion clinic staff will make it go away, well, screw them, frankly. What sort of logic is that?