why should abortion be legal?

Answer 1

For the same reason any murder should be legal

Answer 2

It shouldn't except for extraordinary circumstance. It certainly should not be legal to abort(murder) as a method of birth control or to shierk the consequences of one's actions> The mother is NOT required to Keep and raise the child but its Now Legal for a mother to take a newborn to a hospital,doctor's office,church-turn the child over to responsible individuals who'll contact Child Protective Services with no questions asked and neither will she be contacted.But the child is not denied its Right to Life.It has and still is a Puzzlement to me that a child that is fully formed and even in the trisemester and beyond(as long as it is in the womb still) be killed with no legal consequence to the mother or the doctor or anyone else performing the abortion __ BUT the Second(s) after it is born , Now Out Of The Womb __ and its life is taken then it is by Law termed as Murder punishable by the law of the land. Once I too was all into it being MY Body and My Decision but that was when Abortion was just a Word and had not considered or knew then exactly what abortion is- that its perfectly alright as a abortion in the trimester and even before when the baby is formed for a doctor to guide enough of the baby out of the womb so he can puncture or crush the baby's skull or simply pull it apart. Once i knew I could no longer think that OK but was horrified esp when I also learned that thousands upon thousands are killed every year. There are Societys still today esp in the Far East -China, India and other countries were still a boy is the preferred child and a girl child still has none to very little worth. Mothers will go to have a Ultrasound done that tells them the sex of the baby in their womb and if its a girl it is simply killed-its life snuffed before it can take its first breath. It will show in a Ultrasound that when the mother talks the child in the womb will turn towards its Mom's Voice but sadly too often its also its Murderers voice.

Answer 3

It's not a question of abortion. Abortions have existed since the first unwanted pregnancy, thousands of years ago. They will continue even if Roe v Wade is overturned. The issue is twofold: 1) Should my husband and I being making such choices about my family or should the government or some religious groups? 2) If those who are unable to go to another country to get a safe abortion, ie the poor and middle class, choose to have an abortion because it is what is best for their family, should they have access to medical care?
I believe the answer is "yes" to both questions. My family and I should be making such decisions, not the government or some religious group. No one should have no other choice but to go to some guy and have a hanger or a knife used instead of good medical care. Those are the reasons I, a conservative Catholic, believe that Roe v Wade should stand.

Answer 4

Because the government has no business in personal issues such as this.Would you like to be not in control if you had something in your body that you wanted taken out, and the doctor told you no, its going to stay there because thats the law .Its an individual choice of what is right for the individual, couple or family.People get so bent out of shape about woman they dont even know having abortions instead of attacking a good cause right in their own backyard. Theres tons of hungry kids everywhere, why not take action to help them instead of putting all this energy on trying to control personal lives of woman you dont even know.I DO NOT condone abortion, I just think its a personal choice not a majority vote. But anyway there will never be a comprimise on this subject.

Answer 5

Coragryph has an excellent point.

Although I am opposed to abortion, I disagree with making it illegal. Think about this issue, if you completely disagreed with a law, would you follow it? I can guarantee that there probably would be some laws that were formed that you probably would disagree with following and would not do if it was a law that you truly felt was wrong.

For that reason, I don't think you can eliminate abortions by making them illegal. The only solution to eliminating abortions is to make it so that women no longer need an abortion. Instead, if we educate and encourage women to take precautions and also encourage women that it's okay NOT to have sex, we can reduce the need for abortions.

Answer 6

Several reasons.

1. If you outlaw abortion, it won't go away. Women and girls will simply avail themselves of abortions in places where it is legal, or, if they lack the means to travel to where it is legal, they will use illegal "back alley" abortions. This will result in the same number of aborted fetuses (yes, the term IS fetuses) but will dramatically increase the number of dead and butchered women and girls.

This is why I refuse to refer to the anti-choice position as "pro-life". You can't be "pro-life" if you want to see women killed by "back alley" abortions.

It will also discriminate against poor and middle class women. The wealthy will always be able to afford to travel to where abortion is safe and legal. It's only the poor and middle/working class women who will be affected by this.

2. If your religion says that abortion is wrong, you should definitely refrain from having one.

Not all religions teach that. And not all people are religious. Therefore, if you outlaw abortion on religious grounds, you are simply forcing your religious views on other people, something I feel should be a hanging offense. Remember, there is supposed to be a clear separation of church and state.

3. It should be, in my opinion, a decision made by a woman and her medical practitioner and her conscience. Overfed white guys in suits who make a living pandering to the worst instincts of the public (politicians and televangelists), have no business legislating the morality of others when they so clearly lack any sense of it themselves.

BTW, Searcher, nicely put. Coragryph, ditto, as usual.

Answer 7

It shouldn't be. The shaky edifice of argument in support of abortion trembles upon the absurd distinction between the "right" of a pregnant woman vs the "right" of anyone else to kill her preborn baby. If she kills it by abortion, it's okay. If she takes drugs, thereby endangering the health if not the life of the baby, she is a criminal and is jailed. If anyone else, either deliberately or tangentially, commits a crime resulting in the death of a preborn baby, they are guilty of manslaughter, if not murder.

I would also point out that the attempt to dehumanize the preborn baby by referring to him or her as a fetus is defeated by the fact that the translation of the latin work "foetus" is, in fact, baby.

Abortion is the most heinous violent crime committed against women today. You cannot make a woman un-pregnant, that is, erase the baby's existence as if it never was. Huge physical and hormonal changes begin taking place in a woman's body before she is even aware that a new life has begun inside her. Once she discovers her pregnancy, in the very deepest part of her soul she knows she is a mother. And that knowledge doesn't disappear with the suctioning out of pieces of her baby. At a level that no rationalization can reach, she will suffer horribly, sometimes for the rest of her life, from the knowledge of what she did.

I do believe in choice for women. The choice is made when she engages in sexual intercourse. At that point she is responsible and accountable for the consequences of that choice, and for the watchcare over and protection of new life, should it be created.

Answer 8

Because beleive it or not, women can be victims of rape and incest.

Yes, abortion is awful, but so would having to take your mother or sister before a judge and explain to them all of the gory details about a rape or incest before they could get an abortion, assuming said judge would even allow it.

Yes, most abortions are not for reasons of rape or incest. But for those who are the victms of these crimes, it is a profound relief that they don't have to stand before a judge and be humiliated in order to get an abortion. Anyone who says that a victim of rape or incest shouldn't be allowed to get an abortion is insane.

Answer 9

Elective Abortion is clearly needed in the case of pregnancy caused by a rape, and in cases where there are specific and articulable medical signs that the mother has a high likelihood of being killed by childbirth.

Answer 10

Because the alternative is worse.

Right now, the only thing stopping states from making any laws they want regarding abortion is the Supreme Court ruling that limits what they can do.

Take away that limit, and states can do anything they want. Including making abortion or forced sterilziation mandatory, just like China does. Think about that for a second.

If the choice is not constitutionally protected, then it is unprotected and states can do anything they want.

That's far worse than individuals having the right to choose.

Answer 11

Because if you want to get rid of something ugly, then you don't just pretend it doesn't exists or drive it underground as you could if you made it illegal. It should be studied, and society should change to get rid of it. Placing useless laws around the subject will only lead to uncontrolled death.