Is being pro-choice mean having a lack of morals?

Answer 1

1) No form of birth control is 100% effective. And about 1/2 the world's female population has no access to it.

2) Not all sex is consensual. Even between a husband and wife. The effects of rape already last a lifetime.

3) Human beings make mistakes. Especially young ones. They always will.

Am I pro-choice? YES. Absolutely. Do I consider myself a moral person? YES, absolutely. To deny women the right to choose is to make them indentured servants, and put their lives in danger. Most women in America know when they are and are not physically, emotionally, and mentally prepared for motherhood. Some women don't want children. Some CAN'T have children- they will die if they try (cervical cancer survivors, ectopic pregnancy, fibroid surgery- many common conditions). Doctors won't perform tubal ligations until after a girl is in her reproductive peak. Women in the developing world want birth control and can't get it. One in 3-5 women are raped at least once in their lifetime (I was- twice). Many women over 35 learn they are carrying genetically deficient fetuses that have very limited chance of survival, let alone normal life. I lived in a place where children like this were left out to die of exposure and starvation after birth because families had no way to care for them. You ask me- what's more humane? I'll tell you in no uncertain terms what I think, but you won't like the answer.

Abortion is a harrowing choice that is not undertaken lightly. It is a personal choice. It is not moral to deny any person all the choices of reproductive health care available. It is moral to have enough compassion to understand what it is like to be raped, to know how it feels to have your life in danger, or to become pregnant when you are destitute, or to simply have your birth control fail when you and your husband do not want children. MOST women are not using abortion as a birth control. We need better education about consensual sex, birth control, intimacy, and wisdom. And, I might add, tolerance. We need less rhetoric and preaching. We need to make emergency contraception available to those who need it most. And we need to realize that sometimes there are times when tough choices are made, and you have no right to make that choice for that person. By the way, I believe the soul enters a child a few months after birth, not before. I believe in compassion for the living above compassion for the developing fetus. When you think about it, most of the diatribe is against the "woman's choice to have sex and become pregnant", because it always feels better to put someone else down and point the finger the other direction. When you've delivered a baby on a dirt floor, and then watched it die slowly and painfully of starvation from an untreatable gentic disease, you may get a glimpse of agonizing compassion. End of story.

Answer 2

No. It means that you understand there are gray areas, when it comes to morality.

From what I understand, a woman chooses an abortion because it's often the best choice of only bad choices. What if the child had a condition where he or she would live in pain for a few days and then die?

However, I fear for a future where abortion becomes -too- common, and the procedure has the moral significance of an appendectomy. To me, a fetus isn't quite a human life, but it's close. So maybe women who do it without serious thought as to what they're doing might be morally deficient...

Answer 3

No it does not mean that. Morals are the set of values by which a person conducts his or her life. There is not just one set of morals which is the same for all people because different people have different values. Some people value a human embryo more than a fully functioning person. Other people value a fully developed human being more than they value an embryo, which is an incompletely formed individual. In this country we value individual freedom so we shouldn't try to force our own values down someone else's throat. Some people believe that abortion is the same thing as killing a child. But that makes no sense. The word "child" evokes a picture of a fully formed person who is already born. Everyone would agree that it is wrong to kill a child. But an embryo (first 3 months of gestation) is not a "child". It is incompletely developed. It is obviously very different than a child. A human embryo looks very much the same as most animal embryos. It is very difficult to distinguish a human embryo from an animal embryo. So it makes no sense to make believe that an embryo is the same thing as a child.

Answer 4

No, I dont believe there is anything immoral about it considering pro choice people, dont go around bombing abortion clinics, harassing and abusing women, and supporting the killing of thousands of men, women, and children, in other countries simply for being a different religion.

Answer 5

I think it depends on the situation. There are women out there who use abortion as a form of birth control. They hardly or never have protected sex and have abortions whenever they become pregnant. That is being immoral.

However, a women who has an abortion due to reasons of bad health, bad financial situations, incest, or some other uncontrollable and/or hard circumstances in their lives is not being immoral.

Answer 6

'Morality' is subjective.

Answer 7

Of course not.

I am pro-life, but have heard all the arguments for and against so I understand why people are pro-choice.

EDIT > looks like some idiot has gone down all the comments and made them thumbs down. Now that someone with a lack of morals.

Answer 8

I am pro-choice.and even though I would not myself have a abortion. I think that under certain circumstances abortion is the best thing. I try not to judge someone I don't know what there circumstances are. no just because you are pro choice does not mean you have a lack of morals.Of course I am sure some of our religious fanatics will disagree

Answer 9

No. Not at all.

However, pro-life fanatics would have you believe that, since once you accept that morality is on one side or the other, the "moral choice" has already been made for you.

There are far too many factors involved for anyone to make a decision for you with this regard. The only moral thing to do is to examine both sides of the discussion closely, and make an informed and wise decision based on your own personal beliefs.

Answer 10

Well, we could debate that one forever, but it looks like you're asking for opinions here, so here goes.
My personal stance on it is that if as a woman you decide to have unprotected sex, you'd damn well better be ready to take responsibility for the life you create. As a man, the same thing applies. If you don't want to give birth, use protection or abstain. Yes, yes, I know it's YOUR body, but there's also SOMEONE ELSE'S BODY inside it.
I'm no fanatic, but you did ask.