What's everyone's stand on Abortion around here?

Question

Please fill out the following!

• Your religion (or lack there of)
• Your religion's (or lack there of) view on Abortion
• Your view on abortion from one of the following: No way, Only for others but not for me, Sure Why Not?

Please explain why your view on abortion is that and why.

Answer 1

No religion.

Procreation is an ongoing process which can be interrupted at any point, right from not having sex in the first place, through contraception, and drugs which prevent implantation, to abortion anywhere up to the moment of birth.

Somewhere along that process, most people would have a point where they consider it's OK to interfere to prevent the birth of a baby up to that point, but not afterwards - e.g. abstinence is OK, but contraception isn't.... or contraception is OK, but abortion isn't... or abortion is OK but only up to week 20... or whatever. It's simply a matter of conscience where you personally decide to draw the line, and on what basis.

For myself, I cannot accept that an undifferentiated bunch of cells has more rights than the fully grown adults who are responsible for its existence. I also cannot accept that it's right to kill a foetus when it's fully developed and due to be born. Logically then, there has to be a point somewhere in between that I decide, on the basis of conscience, is the point at which abortion becomes unacceptable. I don't know enough about it to have a definite view where that point lies, but it must lie somewhere in the 9 months of pregnancy.

It's in the nature of life that there are no easy answers to this kind of question, as it's a matter of subjective opinion rather than objective fact - and my opinion is that abortion cannot be wrong, per se.

Oh, and it's pointless to argue about whether the embryo is 'human life' or not - Of course it is. That is not the issue. The issue is whether a human life at a stage of being a tiny featureless blob of cells should be protected at the expense of the wishes of the parents - and particularly the woman who would have to give birth to it. I don't think it should.

Answer 2

I am Pagan. I personally don't know what their view on abortion is. My personal view is that its the womans choice. I can say at this point that it's not a choice I would make for myself (or would have to at this point...can't have anymore babies). I have two children and I know how incredible it is to be pregnant. I loved every minute of my pregnancies. OK not every minute but the joys out weighed the morning sickness. I understand the reasons for pro-life. I believe the concept of life at conception. Viable life maybe not, but life yes. The way a fetus develops so early is amazing. I do not feel it is an appropriate form of "birth control". A woman should have thought about that at the time she was having sex, not after the fact. But ultimately it is the choice of the woman, and hopefully she takes into consideration the feelings (if any) of the father.

Answer 3

I'm a Christian who believes that abortion destroys a life form.

But I don't believe that making abortions illegal will resolve this issue. I look at what happens in Latin America and the unwanted children on the street and orphanages in Peru that are filled to capacity. I know many of my fellow Christians feel that we're going to save babies by overturning Roe V Wade, but they are treating the symptoms, not going after the root causes for abortions.

The only real solution is to dry to up the need for abortions. Until we can get everyone that doesn't want a pregnancy a surefire means of birth control and to make sure that all people take responsibility for birth control, we'll continue to have abortions.

Answer 4

LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
Abortion is not condoned except in instances of rape or incest
My view? Abortion is taking the life of an innocent human being. It is akin to murder. Once two people decide to engage in coitus, they have begun the process of creating a life. The "choice" should occur before that time. After wards, the couple has embarked on the journey to create life and need to see it through to the birth and beyond.
If the couple cannot parent the child, adoption is the step to provide a life and family for the newborn, verses the abortion option which kills it.

Answer 5

Non religous....but spiritual
No religion, no religous stance
NO WAY
I am highly against abortions. There are ways to prevent the pregnancy. Even in a rape, there is the morning after pill which prevents the egg from be coming fertilized. If the egg has already been fertilized, then the baby will be fine, it is not ever okay or acceptable to abort. I was in a situation where my son had trisomy 13, his brain not formed, no eyes and other deforities. I was pleaded with to terminate. I went to term because he is still my son. He dosent have to be perfect, I only wish he were here. So, I know what its like in those "special" situations.
There is a life, a heartbeat at 3 weeks and all organs are formed at 8 weeks. It is a human baby at a very early stage in life, the child deserves to live, to be loved.
Its not a choice, contraception is the choice. Its also a responsibility. Give up that right, than you just may create a baby. What about the baby's choice?No child would choose to have his limbs ripped of or his brain sucked through a tube.
It isnt part of the mother's body. It is a seperat being with his or her own DNA.

If you dont want babies, CHOOSE TO KEEP YOUR LEGS SHUT!

Answer 6

• Your religion (or lack there of)

Born again, Bible believing Christian.

• Your religion's (or lack there of) view on Abortion

Unborn babies are human life and the penalty for killing an unborn baby is death, which is described in Exodus chapter 21.

• Your view on abortion from one of the following: No way, Only for others but not for me, Sure Why Not?

See the above.

Please explain why your view on abortion is that and why.

Unborn babies are just as human as you and me. They have been endowed by their creator with an eternal soul and have just as much right to protection under the law as those of us who have been born.

Prior to 1973, 48 of the 50 states in the USA had outlawed the procedure called "Abortion".

Answer 7

My religion: I'm a Christian.
My religion's view on abortion: Christians differ amongst themselves on abortion.
My view on abortion from one of the following: No way.

This is basically my argument against abortion:

1. It is wrong to take the life of an innocent human being without justification.
2. Abortion takes the life of an innocent human being without justification.
3. Therefore, it's wrong to have an abortion.

Regarding the first premise, I do think there can be justification for taking the life of an innocent human being. One might be to save the life of the mother. If the mother dies, then the unborn inside of her will die, too. It's better to save one life than to lose two, so I think abortion is justified in the case of saving the life of the mother.

I should also go into why I think the unborn are examples of innocent human life, but that would require writing more than I think I ought to write in this kind of forum.

Answer 8

Pagan/Witch/Wiccan
It's the woman's choice, since it's her body
Since I'm not a woman and not likely to need an abortion, my view is a mote point.

Personally I think clinical abortion should only be a last resort to an unwanted, a severely malformed child who would be condemned to at best a life of constant suffering, or potentially dangerous child birth that might kill the mother. I don't like the idea of clinical abortion being used as an "Oops, I forgot the condom/pill in my haste to get laid"

Answer 9

- secularism
- none
- early term yes. later term only for medical reasons.

Personal choice. This country is founded on personal freedom and responsibility. Raising a child is an 18 year mission, if a mother isn't ready, it is hurts her and the child. She can always have another baby when she is ready.

Let's say a woman plans to have 2 babies in her lifetime.
1) She can keep an unplanned pregnancy and raise 2 children.
2) She can have an abortion, and then have and raise 2 children later on when she is ready.

What's the difference? She has 2 children either way.
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For the Christians. Where was god's concern for babies before medical science? Before modern medicine 30% of children died before their 1st birthday of natural/fate/god causes.

searcher made a good point. Unwanted babies have a social cost greater than their mother (and father). It has been argued that RoeVWade contributed directly to the steady drop in national crime rates in the past 10+ years.

Answer 10

I am a Hindu, and Hinduism does not believe in abortion, for it is an affront to God, regardless of which one you are worshiping. My personal view, living in the West is that abortion is a personal decision, and it is not up to me to tell people how they should live.

I can't help but wondering, how many gifted, and wonderful beings would have come into this world, and what they might have done for society and culture, had they not been killed by their mothers, when they were aborted. It is wrong to take any life, and most of all the human life.You are setting yourself up for a very negative karma balance by doing this, one that may take many lives for you to overcome.

Answer 11

I'm an atheist. I'm also a nurse, and male (a parameter you didn't ask for but should have).

I don't particularly like abortion, and don't think it should be used for birth control. But as a male, who can't get pregnant, it's also NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

I don't see the fetus as life, but rather potential life. Spontaneous abortions happen all the time, and fetuses die in utero on a regular basis. Are those women guilty of having an abortion? Are your gods guilty of causing the miscarriage?

If we start giving people factual, science-based, religion-free sex education, and teach them how not to become pregnant in the first place, then abortion will no longer be an issue. Religion needs to face reality: People are going to have sex, regardless of how much Jesus you throw at them. It's just human nature. It's time religion grew up. "Abstinence education" is a tragic joke, which has long ago ceased to be funny.

Finally: Abortion should remain legal, and safe. We don't have to like it. But we also need to stop interfering in others' lives.