Abortion quotes, what do you think?

Question

"The right-to-life activists claim they are working to strengthen the family. Does a 14-year-old child on welfare with an unwanted child constitute the kind of family they have in mind?"- Margot Close, Keene, N.H.
"Anti-abortionists pose the question What if Einstein's mother had an abortion? I ask: What if Hitler's mother had had one?"
Pamela Brown, New York City

(Quotes are from "The Religious Case for Abortion)
I fully agree with both quotes, what do you gals/guys think?

Answer 1

I fully agree.

Biologically speaking, it's difficult to support a ban on early-term abortion. One third of all pregnancies naturally miscarry during this time, without the mother even noticing!

Most pro-life arguments concerning this period are based on theistic or religious views that ascribe a soul to an embryo, and more recently a fertilized egg. But what about genetic "chimeras" who have two different sets of DNA in their bodies? Or twins who are in reality one divided embryo?

And physically, an embryo is substantially different than a third trimester fetus or a baby that has already been born. I do not think there is adequate moral justification for a ban.

And then we have many new ideas about women's liberties being equal to men, including health care. And let's face it, contraception is not always effective, and no woman should be forced to bring a child into the world that she does not choose to, while her male partner does not have to financially support that child or go through a serious medical procedure.

I think that early-term abortion should be left into the hands of private citizens, in conjunction with trained medical staff. That accommodates the freedom of everybody, including those who choose to keep a pregnancy.

Some conservatives use their pro-life argument in favor of religious doctrine supporting the marriage between one man and woman under Christian authority and strongly defined gender roles. They see unwanted pregnancy as a "punishment" for the teenagers or groups that don't conform to their view, a kind of "I told you so, but now you're stuck with it." But what kind of perspective does this place onto a child born in such circumstances?

Or in to homes not prepared to care for a baby? When we were twelve, my best friend was raped by a coach at our Catholic school. What would officials have suggested had she become pregnant? That a twelve-year old should be forced to endure the pain and burden of motherhood?

The extreme side of the pro-life movement often sounds unconscionable to me.

Answer 2

1

Answer 3

I understand both sides to the abortion question. Ideally, abortion would never be an option. The problem lies in how we apply our idealism to the law. Birth control prevents abortion adequately, but the pro-lifers don't seem to like the idea of educating our youth on this type of prevention. I also think it is hypocritical to support a ban on abortion if we support infertility treatment, since these treatments produce many eggs that are discarded. Not to mention our separation of church and state, which is designed to protect government from religious intervention.

Answer 4

they're nice, but i love these quotes from george carlin.

Did you ever notice the people who are most adamantly against abortions are people so ugly you wouldn't want to touch them in the first place?

With humans it's abortion, but with chickens it's an omelet.

Answer 5

I like how John Lydon puts it:

"Sure an abortion is immoral, but not any more than giving birth to an unwanted child."

Answer 6

I can see the points those two women were trying to make, but I don't agree with them.

I believe abortion is murder--whether the woman is 3 weeks pregnant or 42 weeks pregnant. In my opinion, it's WRONG.

Answer 7

From the moment of conception we become a living soul made in the image of God. It is murder. Cold, calculated murder.

Answer 8

What if you were aborted? What if the crack whores had used contraceptives or decided not to spread their legs for the pipe? What if the teenager had decided to spend prom night sober?

Answer 9

a picture of a fetus after its aborted is enough for me to go pro life

the one about Hitler, how do we know that ALL babies will be as bad as Hitler?

Answer 10

" and when I stood before the Lord, I asked Him,'Lord, why didn't;'t you send someone down with the cure for what killed me', and He answered 'I did, you aborted him"