Pro-Abortion? More abortions are done because of convenience...?

Question

Should mothers choose abortion simply because they are inconvenienced or simply do not want to make the necessary sacrifices in order to raise a child? Do you realize that many women who have abortions do not have any health concerns but repeatedly come for more abortions and never learn their lesson? There is documented testimony from abortion nurses who see the same women two and three times. Even these nurses who staunchly defend the "right" to have an abortion get disgusted...

Of the abortions reported in 1999 to the Centers for Disease Control(CDC), 26.2% of women who aborted experienced one previous abortion, 11.2% had two previous abortions, and 7.5% had three or more previous abortions. Forty six states do report, and this led to a total count of 861, 789 legal induced abortions in 1999. That means that in one year, by the most conservative data available, 64,634 abortions were performed on women who had had three or more previous abortions. Multiple Abortions
By Fr. Frank Pavone

Answer 1

I think that abortions are selfish under any circumstance unless it will physically kill a mother to have a baby. Adoption is ALWAYS an option and there are thousands of couples out there who want a baby more then anything in the world but can't because they aren't medically able.

Answer 2

I think that birth control pills should be covered under all health insurance plans and that would maybe help in some prevention of pregnancies.

I find it ironic that most health insurance plans will pay for Viagra but they will NOT pay a cent of a birth control pill. For that, women have to rely on their own money and clinics. If people really want to help decrease the abortion rate, THAT is the cause to take on first as it is helping women to afford the preventitive care instead of being faced with an unwanted pregnancy. Plus, with all these old coots taking Viagra, it is all the more reason we need BC pills

Answer 3

Shame on you for posting that absurd "question." It's obvious you're pro-life, and I greatly respect that, but think of what you just wrote. It's a fine representation of tunnel vision and almost nothing else.

From your statement, you believe that women who have multiple abortions do so because they just "haven't learned their lesson"--I'm assuming about the use of birth control?

While I agree that there are sexually irresponsible people out there, there are always extenuating circumstances.

What about religious concerns? For a Catholic or Mormon couple, not using birth control is their right. But what if they have multiple children and simply can't afford to support another?

Or what of spousal rape, where the wife does NOT want a child, but the abusive husband wants to keep the baby he forced on her? Should she just pray for a natural miscarriage so she won't have to deal with the horrible reminder of her abuse, or should she ensure she absolutely won't have to carry the child in a method that will assure she won't be punished for aborting the child?

Also, why a woman wants a miscarriage is NOT discussed with the attending nurse, it's discussed with the DOCTOR who authorizes the abortion. It is absolutely a confidential concern. The nurses cited in that study are entitled to their own opinions, but they shouldn't be passing judgement when they don't know the story of every woman to pass into their care.

You made a high-handed and insulting blanket statement. It degrades not only the people it was intended for, but those who have legitimate reasons to abort a child outside of your acceptable "health concerns." Perhaps you should think over your stance.

Answer 4

While your statistics are interesting, what about these:

Eighty-eight percent of abortions occur within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Fifty-two percent of U.S. women obtaining abortions are younger than 25: Women aged 20–24 obtain 33% of all abortions, and teenagers obtain 19%.

Over 60% of abortions are among women who have had one or more children.

On average, women give four reasons for choosing abortion. Three-fourths of women cite concern for or responsibility to other individuals; three-fourths say they cannot afford a child; three-fourths say that having a baby would interfere with work, school or the ability to care for dependents; and half say they do not want to be a single parent or are having problems with their husband or partner.

Fifty-four percent of women having abortions used a contraceptive method during the month they became pregnant. Among those women, 76% of pill users and 49% of condom users reported using their method inconsistently, while 13% of pill users and 14% of condom users reported correct use.

Forty-three percent of women obtaining abortions identify themselves as Protestant, and 27% as Catholic.

Answer 5

for the reason that's a sturdy argument for them. not statistically, yet philosophically. the pro-lifestyles argument specializes interior the rights of the fetus. the pro-decision argument specializes interior the rights of the female. Now needless to say the 2d you think approximately the fetus to have rights, the female donning it does not have the suited to terminate her being pregnant. whether very few human beings, professional-lifers lined, experience the sufferer of rape or incest could desire to compelled to undergo a infant for his or her vicitimizer. this could be effectual criminal habit. Many, if not maximum, professional-lifers could make an exception for Rape or Incest. yet needless to say a fetus is harmless of the crimes of it is progenitor. The Rape/Incest argument forces professional-Lifers to look squarely right into a ethical contradiction of arising that exception. The argument specializes in circumstances the place professional-lifestyles compassion for the sufferer overrides their compassion for the fetus. the ethical repugnance of Abortion for convince is favors the pro-lifestyles view, consequently together as that's statistically plenty greater ordinary - the Rape/Incest is plenty greater compelling - a minimum of from a expert-decision point of view.

Answer 6

I think it's completely ridiculous to have more than one abortion. People who use abortion as a form of birth control should be smacked! It's cheaper to use birth control pills, and many health departments and planned parenthood centers will provide this at little or no cost! Everyone makes mistakes, and a womans body is her own with which to make her own choices, but having more than one abortion is just completely unacceptable in my eyes.

Answer 7

way to be ignorant. women don't skip merrily to the clinic day in and day out. have you ever considered that MAYBE these women come back often because either their birth control failed OR they were raped? probably not because you think a pregnancy should be used as a punishment. consenting to sex IS NOT consenting to be pregnant.

Answer 8

I believe that women certainly have the right to have an abortion- meaning i don't think that it is the government's job to jump in and stop them, but i personally do not believe that it is right to have an abortion unless under some extrememe circiumstances. I understand your concern about women having continous abortions-- and believe me, they will pay for it b/c it ruins your body... but there is no reason that the government should step in. think about, if the women are not ready to be mothers for whatever reason, then they will revert to other methods or torture. maybe they will try to abort their child themselves or give them up to orphanages where they will never be adopted or just be abusive parents... this, i think is what we should be most concerned about. this, i think calls for government assistance. the government needs to somehow create education for people considering abortion or such, but in the end, women should have the freewill to choose as they need. they should just be better educated. you see, i don't think most people know this, but once you enter an abortion clinic, they don't try to educate or talk to you at all. they just do. this, i think deserves governmental intervention.

Answer 9

i believe all women should have to attend a hearing before they are able to have an abortion. granted circumstances such as where the embryo grows in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus, really have no choice...the fetus will likely die and kill the mother as well. however like you said those who casually abort their babies as a form of birth control should not be allowed to have the choice of abortion, as well as the teenagers who go out and have irresponsible unprotected sex, and women who are not "ready" for a baby but conveniently forgot to "protect" themselves. If they don't want the child, adoption is an option

Answer 10

You do realize EVERY childbirth is a risk to the pregnant female? Why should anyone take that risk if they wish not to? Can someone force you to risk your life against your will? No. You don't have the right to either.