Can there be any 'middle ground' in the whole abortion debate?

Question

...like allowing abortions, but never encouraging them as a method of birth control. And supporting things like adoption, ending poverty, accepting children with disabilities, etc.

Answer 1

You're in charge! I can't even believe how divisive this issue is. Your's is the most reasonable idea I've heard. good post

Answer 2

What you speak of is the middle ground. Making abortion illegal will not stop it from occurring (just look at the problem with drugs). We must provide other options and encourage women to seek alternatives. This can be done through better education and more access to information regarding adoption and other alternatives. I cannot imagine that the decision to have an abortion is a fun one for anyone. The goal should be to eliminate the demand for abortions, not make abortion illegal.

Answer 3

It is a fact of life now. Even women who claim to oppose abortion get them if it serves their own purpose at the moment. Catholic women get abortions to avoid the "shame" of an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. Government workers council teenage girls to get abortions paid for by the taxpayer without the knowledge or consent of the girl's parents. The father of a fetus has no say whether or not his offspring is aborted-and if it isn't aborted-has no say in whether or not he will be forced to finacially support the non-aborted.

Some people say "education" is the answer. The same way "education" stopped AIDS. And Bigotry. And drug addiction.

If you are talking to politicians, ask them if they have ever had an abortion.

As for "middle ground", maybe we could force the abortion of birth defects. It makes absolutely no sense that we abort millions of perfectly good babies and allow someone to give birth to siamese twins.

Answer 4

this is my feel on it -
in rape yes ( they do have the morning after pill but some woman are scared and do not go to the hospital soon enough)
for medical reasons - yes
because you got pregnant - no
if your useing birtcontrol and it fails - im unsure of this right now - thats a hard debate - because it is a life but at the same time they were being cautious - trying to prevent a pregnancy in the first place-

i also feel if you get pregnant and want an abortion and werent useing birth control - you should be forced to have your tubes tied - now that will start a whole other episode -

but i agree there needs to be a middle ground - this isnt a yes or no vote in my opinion -

Answer 5

Answers such as the first are why it will be difficult.
But the answer is a resounding yes. The exact methods you describe are common in most developed countries (and most liberals would question the use of abortion as "birth control" if for no other reason than it is a lot more expensive and dangerous than using a condom" When Dems talk of abortion they almost exclusively want it to be "safe, legal, accessible and rare").
In fact abortion beyond the 1st trimester is illegal in many places and this is accepted as perfectly reasonable.

Answer 6

Sorry, I prefer using methods of abortion as an absolute reason of birth control. I have never found any reason behind not using abortion as a reason of birth control, simply because the reasons they are fighting for are more rare.


In this day.. We need abortion. It is harsh, but what we need to do is understand that it is a population control... Cause The Asian countries force people to have abortions, and I would rather have people agreeing to them before we are forced to have them.

Answer 7

If you believe that there is not a baby inside of the pregnant woman then there could be a middle ground. That is not the case. It is a completely separate person growing inside of the woman and killing it for anything other than the definite protection of the mother's life is wrong. You cannot provide any correlation between those babies that are aborted what economic status they would achieve so ending poverty is out of the debate.

Answer 8

I don't think they should be considered as a method of birth control. The way I see it, your choices end when you decide to have sex.

Before you form any conclusions, I realize that there are those who do not choose to have sex, and are not given the option of preventing pregnancy. I think those women should still be permitted to decide whether or not they want to have a child.

And then there are situations in which child rearing and birth will cause irreparable damage to the mother, such as death. In that case, it's a means of self defense.

Answer 9

I think most of what you said is already being tried.I couldn't have an abortion personally but if others choose that option I guess it's their right.But I don't feel it's a minors right,parents need to be notified.Kids might make a decision that will affect their whole life negatively.

Answer 10

I'm adoption, as mo 6 i believe abortion sin is murder the bible say it is abortion
my is story mom birth was 16 she could have get rid of me before i was born my grandam birth stop her win 6 mo give me up that was 23 year age
my adoption, family this best mom dad i could have ask for.
only if life mom at risk life

Answer 11

I think so. Abortion for medical reasons.

You can always kill in self defense (to protect the mother's life).

I think that's middle ground.