Pro choice or Pro life... Explain?

Question

I am taking a survey for a paper I am writing. I have chosen Abortion. I am curious to see how many chose either, and their reasons, as well as, feelings behind the matter.

Answer 1

It's quite simple, really. Pro life advocates support LIFE and the protection of yet-to-be-born children. Pro-abort advocates freely trample on the rights of unborn children, and fight vehemently for the legal "right" to kill them at will, and without penalty

I choose the pro-life stance, because, unlike pro-abort advocates, I reconize and respect the sancity of life, regardless of location (e.g., inside or outside the human body). Unlike the pro-abort advocates, I am willing to fight for the lives of women and children (born or unborn).

"Pro choice" is a misnomer. Murder is murder regardless of where it occurs (e.g., inside or outside a human body). Why on earth should person A (e.g., a pregnant mother) suddenly be imbued with the "right" or "choice" to KILL person B (e.g., her child). It is absolutely ludicrous.

With ANY other crime, the element of "choice" does not apply (e.g., if I "choose" to kill someone, I go to jail). When the behavior of a woman in any other situation infringes on the life of another, she faces legal consequences for it. Why is it suddently different because the location of the person to be killed (i.e., the baby) happens to be 1" INSIDE a human body rather than 1" outside a human body?

Women have every "right" to do what they choose with their bodies, as long as it is legal and does not infringe on the rights of another. Killing another human being (e.g., aborting a baby) most assuredly DOES infringe on the rights of another.

The bottom line, is that pro-abort advocates are not fighting for a woman's right to "choose". They are fighting for the legalization of murder. Pro-life advocates are fighting to protect unborn children from being murdered.

Answer 2

Choice.

I am a man, I have absolutely no children. I don't want any children of my own (there are plenty out there needing good homes and adoption is a wonderful thing I can do when I'm ready).

However, I firmly believe that we live in the here and now. Biblical prophesies, dications, "laws", etc. are little more than various HUMAN interpretations. A woman (and if the situation warrants - the father of the fetus), are the only people who can make that decision. If the church wants to ban abortions, then the church can dam n well raise all the children that are born.

If Bush wants to ban abortions, then he can dam n well support every child his Napoleonic complex allows to come into this world.

In short, it's a woman's right to chose to carry a non-thinking, non-concious being to term, or to make the decision that she isn't ready for such a commitment and avoid any possibility of child abuse, neglect, or sadness or her part that she's not able to give the child what she would like to.

No one should be made to suffer, knowing that someone depends on you and you aren't able to give them what they need. (Clothes, toys, food, medical care, sanitary conditions, safe neighborhoods, etc.) No one!

PS - Michele,
Does a plant have a right to live? It has no brain.

Does a cow have a right to live? It does have a brain.

Does a man who's got a terminal illness and is in pain day in and day out have the right to give up on life and let himself die?

Does a mother who's son is in the hospital suffering every minute from lupus have the right to take the doctor's suggestion to heart... there is no hope, he's only suffering and if you pulled the plug, he could finally rest (die)?

A fetus (during the legal abortion perios) does not have a brain, does not think, does not have conciousness, does not reason (again no brain to reason with). Point to point, it is not much more than a slug. Cells are forming into various organs that will eventually funtion, but nothing is actually there yet. I understand your emotional stance. I'm only asking that you consider the factual information.

Answer 3

I'm pro choice myself. Pro choice isn't pro abortion. It's about women having the right to do what they want with their bodies. Pro lifers seem to forget that the mother is a person and should have the right to do what she wants with her body. On top of that there is no one right opinion on abortion. We don't agree on when life begins. We don't agree sometimes on the mother's right to life. The government should not make a law based on any one group's faith/belief system, so they should not outlaw abortions. There's no solid reason besides some people's god thinks it's wrong. There's also the safety aspect of it. Illegalizing something never puts a stop to it. It only takes it into the realm of the black market. More people will likely die if it's illegal than if it is legal.

Answer 4

I am pro-choice.

This is such an emotional topic with many people feeling extremely passionate about their stands - it's easy to get carried away by the emotions.

I do believe that women have the right to choose to have an abortion. There are too many considerations to get into, but I'd like to point out that I do not agree with abortion as a form of birth control. Abortion is okay for the woman who did not plan on getting pregnant and was on birth control that failed. It is NOT okay for a woman who does ot use protection against pregnancy, knows she doesn't want children, and gets an abortion every time the test strip turns blue.

If all abortion is illegal, there would be children born from rape and incest, deformed babies,babies who are not wanted and abused, babies that will not be cared for properly and Would women getting back-alley abortions that are dangerous.

If abortion is not something you are okay with, then don't have one - but don't tell me I can't have one, should I make that choice.

Answer 5

Ehmmmmm, ambivalent. Which is not to say that I don't have an opinion.

Personally I am apalled by the idea of abortion. I think it is a tragedy of our time. I would love for every child to be cared and loved for and born to capable parents.
That being said .. . . I'm libertarian. I can't be the conscience for every woman out there. I think it is something that every woman needs to decide for herself. So I want to take it out of the realm of the federal government and give it back to the states where the voters can decide how they feel about it.

EDIT
Just a note of clarification: Right now a lot of abortion laws have been decided in court (ie: Roe V Wade). I think the voters should be making the laws, not the courts

Answer 6

Both.

I think abortions are wrong, but I will defend the right for a woman to do as she chooses, I should have no direct say over another human being, that is presumptuous.

So I'm both pro choice and pro life.

Answer 7

I am pro-abortion because I don't believe in the state intervening in my personal affairs. It is not a government matter. Also, this may sound shocking and contrary to what religious people would have you believe, but life is NOT sacred. This is merely a human idea. Life just is. We come. We go. Some of us are not meant to be here. The world's population is fast approaching 6 billion. It's not like humans are endangered, like in the movie "Children of Men". Why do some Christian groups always tell others what to do with their lives? Isn't it enough to follow your own rules, and let me follow mine?

I'm going to go have an abortion while I still can.

Peace.

Answer 8

I am an adoptee, and I am a firm believer in a woman's right to CHOICE.
I always hear "But how can you say that? If your bio-mother had an abortion, you wouldn't be here".
Well, that's my point exactly! SHE didn't want me, the people who adopted me wanted me for all the WRONG reasons and I had a miserable childhood until they threw me out for being gay.
It is way better for an unwanted child to never be born. Abort those few cells before they're born into a human ( I don't believe a bunch of dividing cells are human yet), avoid overcrowding the planet, avoid having another unwanted person wandering the world in pain.

Answer 9

Pro life now....though I have been through 2 near-abortions.

I married at 17 because my parents thought the only one I had ever dated was the son they never had. A few months later I got pregnant. I was not ready for having a child so I went to a clinic that bused people to an abortion clinic. Over the phone they had quoted $250 for an abortion. When they calculated my due date, however, it showed me 4 weeks too far along for that rate and the price went to $500. I had no way to come up with an extra $250 to pay for a second trimester abortion so I was stuck with a pregnancy I did not want at that time. Exactly 4 weeks after that day I had an ultrasound which showed I was not as far along as they had thought. They were off by 4 weeks. There was a reason I couldn't have the ultrasound until it showed I was in the second trimester. If I could have had the ultrasound just one day sooner, I could have gotten an abortion at $250.

See, God had a purpose for my daughter's existence. That is why my due date got miscalculated in the first place...to save her life. She is now in college and has never made less than an A on anything. She is highly intelligent and studying to be a teacher.


Another event was being pregnant with my 3rd child by 21. I had placenta previa that was causing severe hemorrhaging. The doctor told me I wouldn't live unless I aborted my baby. Just before that time I was abandoned by my husband who claimed he left because he only wanted 2 kids--even though the 2 on the way were definitely his and he knew that. I had been pregnant with twins but one didn't make it. My ex was quite abusive and I knew my children would be in danger if he raised them upon my death, so I seriously considered the abortion. However, the pain of losing the twin ate away at my heart and I just couldn't willfully choose to end the life of the twin living inside me still. I cried out to God and He saved me and my son inside me. I have 3 beautiful teenagers, two of whom would not exist had I had abortions. (My ex lost all of his rights because he really was a danger to my kids.)

That twin existed solely to save the life of the child that lived.

God protected my children from abortion because He has a purpose for them.

Answer 10

I stand for both.
I feel that if you are adult enough to make a baby you should be adult enough to bring it into this world. If you truly feel that you would not make a good parent, then you could give the child up for adoption to a loving couple who is.
On the other hand if a woman were raped and became pregnant from it, I would think she should have the right to make the choice. I know that may seem like a double standard, but it's just how I feel.

Answer 11

I used to be completely pro-choice. Now, after seeing a film called "Silent Scream" I'm more on the side of pro-life. However, there are certain circumstances where abortion is the right choice such as in a rape that ends up with an unwanted pregnancy or a child that is sexually molested by a parent or anyone else.