Question for Atheist?

Question

I'm Christian and conservative and also against abortion as most conservative Christines are. My question is what is your personal view on abortion? Are you pro-life or pro-chioce? Are there any athiest out there that are pro-life?

Answer 1

I think if a girl gets pregnant because of her own carelessness then she should have the decency to go through with it (the pregnancy).

But if a woman is responsible and gets pregnant against her will then she should have the right to control her body. Pregnancy is dangerous and life-threatening for a woman, it puts strain on the heart and no one should have to go through that against their will.

Answer 2

I am pro-choice. I hate abortion but I do not want any group of people deciding what I can and cannot do with my own life and body. I think that abortion should be allowed within a certain time period unless the mother's life is at risk and then it is a personal choice. I think that extensive research should be done to determine the best cut off time for abortions. The government should put more money into education about preventing pregnancy. This should be taught in schools. It is better to stop the problem and not have to make these decisions. I believe that terminating an unwanted pregnancy is better than than growing up abused or neglected or given away. Adoption can be a great thing but a lot of kids live in foster care that can often be very unpleasant before they are ever adopted.

Answer 3

Of course I'm pro-life. I wish that there were no need for abortion, that every child conceived could be born into a loving caring family capable of raising and nurturing it. But I know that isn't the case. And I can sympathize with those less fortunate than me and understand why they might choose an option I wouldn't. Sometimes people just don't have a choice. Adoption isn't always an option--who's going to pay for the medical care? And some people just don't want to have a child. Why should I hate or punish them for that? It is easy to make a mistake or have an accident--my daughter was conceived while using two separate forms of birth control.
When christians are ready to really try to do something about the causes of abortion, instead of just punishing the people who need them, then maybe I'll listen.

Answer 4

We are all pro-life.

It is anybody's guess when life begins. No one wants to have an abortion or see their loved ones having to choose it. Nobody runs around in t-shirts advocating or advertising abortion, like "I'm pro-abortion! Please abort!" No one isn't pro-life. Pro-choice means not wanting the government to interfere in a woman's right to choose. Not only are there starving, neglected and abused children all over the world, there is also proof that a zygote cell is not a baby. I disagree with second trimester abortions unless they involve extenuating circumstances and no real doctor would perform a third trimester abortion unless the mother was in serious medical danger. You may disagree with me but that doesn't make these facts any less true.

My friend's sister was raped when she was 11 and became pregnant. Some people would say "Oh, why should the baby be punished too?" To them I say "Why should she have to go through the horror of knowing that a child came of her traumatizing rape? Why should any 11 year-old have to go through a 9 month preganancy? It's not "punishing the unborn baby". In the first trimester there IS no baby. There are zygote cells. People kill those all the time using birth control. Do you disagree with birth control too?

I hope you will give best answer to someone who answers your question honestly and gracefully rather than throwing a bone to whomever agree with you.

Answer 5

I'm an atheist, and personally pro-life.

But I'm more pro-democracy.

Abortion should be taken out of the realm of Judicial law (Roe V Wade) and allowed to be addressed legislatively. Allow community standards to settle the issue. This will also allow public decision regarding male rights concerning abortion (or lack of one) which is grossly ignored in the abortion debate. It will also drive consistency in the definition of life (why can the mother get an abortion with no penalty, but if another person kills that same lifeform, they're tried for murder?)

Answer 6

I know a few atheists that are pro-life as it does not have to have any religious bearings to it.

I personally, would never have an abortion. However, I have never been in that position so I cannot force my decision onto someone else.

I believe the U.S should be pro-choice because many women get pregnant out of rape/incest and cannot bare to carry a child like that. If they do not get an abortion, there is a chance they may be so shamed that they may just kill themselves.

Also, if abortion was illegal, then many illegal harmful abortions would be going on and it would lead to many deaths of women.
Young girls who come home pregnant may have to get forced at home abortions from their parents (hello chlorox and a rusty hanger!) which may lead to death or infection.
There are too many factors, and thinking that women who want to or have to get an abortion deserve death is not very christian like.

Answer 7

I am both :) I tend to not look at any issue in absolutes.

Pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion or anti-life.

I am pro-birth control, pro-education, pro-unwanted pregnancy prevention, pro-counseling (the kind that actually works rather than the head-in-the-sand type that insists on abstinence and nothing else), and pro-choice.

I hope that all other options are explored first. But I refuse to tell a woman what she *must* or *must not* do.

Answer 8

Atheists. Plural. 'Question for atheist' makes it sound like you think there's this one guy out there named 'atheist'. It makes you seem more unintelligent than you probably want to appear.

I'm neither 'pro-life' nor 'pro-choice'. I don't pigeonhole my belief systems with handy captions or titles because they're not defined by any title or caption.

My view is that abortion at will is a neccessary but sad thing. I wish that those who didn't want children would instead use birth control, but the same christians who are against abortion are ALSO against birth control. Clearly then, the decision cannot be left to them, since they are apparently not rational enough to make it.

Answer 9

I am Christian and work in health care. I have to say that I am not for abortion but I am not completely against the medical procedure which allows women to have safe sterile very early gestation procedure. Now, I know what I say here is not accepted in the Christian community but I know of a time when many women were desperate to have an abortion and they deserve to be able to not resort to coat -hanger therapy. It seems to me that men are the most adamant about this yet when do men step up to the plate and take care of these babies? If you are totally against abortion (I am glad that you are) but offer the young women some alternatives don't just condemn them.

Answer 10

I am pro-life and pro-choice.

I don't see abortion as the same thing as murder, but I certainly don't advocate it. Adoption is almost always better. Of course, in cases of rape, incest, and life-threatening situations that require abortions, abortions are completely justified.

However, a woman's body is not my body. I don't have the right to tell someone what they should do to their body. They have a choice, and abortion shouldn't be illegal, but I think that abortion should be avoided whenever possible.

Answer 11

What you think only christians are pro-life? I am pro-life, but I don't believe that I have the right to tell someone what they can or cannot do concerning abortion. I've been to the pro-life march in washington.