Is Abortion every acceptable?

Question

After reading a question about abortion earlier, I thought about a few things. I'm interested in hearing other's opinions...

Is abortion ever acceptable? What about if it's in the following situations?

1) The women conceived during a rape?
2) Carrying a baby would endanger the mother's life?
--What if she's already a mom of others, and has, say, cancer that needs to be treated when she finds out she's pg?

Any thoughts?

Yes, I meant ever....I can't find a way to edit it now that it's been asked!

Answer 1

Abortion is killing. Terminating what has life or is leading to a life is morally reprehensible...except

1) when a woman has been raped and has become impregnated with an unwanted, unloved fetus. If she cannot find it in her heart to accept the child, she should have the right to terminate the pregnancy, just as a soldier(also in a forced situation) on a battlefield has the right "to protect his life" by killing other humans.

2) when an impregnated woman discovers a disease within her that is "incompatible to life" with the fetus, the woman should have the right to terminate the pregnancy and seek medical remediation of the life-threatening disease. Here again, the disease represents a "personal enemy" to be "killed".

Like Solomon, we must be both wise AND compassionate.

Answer 2

From a strictly legal stand point, abortion is legal in the USA so it is acceptable in all of these cases.

From a logical stand point, I have a problem with the idea that only the woman has a say in terminating a pregnancy. I know, I know, it's her body. But both the woman and the man donate half to the baby. There is no example in nature that I could use so this is as close as I can get. A woman and a man decide to buy a car. They both pay half the cost of the car but since they are not married they title it only in his name. He decides that he doesn't want this car so he has it crushed. She says she wanted the car but he says tough, it was in his name. Fair or not? I know it's not the best but it's the best I could think of.

From a moral stand point, there really is no way to come to an understanding. Some feel that life is sacred from conception, some feel it isn't life until birth. I don't know anyone that feels it is OK to terminate someones life but the question is when is it a person. If we could agree on that I think everything else would fall into place. That being said, here is my opinion.

1. I believe that the baby concieved in rape has as much right to life as a baby concieved by any other means.

2. When carrying the baby endangers the mother is one of the hardest for me and I do not know for certain what I would do until I was in that situation. I think that I would opt for saving the mother.

One thought I would add, what are we giving up with abortion? Are we giving up the person who would find the cure for AIDs, Cancer, Diabetes? Are we giving up the person who find solutions to world problems like pollution, poverty, war? We may be losing the solution to a problem we don't even know about yet. Just a thought.

Answer 3

I am not pro-abortion, but I am pro-choice.
I think it is a PRIVATE MEDICAL DECISION BETWEEN A PATIENT AND HER DOCTOR.
Just like removing a cyst or having laser surgery or cancer treatment. NO one else should be able to tell me what I can or can't do with my own body. Even my doctor is doing as I wish!
Cysts and cancers are "living human tissue!" and part of MY body.
A woman who conceives during rape should not have to bring another twisted product of the offender into the world to raised as a beloved child. Every day of that life, the woman will be reminded of a horrible event in her life.
A woman who is going to die if she carries to term, should not be mandated to kill herself.
All pregnancies endanger the life of the mother/fetus. Giving birth is a risky business.Thanks.
All babies should be cherished and wanted, and supported well by a family and friends. There should be stability, love, patience, reasonableness, to make each child a GOOD thing to add to the world, not more messes.
It is totally irresponsible to have a baby if you are
in high school,
have a life-threatening illness,
raped,
insane,
living in your car/under a tarp/in a box
on welfare your whole life
illegally in this country
too dim-witted to be able to serve in the army (IQ/80, I
think)
in prison
My opinion: Too many people have babies because they can, or think they SHOULD. We have a whole generation of children raising babies, with no father in sight.
I wish we could give people a shot that would make them sterile until they were 21. Then they could f*&^ like rabbits, and not have to worry.
They would have to WANT a baby and have time to get prepared for one.
Wouldn't even bother me, if we had to only have one, like in China. It is irresponsible to have 3-10-15 kids, these days, even if you are rich-adopt.
My opinion.

Answer 4

Abortion should not be legislated. It is a medical operation that a woman and her doctor should decide together. Are we in the 21st century yet?
Yes it is acceptable. 1. why should a woman have to not only deal with the mental and physical anguish of a rape, but now to have to bring into this world that animal's child? How about 9 months of hating something growing inside of you? I mean come on! Talk about punishing the Innocent! How about the mental problems (psycho/sociopath) that the rapist has now passed onto another generation? Let's get another bed ready in our overcrowded jails.
2. If the mom is sick and you are going to make her carry a baby that could kill her, you are a double murderer. Nice work you Jesus Freaks! I mean really!

Answer 5

I sort of agree with you. I think you can have an abortion until the baby can survive out of the womb. And no smart women would wait that long. Republicans need to understand that nobody has sex just for the abortions.

Answer 6

First of all, I have to say, congratulations to beenthere for her answer. If you have been raped, and you know that abortion is against your religious beliefs, and you're spending nine months hating something inside of you, you can always consider adoption. I know many of you think it isn't right to just give children away like they're puppies, but there are lots of couples who are unable to conceive (women living with infertility) who would desperately want to have a child. I'm sure they would be able to raise the child better than you could right now.

That said, I favour abortion as a means to save the mother's life. I know this sounds selfish, but think of the husbands who love their wives very much to the point where they think life is meaningless without them. If the wife died giving birth to the child, (it can still happpen, despite all the technology to help prevent this) the husband may not know what to do, and turn to alcohol to cure his blues, and may take his feelings out on the poor child for the next 18 years. He may even blame the child for taking his beloved away. Even worse, his mother's side of the family may shun him/her for the loss of their daughter/sister. Would this be something you'd want to go through? If said child isn't suicidal in his teen years, (s)he just may spend his/her college tuition on massive therapy.

I remember my father saying years ago in a conversation that if he was faced with my mother dying in childbirth, he would choose his wife over the unborn child because he wouldn't know what to do with the child if Mom died in childbirth.

Answer 7

In my opinion the only acceptable reason for an abortion would be if the child was going to be born in pain and suffering due to disease.

Any other reason is selfish and based on the mother/father wanting to convenience their irresponsible sex lives by sacrificing an unborn child that cannot speak to defend itself.

In the case of rape then that is neither the mothers nor the baby's fault and the kindest thing to do would be to give the baby up for adoption. There are millions of couples who try to adopt children because they cannot have their own or prefer to give parentless children better lives in their families.

Answer 8

an acceptable scenario would be wherein the baby is medically endangering the mother's life and that's when the doctors can, with consent from the right people, to terminate the pregnancy.

Answer 9

If the woman is too young and can not raise the child properly;
If the woman is financially unable to provide adequately for the child and the father does not want the child;
If the woman does not want to be pregnant at this point in her life and the father does not want the child;
as well as the reasons you listed above.

Would you let the government tell you that you couldn't have your appendix out because God put them inside you?

Answer 10

My belief is that it is never acceptable. I had a very good friend who was conceived by rape. Had his mother aborted, he wouldn't have been on this planet. I also believe and trust in God and if I were to ever get pregnant and have a life threatening illness (I have 2 kids) I would find a doctor willing to work with both situations and pray that God would heal me and deliver the baby safely. I trust in Him completely.