do u think abortion is murder?

Question

i do i believe nobody should choose who lives or dies besides theres a lot of couple out there who cant get pregant for medical reason check this out http://www.endtimeprophecy.net/EPN-1/Articles/Articles-Abrt/1-06week.html#anchor1234567

Answer 1

I am a Pro Lifer, but it looks as if your a little more Pro-life then I'd consider myself. I will say though, a person getting multiple abortions fits my definition of pure evil.

Answer 2

Personally, yes, I do believe it is a form of murder.

However, I will respect the right of a woman to decide to get an abortion, and I want it to remain legal. When it was outlawed, people didn't stop doing it, they just tried to abort their baby in an unsupervised, unsanitary environment, more often than not killing the mother or causing her permanent damage. At least this way it's monitored by the government, requiring that clinics that perform abortions abide by rigid health codes to protect the woman.

I don't like that one living being is killed, but I don't feel like a second dying will make the situation right.

Little Momma made an excellent point. At any given time, there are thousands, if not millions, of children in foster homes, wanting and needing loving homes -- children who are already here and alive and not being cared for. Why do none of those childless couples want them?

That part of the question kinda reminds me of the old "You need to eat your vegetables. There are children in Africa who are starving" saying. Unless the point is to box up the ten green beans on my plate I just couldn't choke down, hungry people across the world aren't going to benefit from my dinner leftovers.

You can't make all your decisions in life based on what others have or don't have.

Answer 3

I think it depends on the point in the pregnancy and how you define "life." I define "life" as having a functioning brain *with consciousness*. The automatic reaction part of the brain forms very early, controlling heartbeat and automatic reactions such as pain/touch stimuli, but the part of the brain where thought happens (higher brain function) doesn't have organized electrical patterns (meaning thought) until sometime during the 5th month of pregnancy. If we define death, the end of life, as when the higher brain function ends (not the heart, the heart can be restarted, the brain cannot), then life also begins with higher brain function.

Therefore as far as I am concerned, abortion before the 5th month is not murder. No brain function - no life (yet). It is potential life, not life itself During the fifth month is questionable because the exact moment is unknown. But after the 5th month I do believe there is a moral problem with abortion. Murder? I'm not sure it's murder, but I do believe it is morally wrong.

But when there is risk to the life of the mother, I see no sense in risking two lives to save one, though there I also think if there is a decent chance of the child living without "heroic efforts" there should be every effort taken to save the child (caesarian?). Or if it's a very young girl (under age 13, I would say), where birth would be unreasonably traumatic, then abortion is probably OK. This gets iffy depending on circumstances.

The one time when I think abortion is always OK in late pregnancy is in the case of a *severely* malformed child, especially one who has virtually no chance of surviving birth or dieing very young (in infancy) or with no discernable brain function. I simply don't see a reason to make a woman suffer this kind of extended loss of her child, to spend weeks or months carrying (and giving birth to) a child she knows is not going to live anyway.

Answer 4

It is Murder. This is not only my opinion but is the truth. When one gets an abortion they are stopping life. That baby is operating and living and is just developing more as life goes on. In our sick society few call this murder. Lets just say that there is this pregnant woman and she is killed by someone. That someone would be tried for 2 murders. This does make sense but why do they try to draw a line in what is murder and what isn't. It is murder both ways plain and simple.

May God Bless You All.

Answer 5

No, I do not think it is murder. I have had several abortions and am very comfortable with my decisions. I also believe every woman should have the right to make this choice or reject it. Abortion is a personal decision so we are each going to favor or not favor abortion based on many factors, and we will act accordingly when we are presented with a decision of what to do with a pregnancy.

Answer 6

I dont think anybody can think of someone that has an abortion is a murder. I use to think that way and could not understand how anyone could ever do that untill I myself had an abortion. I was 17 and was raped, A month later found out I was pregant and by two and a half months had an abortion. After that went to conseling and heard from so many other girls in different situations why they had there abortions from rape to not being able to afford them and did not want to raise a child on welfare, So untill you are faced with that decision you belief can change very quickly and then have to suffer the rest of your life with the decision that you have made...

Answer 7

Abortion is a very personal and sensitive subject. It is the woman's choice, no matter her age. I do think it is important that you should see councling before and after at least one visit to be sure you can cope with such a difficult choice.

People can say all you want about the "people out there they can't have a baby and want one, why can't you choose adoption" but there are lots of kids out in the foster system who do NOT have a family because some of these "childless" people that want a baby so bad are too selfish to adopt a child. They ONLY want a baby. I don't think it is fair for people to pass over a child that needs a home NOW because they want to be put on a waiting list for a BABY. THAT is NOT fair!

Another thing that is not fair is all these people from the US adopting from other countries when there are kids right here in the US that need homes too!!!!

Answer 8

First, we choose who lives or dies everyday by the choices we make, both men and women and yourself. We kill animals, we kill people, and we all make decisions every single day that lead to the deaths of other people.

Secondly, you assume, wrongly, that every pregnancy is viable and not a threat to the Woman carrying it. Should Women have to die just to conform to your ideas regarding abortion? Many Women must have an abortion to save their health or their lives and we have the right to make that choice because we ARE worth more than a fetus.

Thirdly, there are literally hundreds of thousands of children waiting for homes in this country. If there are "a lot of couple[s] out there," then they can adopt one of the children who already DO exist, already DO feel pain, already DO need someone. Women are not incubators for childless couples. If a Woman chooses to obtain an adoption, that's fine because she's making her choice. But Women should not be compelled to remain pregnant against their will or their health just to give some zenophobic couple an infant they can pass off as their own.

Women have rights and one of those rights is to decide what happens in and to their bodies.

And the picture on the site you posted is a fake! Check out http://www.lifeandlibertyforwomen.org/truth_about_photos.html for the truth!

Basically, "Tear-drop baby
First used in the anti-abortion campaign by Dr. J.C. Willke, president and founder of International Right to Life, in his 1971 book, Handbook on Abortion, this picture has circulated through anti-choice brochures and websites without much question of its origin or accuracy. This picture depicts a ruptured tubal pregnancy that Willke would like you to believe is 6-weeks-old.
A 6-week-old fetus, from crown-to-rump, measures 4-5 mm, according to William's Obstetrics, or 1/6-1/5 inch (the size of a BB pellet). The fetus in the photo, when compared to the fingers holding it, appears to be about an inch in length or the size of an 8- to 10-week-old fetus.
We have also posted a photo of a 6-week-old fetus that was published in A Child is Born, by Lennart Nilsson. The two are demonstrably different! Accurately labeling the fetus's gestational age is important because this photo represents the mortality of developing life. One may look at this picture and see a fetus only into its second month of development and think, "look how far it's come." But when labeled accurately, this fetus would be approaching its second trimester, a period when only 12% of abortions are performed, according to the CDC abortion surveillance.
The least apparent, yet possibly the most disturbing element of this photo is its attribution. Although the caption reads, "Photo by Robert Wolfe, with permission Bell Museum of Pathology, University of Minnesota," the Bell Museum at U of M is a natural history museum; it always has been. And when we asked Willke for information from his copy, he said it was simply not in his possession anymore. This photo gained its popularity partially because of Willke, yet he doesn't even have his original copy."

Answer 9

then those couples can adopt one of the thousands of children that are in the adoption and foster care system.

no, murder is what happens when you kill a born person. i dont agree with murderers of pregnant women being charged with two murders either. they should definitely face a steeper charge than just the murder of the woman if the child was wanted, but they are legally not a person yet.

Answer 10

Ya, I think it's a murder. My religion is totally against it but when I think of some young kids or some women who are incapable of taking care of the baby and might harm them or even make the baby's life miserable then I think it's better not to have them. Abortion is illegal in my country even by a doctor (unless it has medical reason). It's sad to see people dumped their newborn in the dumpster. For the case like that it's better they abort the baby.

Answer 11

I think that even the people who claim that it is a "woman's right to choose" and that a fetus "isn't a person" know fully well that abortion is murder. That's why they sugar coat it with those vague phrases. I also can't understand those who admit it is but think that it isn't in their place to tell someone else what to do. Why is the murder of an unborn child any different than the murder of someone else who is walking around? What happens to people who murder those who are out of their mother's wombs? Does it get described as a "choice" or do they get locked up, hauled before a judge and given a life sentence? I think that we all know the answer to that. Abortion is one of the most barbaric and unnecessary forms of murder around.I hope that I'll live to see the day when it is outlawed in the US and other countries as well.