what do you think about abortions?

Question

i don't understand why people go to get abortions. why can't they have the baby then give the baby up for adoption? why kill a baby? if you don't want kids then don't sex. i understand if you where raped but you can give the baby up!! i wait to know what you think of abortion. thanks

Answer 1

I think it unfortunate that birth control is not entirely available and reliable, and it is a shame that an abortion sometimes is the only sensible option. However, I am glad that it can be done legally and safely now.

You make it sound like it is a trivial matter to carry a child for 9 months and go through labor. If the unintentional mother can and will do that, I think it is wonderful and she will make some childless couple quite happy. But I would not ask a 9th grade student, or a woman about to start military officer training, or just beginning a demanding career to do the same.

Approximately 1/3 of fertilized eggs end in spontaneous miscarriage with the mother never knowing it. She simply has what seems to be an ordinary period. We don't trouble ourselves over all those dead babies, and we shouldn't - because they aren't actually babies. They are still just a collection of cells.

Answer 2

Young girls get raped and become pregnant because of it, their bodies are way too immature to handle the pressure a baby exerts on it, an abortion is the right choice in that case. There are a lot of times in which birth control fails and those are unwanted pregnancies and the mother to be may not have the money for doctor visit or a facility in which she can leave the aby after it is born to give it up to abortion. At early stages, it isi not a baby, but a clump of cells, so it is not killing a baby.

Answer 3

Everytime I think about abortions, I remember a few months ago when I went to the doc and asked about it. I was sure that I wasn't ready to be a parent yet even though I'm 26. When I was at my doc's office, he showed me photos and a video of exactly what they do during abortion because I was incredibly curious. As soon as I saw the pictures, my heart sank and I couldn't even watch the entire video because my heart had broken to pieces by the very introduction of it. I then realized that if I change my life, become more responsible, and save up money, I can be just as good of a parent as anyone else. I'm 31 wks pregnant now and I could never ever think of hurting my unborn son ever again. I completely changed after that doctor visit. Now I've been reading up on parenting (got a ton of books from the local library) took a parenting class, and I'm sure that I'm ready to devote my life to my baby boy because I not only educated myself, I've grown to love him (even though he's still in my womb), saved up money for him, and so on. I'm 100% proud that I didn't abort my baby. I know that labor/delivery won't be a picinic, but I can manage just like every other woman out there. It'll be worth it. I know it :)

Answer 4

I think they are unfortunate. BUT, I would never tell a woman that she shouldn't/couldn't get an abortion. I, myself, would never have one. But, it's not my place to judge others for having one. My cousin had one because A.) she's too stupid to use protection and B.) she already had a one year old daughter and her daughters father is an alcoholic who abuses her (yes, they are still together). I also know another girl who has had 3 abortions... she just gave birth to her first (unaborted) child last week. She worked as a waitress in a strip club and has finally met a guy to calm her down and they are now married. I don't think people who get abortions are the most horrible people in the world. Sometimes you just have to let people live their own lives.

Answer 5

I have a mixed opinion. I think that if a girl flounces herself about and does as she pleases understanding the consequences that its her responsibility if she gets pregnant. But there are some exceptions, if a woman is raped, then this child will be burdened with such a stigma and the woman is in no mental condition to take care of this child. It was not a life that was meant to be in the first place. Also, there are some conditions, like if the child begins to develop in the fallopian tube, that would kill both mother and child in most circumstances. I think women shouldn't take their bodies so lightly if they claim that they should make every choice. I don't mean to seem close minded, and almost all of my opinions are liberal, but in this case, its not something to toy around with in my mind. But far be it from me to decide things for millions of other women, I don't by any means think its anyones right to take away.

Answer 6

I believe that abortion is very wrong. It is not the babies fault the mother didn't want that kind of responsibility. My best friend of 20 years who has 3 kids just recently had an abortion because she said she couldn't afford it. Well she has been married to this guy for 6 years and then all of the sudden he leaves her and the kids knowing that she was pregnant and this was what he had been wanting. So because he left she felt helpless and was scared so she went and had the abortion. We are now not currently speaking because she should have known better than to get pregnant in the first place. She cannot handle the 3 she has also she always had the choice of getting her tubes tied but refused because her husband didn't want her too. Sorry I am ranting I just believe that abortion is wrong. Hope this answers your question.

Answer 7

Having never been in the position of being pregnant with a child I didn't want I don't think it's any of my business to judge the choices made by girls and women that are in that position. I can only make the best decisions for me in my life and live with the consequences, women who choose to have an abortion are doing the same for themselves.

Answer 8

I'm pro-choice. I believe in a woman's freedom to choose what is right for her. It's very simple, if you want an abortion then have one and if you don't believe in abortion, don't have one. Adoption would be ideal, but going through a pregnancy when you don't want to shouldn't be forced on anyone. It is my body and it is my choice. It is not up to you, anyone else, or the government to tell me what I can and cannot to with my own body.

Answer 9

I don't think people should have abortions because if they don't want their child they can give it up for adoption because there are people out there who can't have kids, so why would you want to kill your baby when all you have to do is give it to someone who wants it and can take care of it. Besides if you give it up for adoption there's a chance you might see it again when you get older.

Answer 10

I think we should first focus on the children who are already born.
Why dont you try posting,:

"What do you think about starving, war torn, abused, neglected, orphanded, "unadoptable" children?

Last I checked there were still orphanages all over the world and many many children in need of caring adults in their life although they might not fit the mold of the perfect adoptable baby.