i'm not talking about relgiously, im talking about politically... i have my own opinion, and i was just looking to see what other people thought... like for those who are against it... why do you think you have a right to decide for the parent? and for those who are for it... why do you think the parent has the right to decide for the child?
2007-09-01 17:52:10 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
abortion is a hard subject... but here's what i think...
I, personally, will never get an abortion, i don't care what the circumstances are, I just won't ever do it... i don't care if im raped by my father and become pregnant, it's just not something that i can do.
However, I dont think its my place to tell other people how to live their lives. I certainly don't think that it's the governments place to do it either. I think that regardless of it being morally right or wrong, it should be legal because not matter what the courts say, women will still look for abortions and if it's legal, they wont have to go to a butcher, they can go to a real doctor and come out of it alive.
Being Christian, you'd think that i believe that we are alive from the moment of conception, but i don't... we are alive long before that, and we will be alive long after we die. I was told by a person of very strong beliefs that they think they can tell others what to do because they are sinning against god. You'd think that im over simplifying that, but I'm really not... that was basically an exact quote.
My thing is... ask a Christian woman why her 2 month old child died of some strange cold... and if it didn't rock her faith, she'll tell you that her child was so loved by God that He took back her child so it didn't have to go through the pain of Earth life. If we go by this logic, we're doing these kids a favor by aborting them... if they knew what they were getting themselves into, they would commit suicide in the womb... ok, so that might be a little offensive... but i hope eveyone gets the gist of my point.
2007-09-01 18:18:50 · answer #1 · answered by fairyprincess 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm pretty middle ground on a lot of political issues, but this one I lean more radical then conservative.
I believe it's the womans choice whether or not to go through something so serious.
I also think they should tighten the abortion thing up a bit by evaluations, classes for the parents dealing with it, and even a seminar on the procedures.
I also think they should get real doctors to perform the procedures, as to ensure it's safe and efficient.
I don't want women using it as a birth control or a contraceptive.
I think women who have been raped should have the choice whether or not to keep the baby, especially if it's a situation that's really scarring (like incestuous rape causing child).
If it's about life or death between a woman and the child...like either/or/neither will live if the baby is in the womb, I find it necessary.
If I was to get pregnant right now, and it was set between me or the baby...I would get an abortion and save my life.
Selfish? Not at all.
I have a son I need to take care of.
2007-09-01 18:04:14 · answer #2 · answered by Dez 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1. If a woman doesn't want to get pregnant she should do everything she can to prevent it.
2. If a woman doesn't want her baby, adoption should be the first option.
3. Women that neglect and abuse children should abort if adoption isn't an option.
4. NO partial birth abortions period.
I am a mother of three beautiful children and when I look at their faces, I know they are a gift from God but then I think about those sweet faces with a mother that could care less. To that woman I say Yes let her have an abortion because a woman that would have one in the first place probably doesn't need a child. It's just more humane than to let a child grow up unwanted.
2007-09-01 18:06:19 · answer #3 · answered by Enigma 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe that abortion is a natural right of all women. Their bodies belong to themselves and their control of their own bodies is paramont to all powers of the government. History has shown that when governments attempt to stop women from controlling their bodies, then the attempt always leads to harm for society. Women will abort with or without government sanction. And men will help regardless of the view of a few government nutcakes. Abortion cannot be stopped, but it can be controlled. Those who attempt to control will only be successful if they pass sensible and fruitfull legislation.
Parental control of abortion is also a natural right. Parents have the right to advise a child about abortion. However, the actual abortion should be consented to by the child if possible.
Anti abortion organizations should be outlawed. And they should be liable to suit for their false advice.
2007-09-03 15:36:25 · answer #4 · answered by Give me Liberty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am totally against abortion, the mother already made her choice when she decided to have sex, if she does not want the baby then give it up for adoption. The US spends billions supporting illegal immigrants, I would rather that money go to finding homes for unwanted babies.
What right does one person have to chose to end the life of another person, seriously what would be the real difference between killing an unborn child or killing one that is two months old.
If it grows, it is life, and yes the government should be involved in cases of genocide, there are approximately 4,000 babies killed by abortion every day; Nearly 50,000,000 since Roe vs Wade (1973)
2007-09-01 18:14:18 · answer #5 · answered by justgetitright 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm glad you clarified the way you did. Politically, I think the government should step out of decisions like this. The government has no right to dictate abortion laws. It's a scary thing when we start allowing law to mandate what we can and cannot do with our bodies.
That said, morally, I am strongly opposed to abortion except in very very rare cases.
2007-09-01 18:01:51 · answer #6 · answered by gumby 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A parent still has the right to decide after the child is born, no one is taking their right to choose away. Adoption is a simple answer for those who don't want the child.
2007-09-01 18:01:48 · answer #7 · answered by Arlene W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Under a law that would make abortion completely illegal I would be furious if even one woman were raped and then forced by law to carry that child all the way to birth. A government that would do that would be forcing far too many values and beliefs on the woman. For that reason alone it should be the woman who has control over her body.
2007-09-01 18:35:14 · answer #8 · answered by Sketch 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe abortion is no different than murder. I think it should be illegal, except in cases where the woman was raped or has medical conditions that could endanger her health if she were to have the baby.
After all, she made the decision to have a baby when she decided to have sex. And if she and her husband/boyfriend really want to have sex but don't want a baby, than they should use birth control. And in that case abortion should still be illegal if Birth Control fails, which it sometimes does.
2007-09-01 18:17:06 · answer #9 · answered by VITCH 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are so many forms of birth control out there and available there is no reason to have an unwanted pregnacy. If you can't afford the BC you damn sure can't afford a baby. Consequences are deterents that keep people from doing wrong things. If you take away the deterents people will not have to consider the effects of the decisions.
2007-09-01 18:01:53 · answer #10 · answered by LIL_TXN 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋