Whats your point of view on abortions?

Question

Im doing a report for college on abortions, and i would like to get some opinions on abortions. Is it right or wrong to get an abortion? please help!

Answer 1

I see no problem with it unless its used repeatedly as a form of birth control. A woman should at least have the right to consider and choose abortion if she desires.

Answer 2

This is a great venue for this question! Good idea.

I am pro-choice. I believe that a woman should have the final say in what happens with her own body.

I have never been pregnant, and I currently believe that life begins at birth, not conception. However, I am sure that if I ever do get pregnant and want the baby, I will become attached to it and believe there is a life inside of me.

I have known women who have had abortions because of their age - one was older, already had four biological and six adopted children, and her baby was going to be born mentally handicapped. Her and her husband decided not to have the baby because they were both in their late 40s and were concerned about providing for the child in their old age.

I've also known girls who have had abortions because they were still in school and incapable of caring for a child. I've also known girls, unfortunately, who do not use proper birth control methods and have had more than one abortion without learning anything from it.

Here's a point to consider for your paper: Pro-Life supporters say that you should give birth and give up the baby for the adoption. You can find the statistics on how many children are in the foster care system today - these are children that people gave up because they believe in the sanctity of life, but those children still don't have the love of a family.

For whatever reason, some people just aren't capable of delivering or caring for a child at that point in their life. Additionally, how can you expect a woman who's been raped to carry the child of an evil man? Yes, children are innocent - but some are the product of a horrible act.

Although it is wrong to use abortion repeatedly as birth control, I believe it needs to be an option.

Best of luck with your paper.

Answer 3

My point of view is that just because it's a less developed human, doesn't make it less valuable. Is a 2 year old less important than a 21 year old because he/she is less developed? No. If a person out on the street has no friends or family, no one wants to be around him/her and no one loves him/her, does that give us a right to end his/her life? No. We were ALL once a fetus that didn't have morals or intelligence..and I think we have a value that surpasses animals and bugs. But, I can see where you are coming from. I just think you have to think beyond the "alive" issue and look more to what make a fetus different than a baby that has just been born. Yes, trees and plants are "alive", but that has nothing to do with what makes something important or worthy of life. Also, just because something isn't loved doesn't mean it doesn't have value. I don't love spiders, but I recognize their value in the ecosystem. I think you need more to go on than the "alive" issue. My point of view is based more on development (size), location, independance...basically looking at the differences between a fetus and a newborn. Although there are differences, none of them cause a fetus to be considered less of a human. I think that if you don't want a baby, then opt for adoption. There are always arguments that "what if the adoptive parents are abusive, what if the teenage mother decides to keep the baby and she is a crack head, what if it was a rape baby, what if the life of the mother is in danger, etc...." Well, there is always a chance of this, but a small chance. We should never base a national law on a minority. Seperate laws can be made for those situations, but all in all, if you believe that a fetus is the same as a baby, then it shouldn't matter about the what if's. If a woman is so worried about choosing what's best for her body, she shouldn't get pregnant in the first place. The majority of abortions are done by those not making wise decisions and then get pregnant and want to have an abortion as a form of birth control because a baby isn't convienient for her at the time. If you see the fetus as a baby, than you don't just see one person involved; you see two...and those who are pro-life are trying to be the voice of the unborn. Hope this helps!

Answer 4

Hmmm this is a touchy subject but I think that everyone has a choice to do what is best for them, who are we to judge.

I believe that if you have been raped I think its ok to have an abortion, I know if that we me I would. Yes the baby is a living thing but that is a constant reminder of the bastard that raped you.

I don't agree with girls that keep getting pregnant and having abortion after abortion. If your old enough to make the choice to open your legs and not be responsible enough to protect yourself then that is where I draw the line and say no to abortion.

Keep in mind some women aren't at an abortion clinic by choice sometimes they are there because their baby had died inside of them and they are to far along for a dnc, some hospitals make these poor women go through this horrible experence.

Answer 5

Honestly I do not think there is a right or wrong answer. It has everything to do w/the circumstance of the pregnancy. I was an unwed mother and all my family were against keeping it. But I let my heart lead the way. I would of never forgiven myself if I got an abortion or gave the child away. Very hard times but very rewarding. My son is the best thing that ever happened to me and I am not out there wandering around if "could this be my child. But there are other circumstances, too. In case of rape, incest, and someone who doesn't give a hoot about children. It is a difficult decision for everyone, but I do not think there is a Right or Wrong way of looking at abortion.

Answer 6

Generally, I feel that abortion is wrong. When you take on the adult decision to have sex, you have to be open to the fact that pregnancy can be the result.This requires that the persons who engage in it take on the responsibility for the life they have created, intended or not. Yes, birth control is not foolproof,but its failure usually comes about through its irresponsible use. Condoms are not made out of steel and you can't take the pill whenever. No mater how it happens, when the life has been created, it is no longer your choice as to if it should live or not. You, and your partner have already made that choice. Anyone who is over the age of 11,has probably had enough sex education to know that it is the joining of an egg and a sperm that causes a pregnancy. If you don't want a baby, then don't play at what makes them.

Answer 7

I am pro-choice. Only a woman has the right to decide if she wants to have an abortion. If she feels she is not ready for the life long commitment of raising a child, she has the option of abortion, or carrying the baby to term and then give up for adoption. Also in the incidence of rape or child molestation, I believe greatly that in those cases especially, abortion is appropriate. It is also very appropriate when the life of the mother is at stake if she carries the baby to term.

Roe v Wade was decided on by the Supreme Court 30 years ago, and the pro-lifers are still trying to over turn the decision. It's rediculous, leave well enough alone!!! They don't think overturning it will lead back to the back alley abortions of the 60's, but it will. No doubt in my mind. Women will go back to using coat hangers, soda bottles and whatever else they can do to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. I also think MEN have no business in any way what-so-ever, to even so much as get involved in trying to overturn Roe-v-Wade. It is stricktly a women's issue ONLY. I know I'm going to get a lot of thumbs down on this but I don't care. I do not agree with doing an abortion after the 1st trimester though. Or what they call partial birth abortions. Either do it in the 1st trimester or don't do it at all.

Of course if everybody practices safe sex, or abstinence until marraige, the abortion rate would go way down. But you can not count on people being abstinent, or using safe sex practices. If they want to have sex, they're going to have sex. So the best thing we as a nation can do, is make sure we educate our kids about safe sex period. Like teaching sex education in school again, like when I was a kid. It was no big deal. They didn't show anything graphic, we were not taught to have sex. We were simply given the facts, in a factual educational matter.

Unfortunately, not all forms of birth control are 100% effective, and women do end up pregnant despite their best efforts to prevent it.

I just think abortion needs to be an available option, because you never know the circumstances that may drive a woman to want/need one.

Pro-lifers need to get a life of their own, and quit trying to pawn their opinions off on to others, they are not better people because they don't believe in abortion. They just THINK they are, and try their level best, to change everybody else's thinking to match their own. It's time to give it up. My opinion and millions of others will NEVER change.

And also a question for the pro-lifers, are you going to adopt and raise all of those unwanted children?? If you want to stop abortion, than maybe you should think about that for a while. There would not be enough people wanting to adopt to take care of all of those babies if abortion were to be stopped. We would have a quagmire of crack addicted, drug addicted babies out there needing homes. And no I do not believe abortion should be used as a form of birth control. That is just plain stupid.

Answer 8

i'm pro-choice. i view abortion as a choice when it comes to an unplanned pregnancy. i do not view abortion as wrong because it's not in my eyes. i would rather see a woman have an abortion, then hear about the same woman giving birth and then killing her infant OR giving birth and forever resenting and abusing said infant.

Answer 9

I want to say first that this topic goes with my religion. I have been raised to think that a baby is alive and in reality an actual human from the moment of conception. An abortion is basically murder. I am Pro-life and I don't intend to change. I once had to see a video about abortions and the way they do them is just horrific. How anyone could live with themselves after an abortion is beyond me.

Answer 10

It is wrong to kill an innocent baby. The baby did not have a choice to be concieved and thefore does not deserve to be killed. If you are not willing to take responsibility for an accidental pregnancy then you should not have sex. I do not feel that prohibiting abortion is the answer to all of this as it would increase the back street abortions in unsafe conditions again but I do feel killing a baby is wrong.