Arguements against abortion state that it is wrong for the mother to end the pregnancy because there is a living person that needs her support in order to live. What if woke up in the morning after a night of partying and saw that someone against your will connected you to themself for around the clock kidney dialysis? In this situation you are connected around the clock and if you become unnconected the other person will die. Also you will have to be connected for nine months, and being connected for this period of time will almost certainly kill you at the end. Do you have the right in this situation to end the connection? And if you do does that right translate into a women's right to end her pregnancy in cases of rape or danger to herself?
2007-10-21 02:43:24 · 13 answers · asked by spartanmike 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i am an older married man, and probably not a very good catholic, as i personally feel that abortion is strictly a womans issue. only a woman knows her own heart, body ,and soul. men and women are not created equal, if you dont believe me stand naked in front of a mirror with the opposite sex. i think you will find we are not created equal. in the case of rape, if i were a woman? there is no way in hell i would want the child around to torment me for the rest of my life, but some people are more forgiving than myself, and i am not a woman. search your own heart for the right answer to your decision, peace be with you always.
2007-10-21 02:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally don't believe I could have an Abortion but have never had to decide but I believe it is up to the mother to decide what is best, and there is always adoption if they are too young/nieve. I believe that people who are fighting against abortion have never been in the situation. And rape is something horrible a woman would go through and in most cases would feel horrible having the child because for those nine months all the woman would remember is the rape. I believe it's the mothers choice and those against it will one day see why.
2007-10-21 09:49:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The analogy works in cases of rape and danger to the mother's life. Those are the situations that I believe abortion should definitely be allowed. The problem is: some girls will simply say they were 'raped a few weeks ago, but were too ashamed/scared to go to the police', and they would be allowed to have an abortion - even if, truthfully, the sex was consensual.
There's no easy way to get around the abortion debate, but I think your point is valid.
2007-10-21 09:54:32 · answer #3 · answered by Sounds Painful 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Abortion is already legal, but the flaw in your analogy is....
What if we did make a law that says you can only have an abortion if it was rape or dangerous for the mother. Just how many women would then be crying "rape" just so they could get an abortion?
2007-10-21 09:48:47 · answer #4 · answered by Tara 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your analogy is not exactly..reliable because you didnt do anything to get that person "connected" to you. A woman who gets an abortion has usually had sex willingly but just doesnt want to deal with the responsibility of a child.I believe that everything happens for a reason so even if your raped and get pregnant I dont think you should get an abortion.I wouldnt!!When your pregnant you have a livng thing inside of you,your not the ones who decides who lives or dies,its your responsibility to let it live!
Most people now will not agree with me but its not there opinion its mine!
2007-10-21 10:32:57 · answer #5 · answered by Beka14 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think the woman should have an opportunity to explain the situation to a court of inquiry under due process of law. In my opinion, the law should then allow her to abort the child.
So yes, I think she should be allowed but only under due process of law, which means all the facts are brought out.
One important aspect is that we don't start redefining what it means to be alive in order to be allowed to do an abortion.
2007-10-21 10:48:30 · answer #6 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
like most hypothetical situations created to argue the subject of abortion, this one is so incredibly skewed toward one direction any attempt at answering it is ludicrous. it's like "have you stopped beating your wife? answer yes or no."
the real problem with the abortion issue in this country (i am assuming you're american, as am i) is not whether it should be legal or not but whether its legality should have been decided by the supreme court the way it was. i can see no justification for a federal decision on what should have remained a state issue. the court, which is supposed to interpret laws, created one. that's the argument. as far as abortion itself, i would like to live in a place where it is perfectly legal but most women know better than to kill their young.
2007-10-21 09:58:37 · answer #7 · answered by mrjones502003 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Poor argument.....the person who connected to you in a pregnancy had absolutely nothing to do with the connection.
That person along with another person did something that made the connection happen.
I agree with free-choice under certain circumstances.....but this "analogy" is greatly flawed.
2007-10-21 09:48:52 · answer #8 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what it comes down to is how selfless a person is, and where their values stand. if there is a cause for which you are prepared to die, but no cause for which you are prepared to kill, are your priorities mixed up? Some would argue that they are, of course it doesn't matter to ME what others think of my values. So, no need for analogies, I don't believe that it will change anyone's mind anyway. You have to change their core beliefs in order to sway them on this one, and no analogy is going to pull that off.
2007-10-21 10:22:59 · answer #9 · answered by ktp 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
apples and oranges...it is apples and oranges, this comparison...I am a woman...I have children and grandchildren and I considered abortion...held a cousins hand during hers...found out that it was not for me...but that does not mean I have a right to decide for any other human being that which only I could decide for myself...
2007-10-21 09:48:39 · answer #10 · answered by Patti_Ja 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋