pro life or pro choice?

Question

are you pro life or pro choice?personal i believe that neither are black or white but a shade of gray and well, that womens bodie are their own business.but i also believe that abortion should be done only in special cases like rape,when the child has developed a mental or fatal condition,or when the birth is a threat to the mothers life and Not when a man and a woman have been careless during sexual relations.tell me your views on abortion and arguments for or against each choice.

because everyone is entitled to their opinions and even though i could never experience child birth and i dont have a utheris men still have a opinion on this and play a big part in the life and birth of a child. i know i could never know how much this issue means to a woman,but i still feel strongly about the rights of women concerning this issue,and not having child birth forced apon them,and also "ISHOW" and "BETHT" the both of you were extremely rude,insensitive,pompus and "BETH T" in particular, imature in your answering,men may not know how a woman feels about having a child but in turn you dont know how man feel.it was almost like you were rubbing child birth in mens faces like a child.

aslo i feel alot of women are being gender discrimative,i am not telling you what to think or do but simply expressing my opinion which is my right to do,and wondering about other peoples views on abortion and in turn how would it effects the mother and the child

Answer 1

I believe it's a choice. Leave it at that. It's a difficult decision no one would LIKE to make, why make it more difficult with condemnation. It's no one else's business. If you oppose abortion, then don't have one, but don't dictate to another woman what she should do with her body. Good luck. 2D

Answer 2

Pro Choice

Answer 3

I am pro-choice. Although I can never imagine myself in a situation where I would choose to get an abortion, I do believe that each individual woman should be allowed to make that decision based on her personal experiences and circumstances. Additionally, I believe if the procedure were to be made illegal, those who really have a desire to have the procedure done will continue to do so in ways that are much more harmful to the mother and have greater potential for causing birth defects if the procedure is not successful. I agree with you that this is not a "black and white issue," and I believe that if we try to make it an issue of black and white and say that women only qualify for the procedure if they meet "X" requirements, then many women will be at risk because they might not qualify for a procedure that would help protect their safety (if there were severe birth defects that put the mother's life at risk, or if she were raped but could not prove it, for example). I agree that abortion should not be used as a method of "birth control," however, I also belive that that's a choice that the woman has (and hopefully will also consult with the man involved), and she is the one who will ultimately have to live with the consequences of her decision.

Answer 4

I'm pro-life because I believe that a human life starts at conception. But even if you don't buy the argument that a complete genetic makeup equals a human, an embryo has a heartbeat by the third week of gestation and brain waves --and a cerbral cortex, Katherine T--in the sixth week of gestation, around the same time that it begins to move on its own. Doesn't make a difference how it was conceived, its development is still the same.

Since a lack of brainwaves and heartbeat are the criteria we use to ascertain that someone is dead, shouldn't the presence of a heartbeat and brainwaves indicate that they are alive? The majority of abortions take place AFTER week 6. I might actually agree that abortions that take place before then are less ethically problematic than those that take place after, though I think any abortion is ethically wrong to some degree.

And btw, why shouldn't men be able to weigh in with an opinion on abortion? If we want me to be responsible fathers and partners, they ought to be allowed to take an interest in their children even before birth.

Answer 5

I've thought about this issue a bit, I believe everyone woman should have their own say on what they should do with their own body. But on the other hand who is to deny someone the right to live? A baby you kill could become the next Issac Newton. The mother could at least give birth to the baby and put in an adoption agency.

Answer 6

As a woman I feel that pro-choice is the way to go. I don't like the thought of a man or anyone else for that matter telling me what to do. And most of all I think the government gets involved in our lives enough and I certainly don't want them to have a say about my body and what I do with it. You know most women feel pretty strongly about this. I've seen men standing with protest groups holding signs and I think they have no idea what they are doing. We are all entitled to our opinions and I think men and government need to stay out of it. Don't mean to sound nasty but those are my thoughts as an adult woman.

Answer 7

Abortion is not a private decision, but is very public ,in that choice affects those closes to you.

Have you ever consider the consequences of abortion on your emotional health and future relationships? Abortion also affects the family relationship among family members, it causes one to distance themselves because of depression, saddness, guilt,shame.etc. Abortion affects the male also.

I had two abortions, I wrote a book called "Make Me Your Choice" where I share my story and l6 other people's choice. There are stories from a male prespective, from the children whose parent had abortion and how it affected them, and from ladies who chose to have, and those who chose to keep their baby.

True stories offering heartening encouragement for anyone who has ever faced a life and death decision. Confronting the long-term consequences of abortion will enable one to make the right choice, and to face the reality of having made the wrong decision.

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them
which are in Christ Jesus." Roman 8:1

Answer 8

Pro-choice, for two major reasons:

1) No prolifer has been successful in producing a non-religious argument that establishes personhood/human-beingness (as opposed to genetic humanness) prior to the development of the cerebral cortex.

2) Even if it were possible to prove that personhood can exist without the cortex, no PERSON has the right to force another person to take a 1/12000 risk of death to sustain his or her own life. My right to life does not include the right to force another person to sustain it using his or her bodily resources, so neither should that of a fetus.

Answer 9

I totally agree with you. But many wouldnt. Unless there is something wrong with the child or it was created in a horrible and violent way then I think that abortions should be very strict in the circumstances in which they are carried out.

Answer 10

I'm pro-choice and my argument has been that unless men miraculously grow ovaries and start menstruating and getting pregnant, then they have no business telling women what they can't do with their own bodies.

As for the children being killed, what about babies left in dumpsters and buried in unmarked graves because of the stigma of abortion?