Are the majority of abortions born out of necessity, or convenience?

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Actually there was no pun intended. Thanks for pointing that out.
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Answer 1

Apparently 93% are for social reason which I would consider convenience...........

I only found the pun a little tasteless.......

Answer 2

Poor choice of words ("born"), but good question. If it is convenience, then this is one convenience that has a very negative consequence.

I don't think that the government should be in the business of providing such a convenience if indeed that is what it is. Certainly something medically necessary (aye, there's the rub, how is THAT defined?) should be done but if this is strictly because "a baby doesn't fit into my lifestyle" or "my career is moving too well right now" it seems to be an inappropriate solution to the problem.

To those who say it's the mother's choice I would argue that many early term abortions are performed without the knowledge of the father. The father may well want the child but he is never given the choice. The baby is not property it is a child and to say that it can be discarded like a stereo or an old book seems callous beyond measurement.

There are moral and ethical landmines galore in this discussion but if the abortion is made out of convenience this initial point is already corrupt.

Answer 3

Depends on what you mean (there's a lot of room between necessity and convenience). I've heard that less than 10% of abortions are theraputic - that is, performed to preserve the health of the mother - but, it seems to me that carrying to term would always be a risk...

Answer 4

It depends on what you consider a nessisity? I think if it came down to me or my babies life, I still wouldnt abort. If my child was diagnosed with something such as downs syndrome, I still wouldnt abort it. Is that what you are meaning by nessisity? The mother or the baby? There are cases of having to reduce with mulitiples, like if a mother was carrying 4 babies and had a condition such as an incompetent cervix (where she dialates early because of the weight of one child) and it becomes a risk to all 4 babies if she does not reduce...

But as far as the majority, it is strictly convience.

Answer 5

Necessity if you are a biophysics student. More people equates to less space, energy, and clean environment per capita. Every abortion keeps life in general going just a little bit longer. Malthusian catastrophe is an interesting read. It's where populations outstrip their supplies. Would we have climate change if there were a million people? Would we be worried about running out of fossil fuels or feeding the hungry?

Answer 6

both
if you are raped and get pregnant by the attacker,then its a necessity.
if you are too young to have a child,and have no family to help or if you have a disease that can kill you and the baby necessity.sexually abused by a family member and gets pregnant necessity

but if you got pregnant and just didn't want a child cause you feel it may hurt your career then its a convenience
or a hoe and don't know who the father is ,its a convenience.


its up to us women not men (unless your the father and you really want the child) but its still up the woman


I'm for - its my choice, my body,

been through it,but by force and i regret every day on my decision. i wish i would have walked out that clinic and gave
my ex the finger,but i was scared of him and what he would do. now the bastard is sorry ,but I'm left with the scar of not having my little girl . if i could go back in time i would have had my baby,mine was cause of fear of a crazy man

that's the hardest decision for a woman to make, you can't really judge her choice. that's something she has to live with for the rest of her life,i still cry to this day

Answer 7

i grew to become into married throughout my senior year in intense college and grew to grow to be pregnant precise before I graduated. I gave beginning to my 2nd baby while i grew to become right into a sophomore in college and dealing an entire time job. i grew to become into waiting to develop a youthful family contributors while i grew to become right into a teenager, so i do no longer see why people won't be able to be bothered. in the event that they do no longer desire to have a baby, it relatively is as much as them. I easily do no longer care what people do. yet starting to be pregnant does no longer propose a female will ought to drop out of faculty, or stop their job, or bypass on welfare. this could be an extremely lame excuse. If a female has training or profession aims, a baby won't be able to do something to upset those aims. Btw, i'm nonetheless married to the guy I married in intense college. additionally, comparing a guy or woman who believes abortion is inaccurate to somebody who brutalizes yet another man or woman and (each and every now and then) scars them for all times is disgusting. you have a large number of nerve.

Answer 8

Convenience....I don't think that an estimated 46 million woman each year became pregnant while using contraception.

The vast majority have to be using it as birth control.

Answer 9

There are answerers out there who will answer that haven't a clue - having not experienced it themselves. Please omit those. Also, there is a subjectivity about what is necessary or convenient. All I can say is that it isn't an option for me or my wife, but a man telling women what do to with their bodies isn't my job, either.

It's all about personal responsibility - I make mistakes, but 99.9% of the world's problems are caused by?

Others.

Answer 10

Most abortions are out of convenience. I don't really understand how anyone concerned could even remotely "joke" about such an issue...very shameful.
Go with God.

Answer 11

The distinction is dependent on your perspective.

Poor vs. Not Poor
14 y/o vs. 33 y/o
Employed vs. Unemployed.
Raped vs. Not Raped
Father is around vs. He's gone
Medically Vulnerable during Pregnancy vs. Not Medically Vulnerable.

and let's not forget...

PREGNANT vs. JUDGEMENTAL OUTSIDER.