Abortion!!! Do you think its wrong?

Question

When you think about life begins at conception:
1.There is no chance that the embryo is going to be anything but human meaning that it is human life from day one.
2. If not at conception; definetally by five months that baby is human it has arms,legs everything that would make that baby human is there.
So when you think about abortion(or at least after five-months) is murder. When abortion is allowed it takes away a child's chance at life;they could be killing the next great scientist, doctor or writer. The child never has a chance. And what about adoption? think of all the parents who cannot concieve and how they would give anything for a baby. Yet people are allowed to through that life away! How wrong is that? What are your thoughts? Defientally as a catholic I find it extremly wrong, so what are your views and does your relgion(or lack of it) effect it?

I am asking because I like to know what people think!

Answer 1

I'm definitely against partial birth abortion. I think the most reasonable and logical answer is to take precautions to not get pregnant. I do realize that may not be the case for rape victims but the 'morning after' pill could be a solution for that situation.

Answer 2

It may be that at the moment that a human sperm meets an human egg, it has the potential to develop into human infant should development proceed unhindered. This does not mean that "life" has been created, however. It is not until about 20 weeks after conception that a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. Therefore, it is not an independent living being, but a part of the mother's body. Even past a period of 20 weeks, it is fairly uncontroversial to end pregnancies that threaten the life of the mother, which suggests that people hold established life in higher status than potential life.

As for the issue of potential, I would think that fewer well planned, well taken care of children living with the benefit of their parents' love and resources would have a better chance of reaching their potential and contributing positively to humanity than a sheer quantity of children. And following your train of logic, there is not way we can know which combination of sperm and egg will result in the next great scientist, doctor or writer, so we should create as many combinations of sperm and egg as possible, i.e. breed like rabbits.

Taking up your argument about adoption, I have two points. First of all, you say that there are plenty of parents who cannot conceive and would give anything for a baby. I for one, do not believe that the decision to give birth is justifiable by the existence of a demand for babies. Furthermore, this demand for babies is debatable when you consider the number of children who were not adopted as babies, and now are almost unadoptable as older children.

But above all else, my feelings on the matter are shaped by the fact that I do not believe that the decision to bring a new life into the world simply because you find yourself pregnant is by any means the most compassionate and merciful decision. Children are born every day into poverty, starvation and suffering. Children are born every day to parents who don't want them, and are neglected and abused through no fault of their own. When parents who are too young bring a child into the world, they often squander their own potential while at the same time being unable to provide for the child they just brought into the world.

Answer 3

The mere possession of life does not grant one a right to life, or else everyone would be a pacifist, pro-bacteria vegan.

Your logic is severely lacking."Murder", defined as the intentional and malicious killing of a person, can certainly never be applied to the issue of abortion, as

1. The "intent" requirement is not met, as the purpose of an abortion is not to kill the embryo but to end the pregnancy, and
2. The "personhood" of an embryo is not even generally-agreed upon.

Secondly, the issue of abortion deals with a woman's choosing to continue a pregnancy, so adoption (the choice to not aise a child after it has been born) is an irrelevant issue.

Maybe those "parents who cannot conceive" should adopt one of the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of orphans who are either a racial minority or are suffering from a disability. It is not pregnant womens' job to pop out the perfect baby for discriminatory would-be parents.

I am pro-choice. My religious views definitely affect my opinion, as I believe in fact, logic, and common sense, and nothing more.

Answer 4

Human life does NOT begin at "conception," (fertilization) any more than is the case with any other species of plants or animals. The human reproductive process consists of three stages, and different entities in each: RPEs -- Reproductive-Process Entities. ALL of which are human, unique, and LIVING *potential* people.

People (or "human beings") exist only from BIRTH on. The RPEs before that are: (1) gametes (sperm & ova), (2) zygotes, (3) embryos, and (4) fetuses. No fewer than a **quadrillion** potential people are electively aborted DAILY, worldwide -- by men. While the doltish and ignorant (and brainwashed-by-disinformation) Anti-Choicers look the other way and whistle a tune. WHILE hypocritically seeking to make life miserable for over a million girls and women a year in the USA in their support of a loathsome agenda that would FORCE them to gestate UNwanted pregnancies to term, against their will.

Abortion is nothing more than a hugely-valuable REMEDY for an UNwanted medical condition. Totally harmless, and affects NO *people*. This analogy fits it perfectly:

RPEs : people :: acorns : oak trees.

The remedy of abortion puts the lives of 57 million a year back on track, worldwide, and immediately RESTORES their level of future opportunities to PRE-ill-timed-pregnancy levels.

SENSIBLE people know that there is NOTHING wrong with abortion, and that's why 2/3 of Americans have been compassionately and fair-mindedly PRO-Choice, very consistently, over the last 30 years.

For more details, and valuable talking points, I invite you to read these articles that I wrote. (In each case, please right-click on the link, then "Open in New Page," so that you can easily close each one as you go.) --

http://pro-christian.blogspot.com/2007/10/regarding-abortion-gods-win-win-win.html

http://apifar.blogspot.com/2007/12/surreal-alternate-reality-if-democrats.html

http://apifar.blogspot.com/2007/10/only-biblical-passage-that-defends.html

http://apifar.blogspot.com/2007/10/abortion-rights-worldwide-good-progress.html

http://apifar.blogspot.com/2007/10/have-you-ever-told-lie-key-talking.html

--"Roadrat" -- Sensible and fair-minded Christian. (RRR cultists... the pseudo-Christian "Religious" Radical Right... which comprises only a mere -- but very noisy and obnoxious -- 6% of Americans who *profess* Christianity, should NEVER be confused with ACTUAL Christians. The other 94%. Who generally are your low-key, sensible, tolerant and UNobtrusive next-door neighbors. There are 250,000,000 *actual* Christians in the USA. If we were *anything* like the RRR cultists, America would be a theocratic tryranny that would make Iran look good by comparison.)

Answer 5

So many questions you bring up.

is it a life at conception or at five months? You don't seem so sure yourself.

If it is a life at 5 months, is it okay to abort at 4 months and 29 days? What is magical about that extra day?

If it is a life at conception, when is that exactly? When the sperm enters the egg? What happens to the 50% of "lives" who are conceived but don't implant. That makes life seem pretty cheap when 50% of us die right off the bat. What's a few more added to the pile of discarded souls?

Answer 6

I believe that women should be able to have freedom over their bodies. If they feel that they need to have an abortion, and if they feel that it is morally correct, then they should have the freedom to abort. I do not think the government should have any say in what a woman does with her body. One thing that I saw that was funny was a protest going on, and the people that were protesting were old men and women. They obviously cannot have children, so I find it odd that they are so concerned about what other people who actually can have children and who actually will be in that situation do.

Answer 7

I have no problem with abortion at all. It is every woman's right to make the choice that is best for her circumstances. That doesn't mean every women can or will choose abortion every time she is pregnant. Some women will never have an abortion, others will that is the right we have. I have an appointment to abort my pregnancy this Friday so obviously I believe in abortion even though the religion I once belonged to would not agree with my decision.

Answer 8

I don't like abortion, would never have one, but I'd not tell another woman she couldn't have the option to. I support the right to choose, and that means all choices including adoption and keeping the child. I don't agree with late term abortions unless it is medically recommended by a doctor because it is life threatening to the mother. My lack of religion has nothing to do with it, even if I were a theist I'd feel the same. My husband, who is christian, feels the same as I do.

Answer 9

I don't think it's wrong. If you can't love your own child then it's not going to be healthy. (As abortion rates increase, crime rates have decreased in that area. So, unloved children are more likely to commit crimes. So, not loving your child obviously damages your family, but also your community, and therefore, other families.)

I'm atheist, but I don't think it really plays a part in my decision. My fiancee feels the same way and she's catholic.

In any event, I think abortion should always be an option. There are extreme circumstances that can arise. Also, my above argument stands (in less extreme circumstances.)

Answer 10

1. a fetus in the uterus of a human female can be nothing BUT human. is it a human being though? no. not until sentience, not until viability or birth.

2. what's your point? just because the fetus looks like a 'baby', doesn't make it one just yet.

also, you could be 'killing' the next hitler or stalin. it goes both ways. adoption is an option, but so is abortion, and fyi the MAJORITY of abortions occur in the first 12 weeks. late term abortions are reserved for fetal anomoly or maternal health.