2007-12-17 13:31:26 · 13 answers · asked by Hispanic! At The Disc0 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
My problem is the contradictions in the law regarding about the point life begins.
If a criminal kills a mom & her unborn child, he can be charged with 2 murders, from any point after conception. If a doctor, terminates the child's life, its fully legal.
The other contradiction that is bothersome, is that those 'supporting' life, are alot of times the same ones who turn their backs on the needy after the children are born.
How many 'pro lifers' out there, vote against funding education and medical care for children?
I do have a problem with abortion being used as birth control. However, I dont have a problem with it being used for medical reasons or health issues. I also dont see anything wrong with things like ru486 or other morning after prescriptions. I know I would want something like that available to me if there were ever issues such as rape. Take the pill before your body even notices your pregnant.
I also know.... that after 3 years of failing to conceive, I have thought of the idea of adoption... but that is something I can not afford at this time.
For a different view though, should read the chapter of freakonomics... where it covers the link between abortion rates and crime. Abortion did end alot of lives that would of otherwise added to the impoverished crime filled cities. When the abortion rates rose, crime fell.
2007-12-17 14:08:08 · answer #1 · answered by Kacy H 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There is no way of ultimately deciding this, because there is so much misinformation, so many cliches, so many ad hominems and appeals to emotion, and it ends up coming down to decisions on when life begins (who knows), or what kind of rights the mother has over that "life" (hard to say). I don't think anyone likes abortion, nor does it seem will ever do away with it -- legal or not. What we can say is that things like "You'd have to be a Nazi to think this is not murder" isn't an argument; and things like "I certainly don't like/agree with abortion as birth control" is just dumb -- no one's out there getting abortion after abortion instead of using the pill or a condom. Some good philosophical arguments can be made both ways, but there's no clear cut answer. I personally think we just need to do our best to teach healthy sexuality (not in any way to be confused with abstinence-only sex ed), provide free birth control, better our adoption services, and generally try to do the best we can to lessen the number of abortions.
2007-12-17 19:15:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Completely wrong unless in the situation that the child came from a raping.
I cant stand people that get an abortion just because they were stupid enough to go get pregnant at 15 or any other reason. Have the birth and give it up for adoption if you cant take care of it. Its cheaper anyways.
2007-12-17 13:40:09 · answer #3 · answered by ac_chez13 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Abortion stops a beating heart.
2007-12-18 00:41:33 · answer #4 · answered by the old dog 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is it incompetent? Either free will is a part of law or tyranny is. What would you have. Competence comes from discernment, perceiving difference, acting on the Judgment and the contents therein. Human individuality and an ignorance for difference are not compatible; they are contradiction. The more the state is your competence, the less competence you have. What are the incompetent free of.
The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.
2007-12-17 14:21:12 · answer #5 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It should be left to the woman and her physician.
No one else should be involved.
If you are against abortion, you should promote family planning and education -- not abstinence and ignorance which have been shown to raise the rate of unplanned pregnancies.
2007-12-17 13:36:45 · answer #6 · answered by Bohica 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very wrong.
I don't understand why anyone is pro choice? The state tells what you can and can't do all day everyday. Your rights end where someone elses rights begin.
I will argue with anyone who say anunborn person is not still a person.
the choice is to not get pregnant.
2007-12-17 13:46:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The following were all legal abortions...
http://www.covenantnews.com/after-pre-abortion-ultrasound.jpg
http://www.davidmacd.com/images/fetus08.jpg
http://www.iei.net/~doghouse/troschbaby.jpg
http://www.abort73.com/HTML/AbortionPictures/images/abortion-10-02.jpg
http://www.abortiontruth.com/images/abortion/35.jpg
You'd have to be a Nazi to think this is not murder.
2007-12-17 14:43:28 · answer #8 · answered by . 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have no right to judge others and what they decide for I would not want them to judge me. I believe if life has started it should be left to grow into what it will become; however if We came together and made it then we should be able to decide what will become of it.
Live Long Live Free
2007-12-18 03:42:32 · answer #9 · answered by The answer guy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Killing innocent people isn't right. It's not the baby's fault that whatever happened happened. It's wrong and not fair. I would never want to live with the burden of killing someone, especially someone who had never gotten to experience much of life.
2007-12-17 13:39:53 · answer #10 · answered by ReaderOfTheClassics 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋