Abortion....?

Question

So I'm still on the fence about this abortion issue...pro-life or pro-choice...

Does abortion cause pain to the fetus/baby??

also if you are pro-choice or pro-life tell me why you are.

Thanks so much!!

Answer 1

Abortion's a touchy subject because there are good arguments on both sides. Most women get abortions (87%) within the first two months and there is no evidence to show the fetus feels anything. I'm pro-choice because I don't want the horror of illegal abortions to repeat itself. There were too many deaths due to unsanitary abortion procedures.

Answer 2

I'm definitely pro-choice. I am a Christian, and I was raised in a Christian school where gay marriage and abortion was seen as evil. I used to be pro-life and anti-gay marriage until I started going to public school where I wasn't brainwashed anymore. The reason I'm pro-choice is because I've had to go through process of deciding whether or not to keep the baby. I was only 15. I had never thought that I would even consider abortion, but my boyfriend and I decided that it needed to be done. If abortion was illegal, think of how many poor babies would be born into families that can't even take care of them. My boyfriend and I could barely even afford the abortion, let alone a baby. After being to the clinic where abortion seemed so normal and it wasn't looked down upon, my whole perspective changed. It's hard to explain, but it changed me for the better.

Answer 3

Let me explain something. Ive always been pro-life until i had to face the issue of abortion. Due to my own reasons that i wish not to state, the abortion became necessary.

I can no longer say which side i am on because i am sad that i had to do it but understand that it was a desicion i had to make.

Ive never in my life until then did i i feel emotionally, physically, and mentally messed up. It was the most painful thing i have ever been through and im not the same person. December 19,2007 was the date that i was suppoed to be a mother...

But everyday i ask that i be privileged to be a mother one day when everything falls into place.

Everyone can say whats right and whats wrong- but i can tell you this much everyone... You never will undertstand until you are put in the situaton. Its somethin i bear on my shoulders everyday and i will have to take my grave.

Answer 4

It seems very simple to me abortion is a woman's right, she has complete control over her body and it's functions. That does not mean everyone or anyone has to have an abortion. Each woman makes the choice based on her individual circumstances. By far the majority of abortions are performed prior to the 12th week. At that point the fetus is not developed to experience anything. The abortion itself takes very little time so pain is not an issue even if the fetus was more developed. I am pro-choice for many reasons including not wanting to revert back to the back alley times when so many women lost their life. Also I have had abortions and know it to not be a horrible thing.

Answer 5

"There is no nervous system for the first few weeks."
---The neural plate that can be seen (nervous system development) at the 16th day of development... a little more than two weeks after conception. It's highly unusual for a mother to know that she is pregnant 2 1/2 weeks after conception.

"I feel the child is much more hurt by growing up in a single-parent, low income household."
---Who are YOU to determine somone else's quality of life. I went to a 3rd world country once... I met a child who was abused as an infant, is disabled, who has no parents and lives in a foster home... and I have never met a child that smiled more or who was happier to be alive!!! Are you telling me that this child is better off dead? That's nobody's right. You cannot determine life and death by YOUR standards. That's rediculous! Maybe you should go around to all the children living with their mother in a low-income household and tell them that you wish their mother would have killed them in utero... that'd go over well, I'm sure.

"fetus cannot survive outside the womb until maybe last month of pregnancy."
---Oh really?? My friend gave birth to a baby when she was 24 weeks pregnant (6 months). The baby is not only alive, but is at home and well!

"carrying the baby is substantial pain for the woman. And we cannot make one human suffer to save another."
---Pregnancy=Suffering?? Where do you people come from!!?? This is just a rediculous argument.

"I believe that the pain (if there is any) to the fetus would be unimportant, due to the fact that it will be over in a matter of seconds."
---You're right... someone can shoot you in the head right now, and you'll be dead in less than a fraction of a second. So, it's unimportant!! Right?

"any pain that they may feel would be insignificant compared to the pain that an unprepared mother would feel during pregnancy and childbirth."
---Yeah, because I'd rather be sucked up by a large vacuum and mulilated, my limbs being torn away from my body one by one than go through child birth TWICE.

"Well I am pro choice because I feel like if I don't want to have a baby I shouldn't be forced to have one."
---Don't have sex/use protection. Easy answer.

"I don't think it should be carried out after 6 months"
---What's your logic here? My friend had a baby that survived before she even reached her 6th month of pregnancy. How cruel... So if my friend decided after her child was born to kill her child by puncturing a hole in her skull and vacuuming her brains out and then crushing her child's body... it should have been ok? Because this is what they do for late-term abortions... what's the difference between doing this inside of a uterus or outside. The baby is still experiencing the same thing.

"to Chani:
you said,
' I believe that any woman or girl, no matter the age, no matter the circumstances, no matter the motive, should have control over their bodies.'
yes i totally agree that women should have complete control over their bodies! that is 100% true!
but it is not her body that is being killed, now is it? it is her baby's body that is being torn to pieces. this has nothing to do with her own body.
so yes, a woman should be in complete control of her body. but she should not be allowed to kill her baby."
---FINALLY... someone with some common sense!!

Answer 6

I don't know anyone who is pro-abortion. Even those who are pro-choice would prefer that there were less abortions. So the argument is simply on how best to reduce the number of abortions.

The question is then simply whether making it illegal reduces the number of abortions. Careful research shows that it does not reduce the number of abortions at all. They just become more dangerous to the mother. So outlawing abortion makes absolutely no sense.

How does one reduce the abortion rate? Well, we can learn from western Europe, which has the lowest abortion rate (as a region) in the world (half that of the US). The countries with the absolute lowest abortion rates are Belgium and the Netherlands (about a third of the US rate), both countries that allow abortion on demand. But they have universal healthcare, support children and mothers and have (almost) free education. In those countries, having a child is much, much easier than anywhere else. They even offer incentives (tax rebates, monthly stipends, etc.). And they have low poverty rates. All of these things are morally defensible for many other reasons.

In summary: criminalising abortion is pointless at best, and harmful for mothers at worst. It is immoral. To reduce abortions, we need to reduce poverty, make healthcare and education available to all and support mothers (stipends, childcare, catching deadbeat dads,...). There are examples of it all over Europe.

Answer 7

I am pro-life! i don't believe that the baby should be killed. yes i do call it a baby. i'm sure that it causes pain to the fetus since it is being killed. abortion is wrong. in my opinion

Answer 8

I am pro choice because it is about more than just abortion. I am pro choice when it comes to abortion because a woman's reason for getting an abortion 1. isn't any of my business and 2. can be for more than just not wanting the baby, she could be sick and needs to have treatment to save her health or life, or the pregnancy can do things to her that she isn't willing to have done to her, or the baby could have problems that she doesn't feel a person should live with, or the baby could have little to no chance to live for very long after birth. I am also pro choice about abortion because I feel that a woman shouldn't be forced to get an abortion if she does want to carry the child to term(whether to keep the child or to put the child up for adoption).

My other reasons for being pro choice: I feel that a woman should be able to choose when and if she has a baby, whether chooses not to have one through the use of birth control or not having sex regardless of her relationship status, or by choosing to have one regardless of her relationship status or if she needs/wants fertility treatments or artificial insemination. I also feel that sex education should encompass all aspects of sex and the consequences of sex, and how to prevent said consequences, not just telling people "Don't have sex until you are married'.

Answer 9

I would assume that abortion does cause pain to the fetus because nerves Begin to form as soon as the cells start to divide. I am pro-life. I am ashamed to admit that when I was a teenager I had an abortion. The reason? I was scared to tell my parents I was pregnant. It is a decision I regret everyday. It causes more mental and emotional pain then I could ever express in words. I killed a defenseless baby that I created through my own actions! I wish I could go back in time and change the choice I made every second of my life. I am sure that if a pro-choice person went through this experience them selves they would quickly change there minds. It is a heart wrenching practice and an easy way out. I wish I never even had the option. So there you go, the opinion of a women who had an abortion 12 years ago and has regretted and thought about it every single day since then.

Answer 10

I don't think any of the nervous system is fully functional, so pain might not even be possible.

I'm pro-choice for women.

I'm pro-choice for men as well.

If women can opt out of parenthood, men should have the same right.

The 14th amendment is supposed to offer this protection.

Currently, men do not have their 14th amendment rights with this issue.

That's just plain wrong.

If women are so destitute that they cannot afford a child, then they surely qualify for welfare. Adult women should not have the legal right to a man's wallet.

Adult women should also have legal rights to do whatever they wish with their bodies.

Pro-choice all around.