Thread: Abortion

Lets talk about abortion.

I think abortion is one of the lowest thing a humans been can do.
It is like getting a gun and shooting one of your kids in the head.
That Little unborn baby is one of the purer, Innocent and beautifully things known to us humans they deserve to live much like we do.
THERE ARE NO EXCUSES FOR ABORTION. if they do not want the baby don't kill him or her give him/her a chance and give him/her in adoption.
I hope every reader of my post could keep this in their brains and oppose anyone with an evil thought of abortion.

I knew this topic would come up eventually, though I'd hoped it wouldn't. Now that its here though, I can't help but participate. I'm not completely in disagreement here as I do believe all life is precious. But I'd be interested to hear you expand on your thoughts.

Does your opinion change if keeping the baby means the mother will die? A diabetic mother who accidentally gets pregnant is at high risk of dying should she decide to take the pregnancy to term. Do you think she should risk her own life in order to save the baby's life? Say she finds out when she's only 4 weeks pregnant. Is it less terrible if she aborts at 4 weeks then say... 4 months?

Let's raise the stakes. What if the at risk woman were your mother? Your wife? Your daughter? Would your opinion change?

I agree with Jenna

What if the woman was raped. So your saying she should keep the child that was forced on her. Adoption could make it even worse for the child. You have no idea as to what family that child has been adopted into. Giving a child up for adoption can scare the child for life (i've seen it first hand).

Its your body therefore you have the choice of what you do to it. The baby is living in the womans uterus therefore it is part of her.

But in my opinion i think abortions should only be given to people with legitimate reasons. If my girlfriend became pregnant and i was told she would die if the baby was born, i would abort it straight away. My girlfriend means more to me than a baby that hasn't been born yet. Sounds harsh but its true and that just my opinion

I lol at the evil tag.

Anyways abortion is not a evil. It's a woman's body and she should do with it what ever she wants saying she can't is taking away her freedom which belittles them making them less of a person then men. Restarting the previous points, but if someone is raped and got pregnant they should be forced to have a baby no one likes a rape baby especially the mother. Even adoption is a bad choice adoption doesn't help the kid if he/she is adopted by a bad family, and when they are too old and if they didn't get adopted they are less desirable to adopt. Or even worse if you decide to keep the baby the house you live in probably isn't going to be a good home for the baby esspecially if it is a "shotgun wedding" or a single family home.

Also the most important fact the fetus, even the baby till it's a year or two old isn't self aware making it not a person, isn't considered alive. So how is it murder if it isn't alive?

Abortion is perfectly justifiable and is definitely not "evil".


Sorry for any spelling and grammar errors Ima bad taper.

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Abortion is an impossible issue to argue...at some level it devolves into a religious/moral argument.

That said...I'll chime in as one opposed to abortion and I equate it with murder. I understand that the other side doesn't see it that way and there's no way I could convince them otherwise.

From what I've read, it takes up to 5 weeks for a fetus to develop a heartbeat. That should be the amount of time a woman has to proceed with an abortion.

I actually was going to pose this question yesterday, but decided to stay away from it. Now that it's here, I suppose I'll give my thoughts.

I personally am pro-choice. A woman should be able to choose whether or not she wants to bring a child into this world. While I absolutely understand how the "other" side could think that it is morally wrong, I do not agree. As stated in posts prior to this one, rape is a big deal in this topic. What if a woman is forced to participate in the act in which they do not consent to, and ends up pregnant? Why should they have to bear the burden of child-rearing, raising, etc... especially if they are not equipped for it, not ready for it, and most of all, don't want to have a child with a criminal who raped them? Also stated before was the option of adoption, which I know can have detrimental effects on a child's upbringing (not always, but in some cases.) If the mother decided to keep the child, she would always have that lingering over her, that her son or daughter was the product of most likely the worst situation of her life. I also believe that a woman should be able to choose, even if it is not in the case of rape. If a woman feels that she doesn't want to have a child, and makes a mistake, wouldn't it be better to not have the child, instead of giving that kid a less-than ideal childhood? Therefore, I am obviously very pro-choice, and believe that a woman should have the right to choose, for her sake, and her unborn child's sake.

GRRR! Just because of that statement by OP, I'm going to actively promote abortion.

I'm very pro-choice as well. Just by pulling out or using a condom you are essentially preventing a life from developing, this is the same thing, just later in the process.

Any way you look at it abortion is going to happen one way or the other, whether it be with a knitting needle and instructions off the internet or a doctor and medical procedure, I don't know about you but the latter definitely sounds preferable.