abortion - contreversial
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Okay, I am just going to briefly state my opinion. I think that if someone is irresponsible enough to have unprotected sex then why should the baby suffer the consequences.
In cases of rape... it's not fair for the woman to have to endure raising a child that was forced on her.. HOWEVER, there is always adoption.
It's one of those double edges swords. I don't want anyone telling me what I can and can't do with my own body, but when you have a life inside of you... it's a different story.
This is just my opinion. Abortion is not a form of contraceptive and sadly enough... it's being used that way more than we'd all like to admit.
In cases of rape... it's not fair for the woman to have to endure raising a child that was forced on her.. HOWEVER, there is always adoption.
It's one of those double edges swords. I don't want anyone telling me what I can and can't do with my own body, but when you have a life inside of you... it's a different story.
This is just my opinion. Abortion is not a form of contraceptive and sadly enough... it's being used that way more than we'd all like to admit.
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I knew I should not have even looked in this thread and then I told myself... stop reading...and then I see that sentence above!
Of all the things I have EVER read the above sentence has got to be the most harsh, senseless thing I have EVER read.
Because a child has Down Syndrome they are not worthy of life? Because they are missing a limb or two they are not worthy of life?
As far as people waiting in line for handicapped children, I am on that list. They truly are special angels from above and if people can not see that then that is surely their loss.
The way I see it... if you think you are prepared to have children, prepare yourself for the chance that you may not have a perfect child. If a person feels that they are responsible enough to have a child and then that child happens to be born with DS or one of many other debiltating things...there are tons of resources available. If for whatever shallow reason they can not handle it then there are plenty of other people in the world with big enough hearts for a "deformed" child!
It's unfortunate that it's not as easy to see that someone is missing a sense of compassion or a conscience as it to see that they are missing a limb or that their face is deformed, because given the choice between the physical deformity and the spiritual one I would say that the person missing compassion is less human than the one missing an arm. But then we have more tolerance for people that are inhuman rather than people who just seem inhuman.
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I havent read the thread, just the first post. I feel if a girl decides she is ready to do it then she is ready to raise a child. If you want to act like an adult then you should have to suffer the "adult" consequesces. Now, rape is different, because the women/girl had no say in what happened (and by all means they should have the right abort, something that was not their fault). But to have an abortion because you arent ready or you dont want it is wrong, but you were ready to climb into bed, werent you (speaking in general terms)?? Its rediculous. All these tenagers are out here sleeping around, because they can get away with it. They now if they get pregnant they can just KILL it and never have to deal with the issue. Us teens have it so easy these days and most take advantage of their rights. If you could do whatever and there was no consequence then I'm sure most of us would be running around doing whatever we wanted, but in life there ARE consequences.
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Lots of different opinions here.
Before having children myself i was 100% Anti-Abortion.
After having children i tend to view life in a completely different light.
Ok this is my opinion.
If a young girl or woman is raped then if they choose to abort, that is thier right.
If you know that the baby is going to be born with disabilities then that is your right to choose.
If a pregnancy could endanger your health....be it physically OR mentally then thats your right.
I think that if a child is having consential sex and falls pregnant then so be it........they should never have been doing it in the 1st place and if they want to behave like woman then they should learn to take the consiquences (sp) of their actions.
If a career minded woman forgets to use a condom.........i think that it's disgusting to abort a child to pursue a career.
If a woman thinks that having an abortion IS a form of contraception (I know a few like this), i find that disgusting.
Someone mentioned the Morning after pill (can't remember who).....I don't know the "In's and out's" of how it works but i don't think that it ammounts to Abortion.........I think it prevents a potential pregnancy from happening.
When you talk of a woman carrying a child and then giving it up for Adoption.......that isn't as easy as it sounds.
My mother had a child before she met my father and gave her up for Adoption.
It had major reprucutions (sp) on all our lives while i was growing up.
I found my half sister last year (always knew about her and always wanted to find her) and although we get along.......something just doesn't feel right.
Before having children myself i was 100% Anti-Abortion.
After having children i tend to view life in a completely different light.
Ok this is my opinion.
If a young girl or woman is raped then if they choose to abort, that is thier right.
If you know that the baby is going to be born with disabilities then that is your right to choose.
If a pregnancy could endanger your health....be it physically OR mentally then thats your right.
I think that if a child is having consential sex and falls pregnant then so be it........they should never have been doing it in the 1st place and if they want to behave like woman then they should learn to take the consiquences (sp) of their actions.
If a career minded woman forgets to use a condom.........i think that it's disgusting to abort a child to pursue a career.
If a woman thinks that having an abortion IS a form of contraception (I know a few like this), i find that disgusting.
Someone mentioned the Morning after pill (can't remember who).....I don't know the "In's and out's" of how it works but i don't think that it ammounts to Abortion.........I think it prevents a potential pregnancy from happening.
When you talk of a woman carrying a child and then giving it up for Adoption.......that isn't as easy as it sounds.
My mother had a child before she met my father and gave her up for Adoption.
It had major reprucutions (sp) on all our lives while i was growing up.
I found my half sister last year (always knew about her and always wanted to find her) and although we get along.......something just doesn't feel right.
wow. i can't believe this has come up again. haha.
i personally, understand the dangers of unprotected sex. would never do it. howveer if soemthing went wrong (condom broke) soemthing like that and i ended up pregnant i would undoubtedly have an abprtion.
1. i am only 16
2. i believe i would be a bad mother and i would hate to put a child through that
3. i don't believe in putting children up for adoption. there is to much of a chnace they would end up worse off.
4. the world doesn't need more people
tahst just my stance and it may change but it hasn't yet. i stand by that opinion strongly. i do see it as my responsibility to make sure i don't get pregnant but if it ever happened i know what i would do. i know 2 people now that got pregnant at 15. one of them (amie), well her mother doesn't believe in abortion so she HAS to have te child. that disgusts me really. she is forcing her daughter to have a child to a boyfriend amie has already tried to break up with!
i personally, understand the dangers of unprotected sex. would never do it. howveer if soemthing went wrong (condom broke) soemthing like that and i ended up pregnant i would undoubtedly have an abprtion.
1. i am only 16
2. i believe i would be a bad mother and i would hate to put a child through that
3. i don't believe in putting children up for adoption. there is to much of a chnace they would end up worse off.
4. the world doesn't need more people
tahst just my stance and it may change but it hasn't yet. i stand by that opinion strongly. i do see it as my responsibility to make sure i don't get pregnant but if it ever happened i know what i would do. i know 2 people now that got pregnant at 15. one of them (amie), well her mother doesn't believe in abortion so she HAS to have te child. that disgusts me really. she is forcing her daughter to have a child to a boyfriend amie has already tried to break up with!
Umm.. I haven't read all of this thread.. this blew up FAST!
Well I have a very hard time deciding how I feel on the abortion issue..
In one way ( I know it's a little harsh but since I don't believe in a god the way most do it makes sense) there are WAY too many people in the world already.. plus there are WAY too many kids who aren't properly cared for.. why add to that?
I'm not asking these questions to be answered at all.. just questions I ask myself and consider when trying to decide how I feel about the issue..
On the other hand I don't really feel it's a choice that should be allowed to be made by a person.. especially since the unborn child obviously has no say in the matter.. kind of like messing with nature too much I guess..
That said I did have an abortion almost 2 years ago.. I still don't know if what I did was wrong or ok.. from what I believe.. and I'm not going to do the poor me thing.. it was my fault that I got pregnant.. I wasn't raped or anything like that.. it was my fault and my fault alone.. and it wasn't easy deciding I know that.. and even now I don't reallly know how I feel about what I did..
I just want to make the point that even though someone has participated in something it does not necessarily mean they think it's ok.. I've done many things in my life that I feel were wrong.. I'm not sure yet if i believe this is one of them.. but I did what I felt necessary at the time..
Well I have a very hard time deciding how I feel on the abortion issue..
In one way ( I know it's a little harsh but since I don't believe in a god the way most do it makes sense) there are WAY too many people in the world already.. plus there are WAY too many kids who aren't properly cared for.. why add to that?
I'm not asking these questions to be answered at all.. just questions I ask myself and consider when trying to decide how I feel about the issue..
On the other hand I don't really feel it's a choice that should be allowed to be made by a person.. especially since the unborn child obviously has no say in the matter.. kind of like messing with nature too much I guess..
That said I did have an abortion almost 2 years ago.. I still don't know if what I did was wrong or ok.. from what I believe.. and I'm not going to do the poor me thing.. it was my fault that I got pregnant.. I wasn't raped or anything like that.. it was my fault and my fault alone.. and it wasn't easy deciding I know that.. and even now I don't reallly know how I feel about what I did..
I just want to make the point that even though someone has participated in something it does not necessarily mean they think it's ok.. I've done many things in my life that I feel were wrong.. I'm not sure yet if i believe this is one of them.. but I did what I felt necessary at the time..
I'm 100% pro-life! Too many times do you hear it's a woman's body, it's her choice. To me, as soon as you are carrying another human in you it's no longer your choice. Even if the pregnancy was due to rape, rape is horrible crime committed on another individual, the creation of another human isn't. This baby is totally innocent! I guess people can perceive the beginning of life differently, to me life is created as soon as the egg is fertilized. I know many who have had abortions and feel horrible about this decision, especially after having their first baby. The "what if" stays with them their entire life. I don't judge them for what they did in the past because a lot of them are great advocates and voices for the child that's unborn and can help many mothers to be who are about to do the same exact thing they did a while back and help show them clearly what they can expect if they choose the path of abortion.
Ultimately, it is the woman's body.
And all we can hope is they make the right decision.
I tried SO hard to talk a young girl that I knew to HAVE an abortion. She's now, just turned 16 with a 3 week old baby. CAS is already on her case, and I can see already what this child's life will be full of. Hearing his parents fight incessantly, trash talking about each other... Just not a good start.
As I stated before, there are soo many girls out there that are afraid to talk to their parents about birth control. Plain and simple. They're embarassed. Sometimes takes a horrible situation for them to just do it.
And all we can hope is they make the right decision.
I tried SO hard to talk a young girl that I knew to HAVE an abortion. She's now, just turned 16 with a 3 week old baby. CAS is already on her case, and I can see already what this child's life will be full of. Hearing his parents fight incessantly, trash talking about each other... Just not a good start.
As I stated before, there are soo many girls out there that are afraid to talk to their parents about birth control. Plain and simple. They're embarassed. Sometimes takes a horrible situation for them to just do it.
I also don't completely know where I stand when it comes to the abortion issue. . .I mean it's sad to think of thinking of taking a life from a baby. The only thing is that at first they aren't "aware" that they exist. But still. . .I feel I am mostly pro-choice, though. Sometimes the best thing for a family or a baby is not to let it be born. I definitely think that in the case of rape, a woman shouldn't have to carry a baby. I really think it should be the mother's choice. . .either they can deal and see the baby as a silver lining to a horrible incident. . .or they can't. . .and shouldn't have to deal with a pregnancy and then have to either go through having a rapist's baby. . .or giving a child up to adoption.
And as for a child that was raped. . .there's no way they should go through that. . .their body probably couldn't carry it anyway.
I understand most views of pro-life and pro-choice. But I think I stand with pro-choice, even though I'm not necessarily pro-abortion. (This view was explained earlier.) But stuff happens.
And as for a child that was raped. . .there's no way they should go through that. . .their body probably couldn't carry it anyway.
I understand most views of pro-life and pro-choice. But I think I stand with pro-choice, even though I'm not necessarily pro-abortion. (This view was explained earlier.) But stuff happens.