I don’t believe in abortions. I don’t mean in the sense like they are something imaginary, but I just don’t believe in having them. I am pro-life 100%. Abortions are murder, plain and simple. I believe that anything that has potential to live should do exactly that, LIVE. I’d rather people go through the pregnancy and give the child up for adoption rather than killing it. I know some of you say “what about the cases of rape?” I still think the child should live. It is not his/her fault that some sexual deviant took advantage of a person. It is a tragic event but it is not like the child asked for it. Also note that only 1% of abortions are results of rape incidents.
People may also mention someone with HIV or AIDS getting pregnant and passing down the disease. My opinion is still the same, I still don’t think abortion is the answer. I don’t think people should play God and say whether someone lives or dies. Just because the mother has HIV or AIDS, it’s not a guarantee that the child will contract it. I’m not talking out the side of my neck, but have actually read up on it. I also have a cousin who is HIV positive and you could not tell that by looking at her. She’s like any other girl except she has a deficiency that is not visible. Random fact- Did you know that only 6% of abortions occur because of potential health problems to the mother and/or child?
The majority (93%) of abortions are due to people who are simply having sex and get knocked up and are inconvenienced by the pregnancy. That’s freaking carelessness. If you don’t want children, PERIOD, have a vasectomy men, get your tubes ties, ladies. It’s just not teens having abortions, it’s grown women. Get on birth control, use condoms, do any and everything to diminish the chances. The best method of birth control is abstinence, duh. If it just so happens you accidentally get pregnant don’t take someone’s life away. It’s not his/her fault that you are not ready for the consequences of your actions. If you’re going to have sex, be responsible. Man/woman up. If you can’t financially, physically, emotionally, or mentally take care of this child, give it up for adoption. There are tons of people who are unable to have children and would love to adopt.
I am growing weary of people saying it’s her body, it’s her choice. How about it is THEIR body since there is indeed another human living side of that person?! I know that sometimes we tend to say we will never do certain things but once put in that predicament, things change. I honestly believe that I could never bring myself to do such an inhumane thing. I love children too much to not give them a fighting chance =[.
Further reading: 10 Abortion Facts, National Right to Life, Women’s Health HIV/AIDS, & Balanced Politics.
I understand and see where you’re coming from.
I can’t say I’m against it or for it. It’s very wrong, it’s definately not a good thing, but I’ve had a close friend have one and it was not easy for them and things happen, but of course abortion can never be justified, it’s just so many ways you could look at it. But sometimes you have to put yourself in the shoes of a 15 or 16 year old who just messed up, and doesn’t want to disappoint their parents or something. And some people may not want to carry a child for 9 months and just give it up, it’s not easy either. ETC.
So, I’m not 100% against it or for it because everyone has different situations.
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I agree with you 100% everything you said is so true!
I have a friend who’s mother was raped and thats how he was concived. His mom chose to have her child because she said good could come of the awful thing that happened to her.
I’m with you 100% on this. Its plain and simple if your not ready for a child keep your legs closed.
I am unsure if I agree with you or not on this. I used to believe that abortion was murder but the other day we were talking about it in class and I started thinking, if I was to get pregnant at this age (I’m 15) or just a bit older, would I be strong enough to look after the child?
Don’t get me wrong, I love children and I would never ever want to deny any child a life but I think that if I was to have a child now it wouldn’t have the best life it could have just because of my age. I guess I could put the child up for adoption but I am sure that the minuet I had the baby I wouldn’t be able to let it go.
I guess you never know what you would do until you are put in that situation.
:cute: I agree with you completely! I am a Catholic pro-life 100%. You go girl! :tongue:
I agree with every last word you said.
I totally agree!! And I WOULD feel sorry for the baby inside. that is just soooooo true!! I deintiely agree!!!
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I get where you’re coming from, however I disagree with your view on a rape victim keeping the child. Do you not think it would be traumatic to wake up every day and see the result of a tragic crime which probably made the victim feel cheapened and ruined her dignity? I feel that rape is one of the few cases where abortion is acceptable.
I love your take on abortion i feel the exact same way as you do you made clear and valid points that really hit home for me. It’s nice to know someone else feels the exact same way.
i think there should be mor restrictions on abortions, if someone who wants an abortion knows her baby can live well, then they should geti it
Finally, someone who shares my view. Whenever we have the “abortion discussion” in any of our classes, I always get totally ragged for sharing my view on it, and the main point that everyone who agrees with abortion in my year, is about the rape issue. I know it’s a horrible thing to go through, but don’t blame it on the child. It’s a living thing, and deserves it’s life, no matter how it was made.
I agree. Abortion is wrong and it is just horrible. In my eyes. I’m not going to get a ggressive with people pro-abortion, but that’s just my opinion.
I am also pro-life and completely agree with what you are saying. Everyone just thinks about the woman, it’s her body bla bla bla. What i don’t understand is when someone says pro-choice they are giving a woman the right to murder her own child. The simple way to not get pregnant is abstance, if you don’t ‘do the dirty’ there isn’t any chance you can get pregnant.
I hate it when people play the not ‘mentally able to cope’ card, if someone is ‘mentally able’ to have sex then they should be able to realise the consequences.
It’s really upsetting specially when you hear about how children are aborted. If they are older than 12 weeks, the child often has to be crushed. It is cruel and horrible.
Thank you for writing this article.
I completely agree! 100%
Yes, it is your body, but it isn’t your life to take. As far as I’m concerned, regular blobs of tissue don’t have heartbearts, fingerprints, body parts, cells, etc. No one has the right to take someone elses life, unless you’re God. It’s unbelievable that 4,000 babies lives are lost because their mothers were too selfish to take on the responsibility of their actions. And if you’re that awful and don’t care about your child’s life, then think about this- you can get SO many negative side affects from an abortion. Breast cancer, infections, becoming barren, etc. not to mention that the knowledge of you having killed your child leads to depression, suicidal thoughts, and so much more.
In the end, I don’t believe anyone has the right to kill someone else, no matter what the circumstance.
Okay, heres my opinion :unsure:
when abortion is ok:
the mother is raped by a man with either a mental condition or life-threating STD;
(get ready, this is going to sound evil…)
If the baby has a mental condition, i.e mental retardation, they aren’t going to have much quality of life (many have seizures, organ problems, etc.), they’re an emotional drain on caregivers…wow, i’m sound heartless…but i believe that.
but not every mental condition is like that…don’t get me wrong, i’m not saying you should go poking your fetus out because it has a bad kidney
When abortion isn’t ok:
You got drunk/high or “forgetful”, didn’t use any protection, are poor, just like to kill babies, want to keep partying, lazy, blah blah blah…you can always put the kid up for adoption. Some people who can’t have kids really want them, and when you just take your hoover to your crotch and put it in the trash is totally offensive to those people.
Sorry if i offended anyone here but that’s just my opinion and if you had an abortion, i guess i can say thanks for not over populating the world….? :eyes:
PEACE~
PS- I know someone (a grown, married woman) in my family who had an abortion because the baby had downs syndrome (atleast that’s what a fluid test said). I don’t think the abortion was right and i question if the doctors were right about the test.
You’re making a good point, but I disagree. Abortions are fine, especially if it was rape. Some people are scared that even if they go through with a pregnancy, things could go wrong. The woman can die, the baby could die or be disfigured, etc… If I had a child, no matter what, I would not get an abortion. But I think it’s absolutely fine for someone else to. If your in a circumstance were you can’t take care of the child or whatever, go ahead and abort the pregnancy. After all, it’s the woman’s baby, they can do whatever they want with it.
In response to ’s comment:
It’s NOT the woman’s baby! The baby does NOT belong to the woman! Just because she created the baby doesn’t mean that it isn’t/doesn’t deserve to be free. I don’t feel that I belong to my parents. I trust them, THAT is why I let them punish me and tell me what to do. Because I know they love me. BUt that doesn’t make me a possesion of theirs/hers. I am MY OWN PERSON.
(that was in response to Charolette’s post)
In science class we were talking about how scientists are finding a cure to diseases possibly by making a “blank cell”. They said if they mixed a sperm and an egg together it would make a blank cell that they could release into the patient’s body to cure the disease.
But some people (including me) believe that once the egg and the sperm have created a cell, it is a living thing.
Others say that since it has no heartbeat that it isn’t a living thing…
WHAT ABOUT PLANTS, HUH?!! I GUESS PLANTS AREN’T LIVING THEN!
Sorry. I am fully pro-life. END OF DISCUSSION!
What about if the child is guaranteed to be disabled? Do you think its ok to abort? I mean the child and their parents wont be 100% happy forever, the child’s life will be forever held back. Adoptive parents may support but that’s not guaranteed either.
Please answer, i’d love to hear your thoughts. This section is absolutely awesome, Well Done :cute:
Lasher, Was that for me or mimi? :unsure:
I don’t think anybody has the right to judge anybody else unless they’ve been through the experience themselves.
That’s my view.
….. Well,, if your pro-life and not for abortions, did you know Obama is for abortions? Just throwing down a fact.
Lasher, I don’t think just because the child will be disabled is a good reason to kill it. I don’t think a parent would love their child any less if it’s disabled… or at least they shouldn’t. I have a cousin who’s mentally retarded and my aunt gives him unconditional love, as she would do any other child. I don’t really agree w/ people seeing disabled children as a burden, that’s just mean. It probably is harder to raise the child and the child may have problems but he/she isn’t any less human. IDK, I can’t really explain it.
Anonymous- yes, I’m aware of that :).
i definately agree. the crap about choice and stuff, complete garbage. you had your choice when you had sex. i like how you said the best (and safest :D) birth control is abstinence.
If you’re going to abort your child because it’s disabled; you don’t even deserve to have an opinion about this topic. Because, one day, when you’re good and ready, you’ll have a child – would you abort it because it’s disabled? If you said yes, then how would you feel if you had a disability and YOUR parents aborted YOU? You wouldn’t even be able to post your opinion about this topic. If you said no, good for you!
A child deserves someone who will love it. And, if you’re going to abort your child because a disability, then you don’t have the right to be a mother.
That’s my opinion.
Absolutely agree.
ok i could not agree with this anymore im am also 100% pro life and i think abortion is morally wrong and inhuman its the most selfesh this you could ever do i personally think and alot of ppl are going to dissagree with me but i believe that abortion should be agaist the law and ppl say oh well then women will be having abortions on their own oh their health bla bla you know what if they are willing to take a life becouse of a incunvience to their own i think they should have to go threw the horrible pain and if they lose thier life in the prosses i cant say i feel to bad its horroble abortion dont make you not pregnant it makes you the mother of a dead child :angry:
I agree with what your saying, but if its a rape.. Its not the mothers fault either, so really. If she doesn’t want the baby not knowing who he/she’s father is, then abortion is the thing, im sorry. But if you would like to go through with it, its her choice and nobody cares what anybody else thinks. Its her choice if she wants the baby or does not want to put it through its misery. After all, Who would want their child not knowing who their father is? Its wrong. She has a right to abort or not to abort. And as you say, If you have it and give it up for adoption. The baby doesn’t know who its REAL father and mother is. No matter how much the foster parents pretend. It’s not fair. So to abort is absolutely up to the mother and it doesn’t matter who anybody thinks. Thanks! Nice article though, but really Its up to the mother as I have said like 500 times haha. If she wants the kid, let her decide. If she doesn’t want the kid and It doesn’t feel the right time for her. Then she can abort. Byeeee
i totally agree with everything, i am against abortions altogether, i would never have one or even think of having one, i asked my boyfriend what he would do if i got pregnant and he said abortion, then we had a massive fight over it because i honestly think it is wrong and no one should have to be killed because of something someone else did, its not there fault.
I agree. I don’t get how it’s even legal, seeing how it’s murder. (Anyone who doesn’t think so.. Yes, it is, google the meaning of Murder if you don’t believe me.)
I 100% agree with you. There is no reason for a woman to get an abortion. These woman say it is their choice, but what about the choice of the baby? Do the babies want to die? No! But anyways…..I’m glad to know you are on the same page as me.
i agree with you a little, i think abortion should be allowed, but it shouldn’t be the first option. I think women should have the choice, to do it. But im NOT ENCOURAGING IT
im pro-life all the way!
I disagree. I don’t think that you should keep a baby if it will ruin your life.
You say your pro-life right but if a teenager or young adult dosen’t have an abortion one life is lost anyway, their own.
And yeah the best method of birth control is abstinence but only religous people believe in it and people not having sex is very uncommon these days.
I understand your views but can you honestly say if you got pregnant when you were 15 and still a child that you wouldn’t be scared and could handle pregnancy and then putting a baby up for adoption.
My mothers friend aborted a baby when she was young and not ready for a baby and she was happy she did because she had HER life. Now she has her own children, she’s older and is married. So abortions do bring some good.
Yes, I can honestly say I would go through the pregnancy. #1- I would never put myself in a situation where I MAY get pregnant if I am not prepared to handle it. #2- If I were to get pregnant due to being raped, I would still go through with it. I know it is a traumatizing event but I can’t blame an innocent being for someone’s sexual deviance. It’s not fair. As I said, the majority of abortions occur because people don’t want to take responsibility of their actions. You don’t have to be religious to abstain from sex. & I think people abstaining from sex is more common thank you think.
I totally understand where your coming from Mimi. I don’t think abortions are right at all. But i’m not 100% against them either. I totally understand rape conditions. If you got raped, and you get pregnant, for me you could get an abortion. How would it feel like waking up every morning with your child asking you “where’s daddy?” Or your child playing with his/hers friends and seeing them get picked up by their fathers and your child not having one.
But i’m so totally against women getting an abortion because they got drunk and knocked up. Keep your legs closed women! It disgusts me to the extreme.
But my final say is…
You should have a child when your good and ready to have one.
I completely agree with you. Abortion is not the answer. People need to face the consequences of their actions, period.
I completely agree with your opinion about abortion. If someone gets knocked up because of their choices, they shoulcn’t kill another being. It’s their responsibility to have the child. I think that it’s okay for them to give the child up for adoption, if they don’t have a good environment for a child to live in.
If the person is raped, I’d do the same as what I mention before. Have the child, and if you can’t bear having a rapists child, give them to someone who is caring and loving. But, I do think it would be best to keep the child.
:cute: I 100% agree with every statement you just said. I am very proud of the fact you share that same thought, also to bring in a sense of christianity and the word of god to it is important to me. I am a dedicated christian. :smile: but I think everything you said was amazingly sensible. thanks, Alexa
Oh & I love your layout, very nicely done :wink:
I want to hug you. It made me so happy to see that there are still people in this world who actually see abortions as they really are. Pure murder against another human being!
The sad part is that abortion is even worse than killing a grown-up, because they don’t have the means to defend themselves.
Mother Theresa said “If we let a mother kill her own child, then how can we expect a world without wars? “
I agree with you except for the rape thing. Rape is an extremely traumatic situation; it’s someone taking advantage of your body and invading your privacy. Sure the kid didn’t ask to be born, but do you know how disgusting a rape victim would feel knowing that there is the child of the man that raped her inside of her body? It’s bad enough the rapist was in her temporarily, but now [he] would be growing inside of her.
I think the 93% of careless pregnancies should not end in abortions, but I also think that the 7% that are due to rape or the mother will die upon giving birth have different circumstances. I also agree with comment #3, possibly something good could come from anything.
I agree with everything you said.
But… I’m not 100% against rape. The only time I aint against it is if the person got raped. I know it’s not the childs fault and should have the chance to live, but it’s not the girls fault either…And after going through such a traumatic experience, I don’t think anyone would then want to carry a child for 9 months.. bring her/him up and when the kid gets to his/her teens.. explain to ‘em why their ‘real’ father isn’t around.
Oops, I meant I’m not 100% against Abortion. >.<
I couldnt agree more. My personal oppinions regarding abortions are exacly like yours. I am aswell a pro-life. I believe that no matter what the cause of the pregnancy may be, the child(or children) should have the same right as any otther child who has been given life “voluntarily”. And your l;ast paragraph, wow. Insaration, true, imprtant to note. Anyone who believes in abortion should read your commentairy. I a most cetain that thier minds will be modified, if not compleatly changed. I would liek to thank you for your honest toward this particular intersest. You Rock :tongue:
thank GOD someone agrees. as a christian, i am totally pro life and i agree with you on this 100%. most of the time when i’m trying to explain to someone why abortion is wrong, i get so angry with the argument that i can’t even think of reasons to why it IS wrong. thank you for stating your opinion. :grin:
I agree on this 100%.I’m fifteen,and if I were to get pregnant than that would be my own stupidity.So no,I wouldn’t get an abortion.If I were raped,again how is that the babies fault?People just need to be more careful.
I disagree with alot of what you have said.
I am very pro-choice and I don’t believe any individual has any right to tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her own body, regardless of the circumstances. It doesn’t matter if she was raped, knocked up, I don’t care. It doesn’t matter. No one else can tell anyone else what they can and can not do with their own body especially with something as significant as this.
A woman should not be forced to carry a child full term for the purpose of giving it up for adoption if she doesn’t want to, if she isn’t prepared to. The world is overpopulated enough as it is not to mention how painful adoption would be for any person to endure. Overpopulation is not my justification, though, it’s the fact that it’s the womans choice whether she wants to carry the child or not and it is no one elses choice but her own. In the case of rape, especially, unless you’ve been raped I honestly don’t think you have any right to speak on the matter.
People have sex, people have unplanned pregnancies, do you honestly think it’s just a matter of, “Oh, this is inconvienant right now better get this thing out.” No. Have you ever even actually spoken to someone who had an abortion? I’m not sure you have. Have you ever watched someone go through the process of abortion? Do you have any idea how difficult it is? People aren’t as selfish as you seem to think, sometimes it isn’t about doing whats best for you its about doing whats best for the life you may or may not potentially bring into the world. Life is a precious gift, but if you can’t provide for that life, if you can’t even provide for yourself, if you aren’t mature enough, if you can’t handle it…then why bring someone else into the picture? Why bring in an innocent individual and make the rest of their life difficult? You can argue, well atleast they would experiance life and some life is better than no life at all, but thats a reason why there are already so many unwanted, unloved, neglected, abused children in the world today. I’m not saying it’s because their mother didn’t abort them, I’m saying it’s because people who weren’t prepared to have children had them and now the child has to suffer the rest of their life because of it. I would never wish for anyone else to have to be brought into the world like that. Having a child is for people who are ready for it mentally, financially, etc. and should not be forced upon anyone.
I love children as well but I don’t think for a second that abortion is inhuman or wrong and I applaud any woman brave enough to go through with it. I think it’s fucked up that people ignorantly preach to women about how horrible and evil abortion is without taking into consideration how difficult it is for these girls and women to do this. Some people don’t seem to understand that sometimes people are put in a situation where they have to make a tough choice, a choice they have to live with the rest of their lives, and as long as they feel they’ve made the right choice that is what’s most important.
I admit, though, there are circumstances where abortion would bother me. I don’t think it should be used as a form of birth control, and I don’t think people should abort children they think may be diseased or have defects. Those are the only cases it would bother me, and regardless I would never dream of telling a woman she couldn’t have an abortion, it is not my place to say that. Most people don’t have abortions for those reasons anyway.
But it’s just not HER body anymore, there’s another human being inside of that body. Why can’t he/she have a say in his/her own life?
Actually, I do know someone who had an abortion and have actually spoken to them. My best friend did, well she isn’t my best friend anymore, but yes, I actually do know someone who did.
For some people, YES it is a matter of inconvenience.
My point is if you’re not ready to deal with the CONSEQUENCES of having sex, then don’t have it. If you’re not financially, mentally, or physically prepared to have a child, keep your legs closed. It’s as simple as that.
“Having a child is for people who are ready for it mentally, financially, etc. and should not be forced upon anyone.”
In the same token, DEATH shouldn’t be forced upon an innocent being. What about this child’s life? Does it not matter??
Abortions are inhumane and it’s murder, that’s just the way I see it.
“Life is a precious gift, but if you can’t provide for that life, if you can’t even provide for yourself, if you aren’t mature enough, if you can’t handle it…then why bring someone else into the picture? Why bring in an innocent individual and make the rest of their life difficult?”
Again, if you can’t deal with the consequences, don’t have sex. And you don’t necessarily know if the rest of their life will be difficult, you don’t know what he/she is capable. Just because you may struggle through your childhood doesn’t mean you won’t grow up to be a successful individual. A person may not be able to handle it alone, but with the support of others and these help programs, they can get the assistance they need.
I do feel it’s selfish for women to just think that it’s her body, her choice. You have to remember that there isn’t some imaginary thing inside of you, there’s a human being that deserves a right to say whether or not he/she wants to live.
The right for a woman to have control over her own body is a basic HUMAN right and no one else is justified in taking that away from her. While I agree that it is no longer just the womans body anymore once she’s pregnant, that does not mean she has to stay pregnant just because the fetus is dependant on her.
So you’ve spoken to one person who had an abortion? That’s it? Maybe you should speak to more.
For some people, yes, abortion is a matter of convienence but for most, no, it’s not that simple. Abortion is never simple for any person who has to go through with it, just like adoption isn’t simple, just like raising a child isn’t simple. Once you have an unplanned pregnancy whatever option you choose is going to be difficult, it is not as simple as it just being inconvienant.
I would agree that people shouldn’t have sex until they’re ready for everything that could come along with sex, but I also know most aren’t going to wait. Blame it on society, bad morals, whatever makes you feel better but the fact is they won’t wait. I don’t think it’s right to look down on people or make them feel bad because they opted to have sex too soon, people make mistakes, and no one should be forced to suffer the rest of their life because of one mistake. An unwanted child should not be brought into this world and forced to suffer the rest of their life because their parents made a mistake. Any child born should be wanted by their parents, not as a result of a bad decision.
“And you don’t necessarily know if the rest of their life will be difficult, you don’t know what he/she is capable. Just because you may struggle through your childhood doesn’t mean you won’t grow up to be a successful individual. A person may not be able to handle it alone, but with the support of others and these help programs, they can get the assistance they need.”
Agreed, you don’t know that an unwanted child will have a difficult life. Allow me to speak to you as an unwanted child. I was not planned, I was not really wanted (by my father who was not in my life much), my mother could not provide for me, I lived off public assistance my entire childhood, I grew up in poverty, I went to horrible schools, I was exposed to drugs, violence, and sex at a very young age. I would not wish for anyone to grow up the way I did, to have to deal with the things I had to deal with because my parents were not ready to bring a child into the world. I would not want anyone to have to be exposed to the things I was exposed to. I look back on it and ask what kind of people would bring a child into the world like this? To make someone innocent suffer so much? But I can say that although it was difficult growing up, I have managed to make it. I survived all of that and made it into college where I am doing really well and my future looks bright. I also didn’t have support, or programs, I’ve handled it alone.
I am an exception, and I know this from experiance. I know this from the kids I’ve gone to school with. I know this from watching friend after friend fall victim to the things kids like us were prone to, were exposed to, were forced into. No, not everyone fell apart, but most did. I want to know where were the support programs to help them.
I don’t think it’s selfish for a woman to think its her body, and her choice. If you don’t even have control over your own body, then what do you have…? I mean honestly now, if you aren’t allowed to decide what you can and cannot do with your body then what rights do as a woman do you honestly have? Because that seems pretty basic and pretty important to me. I want the right to decide whether or not I want a tattoo. I want the right to decide what I want done with my organs after I die (to donate or not). I want the right to decide whether or not I want to continue a pregnancy, and no one else has any right to take that right away from me.
I wanted to add that I appreciate your response, it was respectful and to the point. :cute: This is the first time I’ve ever really debated with someone about this and it’s interesting to understand a little how a prolife person feels about abortion.
Exactly, it’s a human right, and since there’s TWO humans sharing one body, shouldn’t both have a say?
Oh no, I know adoption, abortions, caring for a child is not easy. All of those are tough decisions when you’re not planning to have a child. Of course with abortions and even adoption, you may end up feeling remorseful, it may lead to depression, etc… Even deciding to keep the baby leads to that.
Of course people aren’t going to wait, we’re too much of a sex-crazed society for that to happen. Morals have gone out the window, it’s all about pleasure, forget about consequences. I am NOT looking down on people who choose to have sex “too soon”. While I don’t really agree with engaging in sex at early ages (infact, I would recommend waiting for marriage), I don’t look down on people because I’m in no place to judge them. I don’t think having sex while not married makes you less of a person or makes you bad, it’s just something I wouldn’t do right now. Too each its own, I guess.
Sorry to hear about that. But what about wanted children? I was wanted (can’t say if I was planned or not b/c idk lol), but I’ve been through some things. We’ve been on welfare, I’ve been homeless, etc. But you know, I don’t regret it and I’m happy I went through it because it made me be the appreciate, grateful person I am today. I wouldn’t say everyone should struggle through life, but you learn a lot while struggling and in some cases, you become a better person.
“Life is a precious gift, but if you can’t provide for that life, if you can’t even provide for yourself, if you aren’t mature enough, if you can’t handle it…then why bring someone else into the picture? Why bring in an innocent individual and make the rest of their life difficult?”
Someone MAY be able to provide for the life if they got the proper assistance or even gave it up for adoption. There’s a lot of people who are unable to have children who would love to have some and here we have people tossing them in garbage cans (not literally of course). I feel like if there’s a will, there’s a way. Just because you can’t provide for the child doesn’t mean the child should be deprived of his/her life. A struggle can be a beautiful thing. I completely understand what you’re saying because a child shouldn’t have to deal with parents who don’t want them and end up being abused, whether it be verbally, emotionally, physically, etc. I know that some people refuse adoption because they don’t want to carry a baby for 9mths only to give it up, but I just feel we as humans are lacking compassion. You may not want the child, but someone does. You may not want the child initially, but you may have a change of heart. There’s a chance with any decision you choose to make.
“If you don’t even have control over your own body, then what do you have…? I mean honestly now, if you aren’t allowed to decide what you can and cannot do with your body then what rights do as a woman do you honestly have?”
But that’s the thing, why can’t the child have control over his/her own body? Of course you can get a tattoo, decline/accept to be an organ donor, pierce whatever you please because it’s your body, but with pregnancy, there are two bodies, not just one.
I appreciate your responses as well because they’re very insightful and I can totally see where you’re coming from. You raise good points!
I totally agree with this article. Just because the mother went sleeping around doesn’t give her the excuse to kill a human life.
Children are always innocent, no matter how they were conceived. They have done nothing wrong to deserve their life being taken away from them.
Something else I think should be changed is the fact that abortion lawas are different in every state. A mother could simply drive to another state to abort her baby. How fair is that?
In a case of rape, I believe it should be decided based on circumstance. For some extreme cases (e.g. a 14 year old having a baby), I think it might be acceptable to allow an abortion because of the mental and physical strain it would have on her.
To sum up my opinions, I believe that any human, whether young or old, is a form of life.
By aborting a baby just because it’s “too inconvenient” , how is that any different from being a murderer?
I agree 100%.
I couldn’t agree more. This may sound rude but, I constantly get into arguments over this topic becuase it bothers me that much. I don’t care about your situation, you have life living inside of you now and you would rather do a selfish act and make yourself happy by killing a helpless being? It’s murder, 100% murder. You now have life inside of you and you go and suck it out. People always tell me, “What if they were raped?” I never had a real answer to that. But I was reading one comment and I finally found it. This baby will bring out the good in the bad situations. I usually said, what if your mother was raped and you happened to be the outcome? Would you want your mother to get an abortion? Because if she did, you would not be here today.
I agree completely. You’re awesome
i do agree with the concept but why write about this? Any way, if abortions are acceptable, then teens will be encouraged to have sex becuase they can just get rid of their babies by abortion and still be able to have sex i am with you 100%
YOU GUYS ARE SICK! Your comments are so ignorant! WHAT IF IT WAS YOU!!!
I disagree and agree with you on this topic. I believe that if the mother is unable to take proper care of the child, because they may be really young, or not have much money, that an abortion is acceptable. If a 15 year old had a child, they wouldn’t be able to do all the things they wanted to do as a young person without any responsibilities. Although having a child is a blessing, it can ruin a lot of dreams that the mother may have had.
BUT I agree in a way because my mother was told to have an abortion because my little brothers dad (different dad) and my mum weren’t married and had separated. This is coming from a Christian woman!!!!
Anyway, thats my view, I don’t care about anyones else’s but abortion shouldn’t be made illegal.
I certainly agree! I won’t EVER have sex, so I think. I can’t get pregnant as I have no stomach muscles so I’m choosing abstitence. I agree with you Mimi, abortion is not a type of birth control.
I agree with a lot of what you have said. ..
but I do disagree if it is rape. I know abortion is murder. I completely disagree with it. If you made a mistake you have the child. Its there own fault for having unprotected sex. Or not bothering to use protection.
BUT IN TERMS OF RAPE : I was waching the news a few nights ago, and a NINE year old girl was RAPPED by her FATHER ! And she was PREGNANT ! Who would want to give birth to there FATHERS child? It’s disguting. In these unlikely terms I would agree and consent to abortion.
Therefore I disagree … in rape terms. Image having the child AND keeping it, and looking at the childs resbelence to the rapist ? How awful would that be. And if you had the child, and gave it away to adoption/ etc.. , image how a teenage girl would feel ? …
Image a childs life .. knowing your mother was rapped, so she could have you ! ? it’s sad.
But killing life is disgusting. Its awful;. Everyone should have the chance to live…
but thanks for writing this. you really had me thinking .
xnadia
I had abortion about three months ago. I’m fifteen and there is no way I could have supported myself. Plus, the Father of the baby didnt want anything to do with it.
What would I have done ? Droped out of highschool and gotten a shitty job ? I didnt want that for my baby.
When I had the abortion I was 4 weeks pregnant. It didnt even have a heartbeat yet.
I didnt want to give it up for adoption because I was afraid that it might not get into the perfect home.
All of this is just so hard to explain.
But unless you go through something like this then youd prolly understand.
But you have failed to mension that abortions SAVE lives. Young girls who are raped and become pregnat have extremely high ristks of dying during birth.–A majornity of the time they do.
I completly agree with you abortions are wrong :smile:
First, I would like to say that you can never be truly pro-life without also being vegan, anti-death penalty etc… are all of you commenting all of these things and more?
I am, for the most part, against abortions. I think that it is wrong to take away the life of a child who has so much to give – even if they will be born with downs syndrome etc.
On the rape issue, is it not nice to think that something so adorable can come out of such a traumatic experience. It would give you the confidence etc that you need.
However if you are really completely 100% sure that you will be a terrible parent or don’t want to give birth, then I think that it is fair that people can have abortions. It is their own choice, and while other people can oppose, they cannot be in control of other people’s lives.
I completely agree! Its a child not a choice! Those women make the choice in bed!
I was born with my liver on the outside and severe scoliosis and im only 4′1 and im 13. I am having a happy life despite my bad medical conditions. My parents love me so much and i’m glad they didn’t get rid of me
they didnt even think about it! I still have my liver out but its covered with skin graphs! I have had 8 operations under 6 years old.
A year ago I would have detested you for this statement.
My statement was “It is better to kill the child if it is only to be born into misery”.
But I have changed my mind 100%.
It is a murder, I am 17 and I do of course not want a child, but if I should (against all possible likeliness) become pregnant I would have my child and not kill it by ANY means.
I agree that to have an abortion is inhumane, and that you shouldn’t be given the right to kill a living being just because of your own stupid mistakes. But then to reconsider – if I got pregnant now (which I wouldn’t ever do – I’d definitely want to wait till a lot later) would I be able to raise the baby to give it the best quality of life? I’m still at school, I have no qualifications as I’m not old enough to get them, therefore I couldn’t get a job and it would be upon my parents to look after it. I don’t think it would be fair on the baby to have a bad start in life.
Even so, if someone who was pregnant by accident was preparing to give it up for adoption, I don’t think I would be able to do it once I’d had the baby.
Ultimately, though, I agree with you – if you can’t deal with the result of sex, just don’t go there.
This is a very tricky subject to discuss, and it all comes down to religion – to put it blunty it does.
Catholics are against it, much like a lot of other things, and most other people are not. I am for abortions and i believe that they are a right choice in only certain circumstances, as life in my view begins at birth, NOT conception.
I believe a person lives only when they can live without their mothers – namley when they are born and not on the umbilical cord. Did you know that before they are born, the mothers body sees babies as parasites and producesanit-bodies to kill it?
So, as you cant have a foetus living on its own, i believe that women have the choice to abort it if they want to – because i down believe its born yet.
And also, its a sick thing to say that rape victims should keep children, thats just sick.
I totally agree with you!!!! I’m Pro-Life and I believe everything you said :smile:
U go girl!
Scientifically speaking, abortion isn’t murder. If your going to say that life begins at conception, you might as well say that life begins with the sperm and the egg because they shows signs of life.
Even though I’m Catholic, I’m pro-choice.
If men could also get pregnant, I’m sure abortion wouldn’t be such a bad thing, now would it?
I like the way you discussed your opinion here, and I really agree. Abortion is murder– anyone who gets their baby aborted is apparently killing her own baby and that is just so horrible (at least I think so)! I mean, most people get freaked out with murder cases, even suicide reports etc etc… but what about abortion? Isn’t it murder, a form of killing too? It’s even against the commandments. I’m sort of disappointed with other countries who have accepted/legalized abortion too.
In response to the previous comment – no
Abortions before 24 weeks are effectively removing a collection of cells, which could never survive outside the womb on their own. This collection of cells cannot think, breathe, eat, sleep or do anything!
I think women should have a choice. Yes, abortion is inhuman but a child can really change a person’s life. In the case of rapes, no, it’s not the child’s fault, but would a woman really want something inside her that the rapist helped create? Even giving the child up for adoption doesn’t always work out, they might not get adopted. There aren’t a lot of people out there who make great parents and can only adopt. Most people can have kids. But, I do agree that we should avoid abortion when we can. Here’s a quote I like : “Funny how everyone for abortion has already been born.”
I disagree.
If you say that everything that has a potential to live SHOULD live, then no one should have sex period. Because when you have sex, thousands of sperm are not making it to the woman’s egg, so they can not become a child. So no one can have sex anymore, nor can they masturbate, because it is killing something with the potential to become a child. :blank:
Not only that, but it is the woman’s body; when pregnant, a child is just like a leech. It LITERALLY feeds off of the woman’s body – and if she doesn’t want it too, she should have a choice.
We have bigger problems in my view than something that doesn’t even notice it’s living or has a brain yet being killed.
Jeffrey
P.S. I’d love if someone were to reply ~
Jeffrey, I did not mean it literally. If that’s the case, I would be against the usage of birth control and condoms because essentially they’re killing something that has the potential to live…
The whole point of this article is that if you can’t handle the responsibilities and consequences that come with sex, then don’t have it. & no, it’s not just the woman’s body, it’s the child’s body, too, regardless if it’s like a leech or not.
Alright, well, either way I still stand by my thoughts.
And when you go into rape victims, It is not their fault. At all. So they shouldn’t have to go through with the pregnancy.
A teenage girl is a virgin her whole life and has enough decency not to have sex if she doesn’t want to be pregnant, and will only do so when she’s ready. What happens when she’s raped? Now she has a burden to bare that is not even hers. She will have to live with the consent reminder for at least 9 months (depends on whether they keep the child.. some people believe children should not be given to an orphanage) of her rape victim. Not only that, but if she has children in the future, how much fun will it be to explain to them that they have a half-brother or half-sister who’s father is a rapist that lives somewhere in whatevertown?
And in my view, the child isn’t “real” yet until he is out of the womb.
The number of abortions conducted as a result of rape is so small. It’s a rare thing. I’m a virgin who intends to have a child once I’m married. God forbid it happens, but if I’m raped and end up getting pregnant, I would not kill that child. I just couldn’t because the child is completely innocent. Yes, it’ll probably be hard to live with it, but i know that I’m strong enough to handle it. & who says she has to explain anything to the rest of the children? No one said it’s going to be fun. No one said it’s going to be easy, either.
Anyways, my primary focus are people who just get pregnant from simply having sex and choose to abort the child because they’re inconvenienced.
And okay… so there’s some fake, imaginary being inside the womb, gotcha!
I agree 100% with this. I know someone who is adopted, and it would be a very sad reality if she weren’t to be her because her mother aborted her. Her mother was too young to have a child, but I believe she did the right thing and gave the baby up for adoption…at least this way my friend had a better chance in life. I also agree with the rape statement, it’ll be hard, but don’t blame the baby. I’m not PRO-LIFE PRO-LIFE PRO-LIFE, but to be honest, if any of our parents (regardless of whether they were ready or not) had an abortion on us – we wouldn’t be here and so many nice and good people wouldn’t be here. I wouldn’t get pregnant young in the first place, but if I did (which I wouldn’t and won’t), then I wouldn’t kill it. I admit it would take guts to go through with the abortion, but as the old proverb goes.. “If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.”
Let me first say I am pro life.
With that said, I HATE the argument of “If it has the potential to have life, then let it live” for one reason only. That basically means using birth control and condoms prevents a man’s cum from fertilizing an egg, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE A POTENTIAL TO LIFE! Offering those resources to prevent pregnancy is basically a huge contradiction.
“Murder, as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent (or malice aforethought), and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide.”
[Taken from Wiki]
By that definition, abortion is not murder. Now, seeing as abortion is legal in all of the US states, that rules out the ‘unlawful killing’.
Not saying abortion is the right thing…or the wrong thing…It really does depend on the situation.
It’s definitely not imaginary. But we don’t have enough respect not to kill other animals in the womb (perhaps a farmer kills a pregnant cow), why should we for humans? In my view, we should focus on people who are actually currently living, and have a life, who are dying every day. We don’t seem to care about the people who can already feel. And I think they come first.
Even though I agree in what you said 99% of it. Think of this: The mother lives in a horrible and has no stable job to support the child but still has it. Throughout the whole kid’s childhood he will be treated like crap and would try to attempt suicide or other ways of self torture. Now if this child makes it throughout their childhood without suicide or since they live in the ghetto, murder they will always stay there. They would probably become into robbers. Have kids of their own and go into welfare. Now cases like this happen where I live and I don’t even live in the ghetto. By the person using welfare ALL of us that pay taxes would have to take care of of someone’s careless mistake. This chain would never stop until one of the kids becomes something out of themselves but probably with an unstable childhood won’t have any kind of goals or anything like that. So it cost us millions because someone was stupid enough not to wear a condom. I agree that you shouldn’t just let anyone get an abortion but there should be a very strict form since we are dealing with the lives of an innocent life. We shouldn’t just let anyone have an abortion. I know this is kind of long but hope you can understand. It’s unbelievable how people can be so irresponsible to have unprotected sex. I’m 14 and I know better than that,
-Sofia
I am so glad someone else out there is thinking exactly how I think about this controversial subject! I totally dig your insight!
I object to Sofia’s view because I am pregnant & on welfare and I am NOT living in the ghetto either! Yeah, it’s typical in urban areas but that doesn’t mean a lot of them are ghetto. Also, about the child growing up thinking suicidal, please, there are some mothers out there that try so hard and love their children and want to do what’s best for them for that to even be considered!
awww! i know… i was thinking about this today… & whattya know.. i found this article or whatever… & i thought about my baby… she is now 10 months old… & the first thing the nurse suggested was an abortion.. that never crossed my mind.. i just got so scared of the outcome.. i was 16 when i got pregnant.. & i am mooooore than happy that is in my life…
I completely agree with Coraline, it is a personal and difficult choice that woman who do get knocked up to decide about what they WANT to do with their bodies. It should stay legal, what ever happened to allowing people to decide what they want to do for themselves? You get to decide who you want to vote for in elections, you get to decide what job you want to take, where you want to go to school, but you can’t decide whether or not you want to keep a baby?
If someone was careless enough to have unprotected sex, how would they be as mothers? It’s okay for someone to put themselves first, because it is the mother’s body.
There’s also the topic about if you’re not ready to be a mother then you should just give your baby up for adoption. Both of my parents were adopted and raised in hellholes. My mother was physically and sexually abused by her foster parents growing up, and was certainly not loved. No one should go through that.
It’s a women’s choice….
obviously you’ve never been raped.
Another article that I agree on. Children don’t ask to be here no matter how they got here : rape, sexual intercourse – whatever. The only bright side to it (if you’re religious) is that they’ll go to Heaven. I just couldn’t see myself killing anything (except bugs xD) – and I’ve almost been raped, so I don’t think it’s an excuse. As you said, it’s just inhumane.
I feel stating that its murder is wrong. People have abortions for reasons, they arent delibretly killing a child for no-reason. Like what if a woman and a married man found out the woman was pregnant? The man would obviously not want his wife knowing what he had done so the woman has an abortion.
I agree with you 100%. Some might say it’s okay to kill it if it has no chance of living but seriously let God take that into his hands. You having abortion done is messing up his plan of life. The baby is not only the mothers but it is Gods too.
Hey.. i think you have good reasons for not doing an abortion.. but nevertheless i would do it.. because i have a phobia against birth and i also think that the thing in your belly is not a human in the first weeks.. actually i think it’s not a human being until it’s in the last weeks of pregnancy.. but in my opinion everybody should do it like they think it’s the right way for them.. i think i couldn’t live with the idea, that somewhere lives MY child than having an abortion.. but that’s my opinion..
I agree with you 100%!
I tell everyone (when the subject of abortions comes up) that I am 100% Pro-life and they all disagree with me, saying, what if they’re too young to have a baby?
Well, it’s that person’s fault and they should have been responsible enough to make the decision of not having sex at a young age.
ABORTION IS MURDER.
You, ma’am, are absolutely correct!
Well, What if you got raped and almost died. Would you want to keep that baby?
I understand about the rape thing and where people are coming from on that. However, I must disagreed with the people that believe that it’s “okay” to abort even in a situation like that. True, when your raped, it most likely wasn’t your fault. But, it probably could of been prevented. I agree, most kids don’t ask how they got here by rape or whatever just that they are here.
I also would like to point out that I have a friend that would of been aborted but, by some miracle her mother kept her. She’s the most amazing person in my life and I couldn’t believe that her mom would of even thought of aborting her.
My point being, no matter what situation you are in, no matter how you may get pregnant, aborting the baby will NEVER be the answer to your problems. You will always have that empty chair at the table in your life. I assure you by you aborting you will be sorry in the end.
100% Prolife and PROUD of it.
1. Even if rape, complicated pregnancies, disease, etc, are in the minority of causes as far as abortions go, you would never take away a right from a minority group in any other situation (for example, the right for minorities to practice their own religion), so why is it considered alright in this argument to take the right to abort away?
2. What if the adult simply doesn’t have the means to take care of a child? Taking away their right to abort only adds to the number of under-priveliged and abused children. Giving birth simply to offer it for adoption is also completely unrealistic. If everyone who aborted went through with the excrusiating pain of childbirth so they could give the child to an orphanage, do you have any idea how overfilled already struggling orphanages would be?
3. Condoms break. Men have a tendency to say “I’ll pull out,” and then don’t. People fall into the blind faith that they won’t get pregnant from doing it just once. Mistakes shouldn’t cost you for the rest of your life.
4. (Pointed out by my friend, and copied verbatim while discussing this article) Even from a religious standpoint, “[I]s that the bible says that there isnt life in a being until they have blood in them, which isnt till 8-9 weeks, which is also the cut off for abortions.”
5. (Another comment from my friend on the matter) “[P]eople just need to take into stock the life that they have and what they wish to acheive. and most of the time they have no idea how to take care of children.”
6. (In regards to this comment: http://www.douxriens.com/articles/abortions#comment-4629) Did you seriously just intone that rape is the fault of the victim? Did you honestly? That is so inconsiderate, I can’t even begin to retaliate.
Jamie, YES, I would keep my child.
Ashley,
1. I don’t believe you can compare the two. Practicing a religion doesn’t automatically equate harming someone. With abortions, you’re harming (well, worse- KILLING) an innocent being. That’s my issue, killing an innocent being.
2. I am not exactly sure what your argument is here. There are plenty of children who are abused and the means to take care of said child is totally irrelevant. Despite popular belief, just because a child is given up for adoption doesn’t necessarily mean that they’ll end up at some horrible, poorly ran orphanage. My point isn’t really “hey, give your child up for adoption, don’t abort.”… that’s the aftermath. My thing is prevention and the concept is really simple: don’t have sex until you’re able to handle the responsibilities and consequences that comes along with it. If you cannot financially, emotionally, and physically care for a child, do not engage in sex.
3. “Mistakes shouldn’t cost you for the rest of your life.” That’s really the unborn child’s argument. Why should their life be taken away because they’re a “mistake”? But again, this is exactly my point… don’t have sex until you can handle the consequences.
4. I’m sorry but I’m not really that religious, so the quote from the Bible is totally irrelevant to me. I will say that the quote is actually incorrect, the child blood in them as early as 3 weeks…
1. The very act of living means the death of other “innocent beings.” Aside from flora, all living organisms rely on the consumption of another organism. I’ve pointed out my stance on the fetus in point 3. Legally, scientifically, and medically (which states “life” ceases when there is no brain activity), the fetus is not a living human being.
My previous argument still stands: there are no exceptions, abortion is not an exception, rights are rights, no matter the basis. A woman has the rights to her own body, and therefore the right to choose what lives and grows inside of her.
2. Just like you, I believe in prevention. Certainly children who live with their genetic parents are abused and suffer from depression. But a parent who is forced to keep a child they don’t want, because of law or social stigma against abortion, is certainly going to be more likely to abuse the child. Furthermore, assuming my belief of orphanages is that they’re poorly run and horrible is a complete misconception as well. However, the abortion rate is currently at 19.4 abortions for every 1, 000 women. Assuming I did my calculations right, in the United States, that means if every aborted child was saved and placed in an orphanage that would be 5, 099, 419 more children in the foster care system. You would be a fool to believe that this increase wouldn’t mean a decrease in the quality of care children in the system would be getting. Money to feed all those mouths isn’t growing on trees.
Assuming I did my calculations right, in the United States, that means if every aborted child was saved and placed in an orphanage that would be 5, 099, 419 more children in the foster care system.
In 2001, there were 50,000 adoptions made, which means, currently there wouldn’t even be enough adopters to take in 1% of the children that would influx into the childcare system.1 You would be a fool to believe that this increase wouldn’t mean a decrease in the quality of care children in the system would be getting. Money to feed all those mouths isn’t growing on trees.
Rather than taking the stance of being “pro-life”, which makes assumption and assults on the women who’ve had to have abortions, for whatever reason, accolading “pro-prevention” seems like a wiser choice. A belief that abortion should (not forced to) be used as a last measure; such as in cases already noted such as rape, poor financial standing, mental incapacity to take care of a child, children who will have a poor quality of life because of genetic malformations. Again, a personal choice that depends soley on the moral viewpoint of the mother. The right to abort should not, under any circumstances, be restricted or subjected to another person’s moral code. Rather than preaching your moral code onto another human being, more effort should be spent on educating about the benefits of preventative measures.
3. “Don’t have sex until you can handle the consequences?” “Consequences” are not always foreseeable. Condoms break, contraceptives are not 100% gauranteed, a couple may not choose to get their tubes tied or a vasectomy because it is a permanent, irreversable situation; they may not be ready for a child at the ready, but the future might be a possibility. The unborn child has no ability to voice its dissension to the abortion, has no way to even think, (which is the medical standard for determining “life” or “death”: whether there is brain activity), and therefore, to most people, the fetus is not considered on the same social importance as a fully-living, breathing, thinking individual.
4. Duly-noted. I shall remove that from my list of arguments.
I disagree with Ashley’s quote ‘ fully-living, breathing, thinking individual’, as how does that determine life?
Disabled people that cannot fully live to the capacity of normal human beings are now not people? Oh, I didn’t know people on ventilators that can’t breathe aren’t people too? How about people with mental disabilities, they musn’t be people either? It’s a shame I’m the top two. I’m still a person. I’ve lived over my 24hr time limit. Not many children live wit h their liver on the outside
Nicole said:
I feel stating that its murder is wrong. People have abortions for reasons, they arent delibretly killing a child for no-reason. Like what if a woman and a married man found out the woman was pregnant? The man would obviously not want his wife knowing what he had done so the woman has an abortion.
I thoroughly disagree with this opinion. Perhaps the mistress should of used protection with the married man or better yet, didn’t have sex. Babies don’t happen by accident. Either do affairs. She knew the consequences. Wait ’til the wife hears of it. I hope a brawl takes place in this hypothetical situation. I’m #1 on the Wife’s side.
Taking the quote out of context you’ve lost the meaning. Within context I’ve stated that my belief on what constitutes a living individual is brain activity. Not breathing, not heart beat.
Wow we have so much in common@ I am 100% pro-life as well.
1. The fetus IS a living human being. A fetus has a nervous system. A fetus is capable of kicking, moving its mouth, etc. Even the embryo is a living thing since it has a brain (not fully developed, but a brain nevertheless). I know this because I’m a Human Development minor. Fetuses ARE living things… Perhaps you mean the zygote, but even still, you reach the embryonic stage at 3-4 weeks. Most abortions don’t happen in the 1st or 2nd week, so they really are killing living things.
See, I guess it all goes back to perception. When a woman becomes pregnant, I don’t see it as just her body. It’s TWO bodies and both people should have a right to say whether they want to live or not. That’s just the way I see things.
2. There are parents, however, who initially don’t want the child but once they go through the actual birth, their perspectives change. Maybe the likelihood of this occurring is low, but it happens nevertheless. I will say that you’ve raised a good point with the overcrowding of orphanages. The quality ultimately may change… but I don’t know. I feel like even that’s better than having no life at all. Facing adversity isn’t the worst thing- it can make you a stronger person. But being in human development, I’m realizing that since these early years are so essential, I wouldn’t want children have to even deal with that… Call it being overly optimistic, but I believe there can be alternatives and we can find a better solution. The quality of the care doesn’t necessarily have to decrease if we as a nation can take proper measures to make it better.
Actually, just because you’re pro-life doesn’t mean you make assaults on the women who’ve had abortions. I’m pro-life but I don’t bash people who have had abortions. Pro-prevention does seem like a good choice, but I still can’t just go with killing an innocent being. I just don’t believe it’s something I personally can do.
3. Exactly. Condoms break, contraceptives are not 100% guaranteed. That’s EXACTLY why people shouldn’t have sex until they’re able to handle the responsibilities and consequences that come along with it. You know that when you have sex you may get pregnant or contract something. It’s a risk- it’s a possible consequence. If you know that you may end up getting pregnant, you shouldn’t engage in such an activity until you’re emotionally, financially, and physically ready to take on what comes along with it.
Honestly, we don’t know what am unborn child is capable of. Who says it’s unable to think?? It has a brain, doesn’t it? It may not be able to think on the same sophisticated level as a child or an adult, but we don’t really know what’s going on in an unborn child’s mind. People have a misconception that a fetus is not a living thing, but it IS. A lot of people are misinformed. & wow… I don’t think the girl took anything out of context. Basically, people who have severe mental disabilities, who are in a coma, who are technically a “vegetable” apparently are “not considered on the same social importance.”
Geez. I read through A LOT of the comments and I understand where most people are coming from. However, I am COMPLETELY pro-choice. I understand that you’re talking about a baby’s life. I love children (I happen to be one myself =]) and I think that they not only deserve to live, but they also deserve to have a LIFE. Not life in the sense of a heartbeat, but life in the sense of quality of life. We are all here because our parents WANTED us. Our lives may not be as fabulous or as terrible as the next person’s, but I’m sure that none of us have to live with our parents regretting us EVERY SINGLE DAY.
&& There are lots of people who get abortions because they know they won’t be able to care for the babies. You say adoption. Adoption is great because it gives people chances to raise children who normally wouldn’t be able to. But do you know how hard it would be to be pregnant for nine months and give your baby away?
There are teens and adults who are faced with unplanned pregnancies. For those teens and some of the younger adults who decide to do adoption, what happens when they decide they are ready for children? They have them, right? That would have to be the worst feeling ever–to find out that your mother gave YOU up, but kept her other child(ren). I don’t know. Maybe, I’m just selfish.
I personally believe that each person is responsible for their own choices. If a person gets an abortion, that’s their business. Not anyone else’s. I think that if a woman wants to get an abortion, she should be able to do so. A sin is a sin. They’ll have to deal with that for the rest of their life. But it’s the rest of THEIR life.
3. Exactly. Condoms break, contraceptives are not 100% guaranteed. That’s EXACTLY why people shouldn’t have sex until they’re able to handle the responsibilities and consequences that come along with it. You know that when you have sex you may get pregnant or contract something. It’s a risk- it’s a possible consequence. If you know that you may end up getting pregnant, you shouldn’t engage in such an activity until you’re emotionally, financially, and physically ready to take on what comes along with it.
Contraceptives are 99% effective so thaht gives more weight in favor of sex than no sex.
OMG YES I THINK THEY ARE MURDERING THE UNBORN!!! WHAT IS THAT FITUS GROWS TO BE THE DR. WHO FIND OUT THE CURE FOR ONE OF OUR MAJOR DESIESES!!!
One thing to ask everyone here – what about when there is something wrong with the baby where it is actually killing or harming the mother? And yes this does happen, what do you do then? Let the baby live and kill the mother and maybe the baby too?
I don’t think anyone can say for sure what they would do in any unwanted pregnancy situation, you may think you’re 100% pro-life or that you think there are slight exceptions, but if it happens to you, it all changes.
This is going to sound horribly selfish, but if I had an unwanted pregnancy I could not adopt it out. I would hate the thought of someone else with my child. It’s horrible but its the way I feel. But then again I don’t really think I could have an abortion. None of you can truly decide until you’re in that position.
However I think there should be tighter restrictions for abortion. Some people use abortion as a form of contraception because they can’t be bothered. They’re just pathetic.
Sorry for super long post, felt like I had a lot to say