Abortion

[BigToque]

Most of these things come up after reading the advice columns in my newspaper each morning.

Today there was a young girl (22) who left her boyfriend of 2 years because she cheated on him (he doesn't know this though). She finds out that she is pregnant from the guy that she cheated with. The advice columnist helps her with her different options regarding going back to her old boyfriend, confronting the guy she cheated with, and staying with her father. Then she adds in "if you decide to keep the child..."...

The way I look at abortion is that it should not just be used as a form of birth control. I think that a person should be free to abort a child if it is conceived by means of rape, if there is sufficient evidence that the child will be born with severe illness/defects, or if the pregnancy will pose harm to the mother.

I don't believe that women should be allowed to abort a child on the grounds that they used bad judgement and made a mistake.

What do you guys think of my opinion?

 

[z0mb13]

I am pro choice

 

[DnetMHZ]

*lawn chair / popcorn*

 

[bobbybe01]

I am against flame wars. I am pro-life...but ironically I am on ATOT (which probably means I don't have a life).

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: bobbybe01
I am against flame wars.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
I am pro choice

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

I think people should make their own choices...

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish

Originally posted by: z0mb13
I am pro choice

 

[Atomicus]

Pro-life. Bad decisions can turn out for the better. Even if raising a child by yourself will be hard, at least give it a chance and raise it with the morals and values that you wish you had when you got pregnant.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
I think people should make their own choices...

I think OREOSpeedwagon is pro-death.

 

[Bryophyte]

I think that you're yet another person who wants to pass laws to force people to do what you want because you don't like it that you don't get a vote in how they live their own lives.

 

Did she use it in the context of abortion or adoption?

 

[vi edit]

*set's up stand*

Come buy your pro-life or pro-choice foam finger thingies!

Blue "Abort This!" foam fingers for $5.00
or
Red "Abort Yourself!" foam fingers for $5.00 as well.....

Prices good while quantities last.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Pro-life with exceptions of rape and danger to mother's life.

 

[RussianSoldier]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
*lawn chair / popcorn*

 

[Amorphus]

Yeah, I think abortion is on par with suicide - it's a cowardly way out of a situation in which you have made bad decisions.

The argument that abortion is a method of keeping urban populations from booming too much is invalid, as they are expensive, too.

Also, the logic that babies with defects could be aborted, while "normal" babies are kept full-term is a horrible thought. Between life with complications, and death, I think I would choose life regardless. Besides, what's a "normal" baby? What if the baby has asthma? Or if it will be paralyzed? Or have muscular dystrophy? There are plenty of people who lead fulfilling lives who have those afflictions. Life shouldn't be something we grant because it's convenient of us. It's not our place to say whether or not a human being can live, arbitrarily.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: FallenHero
Did she use it in the context of abortion or adoption?

Good point. You're getting your panties all in a bunch and the text you quoted could easily mean "not give up for adoption."

 

[TheBDB]

I don't believe that women should be allowed to abort a child on the grounds that they used bad judgement and made a mistake.

I don't believe a child should have to live with their parents mistake.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
I think people should make their own choices...

And she did.

I think there should be a limit as to what consequences should be avoidable for those consequences. If I chose to steal something I shouldn't be able to kill the witnesses just to remove the consequences either.

That being said, a lot of those babies are probably better off aborted than living w/ some dumb-arse mother that doesn't want them.

Someone once told me that if I'm pro-life I also have to be for unwed mothers, thus, I support helping them out.

 

[jordank32]

everyone makes mistakes

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Pro-life with exceptions of rape and danger to mother's life.

Rape is a touchy issue - the choice of having a child wasn't the woman's. However, it's still a legitimate human being. I tend to lean towards adoption in this scenario.

As for danger to the mother's life, well, that's a hard choice. However, if there was a burning building, and you had to choose only one person to rescue - a child, or an adult, you would doubtless choose the child, would you not?

 

[PanzerIV]

Stefan, I competely agree with you. I feel she should have the child and give it to you if it's unwanted.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
I think people should make their own choices...

I think OREOSpeedwagon is pro-death.

lol I just think that if the mother (or father, if he doesn't ditch them) don't have time to take care of the kid (i.e. if they're in college and working full time too, only home a few hours of the day) than it's probably better to get an abortion. if the kid is not going to get raised right, it'd be worse for the kid....

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: jordank32
everyone makes mistakes

And you have to own up to them - you can't just say "I made a mistake, and I'm going to pay money to a doctor to hide it for me".

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: TheBDB

I don't believe that women should be allowed to abort a child on the grounds that they used bad judgement and made a mistake.

I don't believe a child should have to live with their parents mistake.

But should a child die because of their parent's mistake?