• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Could you go through with an abortion?

Page 3 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

Could you go through with an abortion?

  • Yes

  • NO

  • maybe

Results are only viewable after voting.
For those that voted yes, why not place the baby for adoption instead? In all the pro-life/pro-choice threads I hardly ever see that option raised although it would satisfy both sides. People who don't want the baby could give up responsibility to someone who really wants the opportunity to be a parent. Pro-lifers wouldn't be up in arms either because the baby was allowed to live. Obviously there are some outlier situations where the life of the mother is seriously threatened but the huge majority of pregnancies don't fall in that category.

I personally know a few couples who have been actively trying to adopt a child for more than a year. There are lots of people out there who would love to be parents but can't.
 
Elfear said:
For those that voted yes, why not place the baby for adoption instead? In all the pro-life/pro-choice threads I hardly ever see that option raised although it would satisfy both sides. People who don't want the baby could give up responsibility to someone who really wants the opportunity to be a parent. Pro-lifers wouldn't be up in arms either because the baby was allowed to live. Obviously there are some outlier situations where the life of the mother is seriously threatened but the huge majority of pregnancies don't fall in that category.

I personally know a few couples who have been actively trying to adopt a child for more than a year. There are lots of people out there who would love to be parents but can't.
Click to expand...

I'd be worried about her changing her mind last minute. Abortion fixes the problem immediately.
Also, I believe abortion would be less hassle and would not require the woman to endure pregnancy/child birth.
 
To cop out on an answer to the OP, I'm a guy, so it's impossible.

However, part of the OP also suggests a false dichotomy - that someone needs to either be pro-abortion, or that they would never have an abortion themselves. It leaves out another position in that "just because I would never have one, doesn't give me the right to tell someone else that they can't have one as well."
 
I could imagine circumstances where I would be ok with someone I got pregnant having an abortion, but I hope none of them ever occur.
 
DrPizza said:
To cop out on an answer to the OP, I'm a guy, so it's impossible.

However, part of the OP also suggests a false dichotomy - that someone needs to either be pro-abortion, or that they would never have an abortion themselves. It leaves out another position in that "just because I would never have one, doesn't give me the right to tell someone else that they can't have one as well."
Click to expand...

this is a cop-out, and you're stating the obvious.
 
Only if I knew the kid was going to grow up to be a Democrat.




btw I answered this question accurately earlier, but thought it was time to add a little humor into a grim subject.
 
karmypolitics said:
yeah, well let's just pretend that she says, "let's make the decision together"

making it your call.
Click to expand...

When she says "let's make this decision together" it is NEVER your call. What that really means is that its still her call but you are expected to agree with whatever she decides.
 
Darwin333 said:
When she says "let's make this decision together" it is NEVER your call. What that really means is that its still her call but you are expected to agree with whatever she decides.
Click to expand...

again, that is obvious. the question is: how would you react to the responsibility of the call for an abortion.
 
karmypolitics said:
again, that is obvious. the question is: how would you react to the responsibility of the call for an abortion.
Click to expand...

The OP also makes it quite clear that this is for a specific hypothetical circumstance where it's your choice and the baby is perfectly healthy.

That ANYONE would say yes to killing the child.... without due cause, is quite enraging.
 
I am pro choice, but would never ever go through with one. If I made the child, I want it to have a life. Just the way I was raised, but people should have a choice in the matter.
 
Jaskalas said:
The OP also makes it quite clear that this is for a specific hypothetical circumstance where it's your choice and the baby is perfectly healthy.

That ANYONE would say yes to killing the child.... without due cause, is quite enraging.
Click to expand...

I view it as the equivalent of amputating a limb. When you think about it, legally and effectively a person is not a person until birth. The birth certificate is the beginning of a person's legal life. Not the date of conception.
 
Of course I would. I believe the man should have every right to abort an unwanted child. Either BOTH parents want the kid, or the kid goes.
 
I said yes, it is a choice for a woman and her doctor. Really the anti-choice crowd tend to be men with small penis complex/power trippers.

Breeding is a bad thing imo. We have enough humans that need to learn to work together on this planet, lets feed/educate all then I am down for talking about having more. Establishment society sells us breeding/marriage endlessly. More cannon fodder/taxpayers to fund their schemes. No thanks.

Edit: I would NEVER date a weak minded person who is anti-abortion. I tend to be attracted to woman, not girls or those so wrapped up in religious fantasy they would risk it all .
 
Last edited:
amdhunter said:
Of course I would. I believe the man should have every right to abort an unwanted child. Either BOTH parents want the kid, or the kid goes.
Click to expand...

I can agree with this, actually. It does suck that a man can not want a pregnancy to go through and yet still be stuck with child support.
 
Steeplerot said:
I said yes, it is a choice for a woman and her doctor. Really the anti-choice crowd tend to be men with small penis complex/power trippers.

Breeding is a bad thing imo. We have enough humans that need to learn to work together on this planet, lets feed/educate all then I am down for talking about having more.
Click to expand...

anti-choice is such a better label. Objectively it is far more accurate than "pro life"
 
Elfear said:
For those that voted yes, why not place the baby for adoption instead? In all the pro-life/pro-choice threads I hardly ever see that option raised although it would satisfy both sides. People who don't want the baby could give up responsibility to someone who really wants the opportunity to be a parent. Pro-lifers wouldn't be up in arms either because the baby was allowed to live. Obviously there are some outlier situations where the life of the mother is seriously threatened but the huge majority of pregnancies don't fall in that category.

I personally know a few couples who have been actively trying to adopt a child for more than a year. There are lots of people out there who would love to be parents but can't.
Click to expand...

Let's see..

1) Cost of prenatal care
2) Cost of delivery
3) Cost of possible complication during term, birth, or before adoption
4) Cost of raising a kid even temporarily before the adoption has gone through
5) Mental and bodily drain to the mother. Body changes that occur during a pregnancy never quite go back to the way it used to be.
6) 38+ weeks of having to no longer enjoy life the way you want. More so the later along the mother is.
7) Time lost from work and money potentially lost from lost work.
8) Known potential genetic defects being passed along such as down syndrome.


Those are several factors as to why a woman and/or man may decide to opt for abortion.
 
I'm starting to think that abortion bans are on-par with thought police since they extend the reach of the state into an individual person's body. Because legal codes always govern our behavior towards other citizens. Legally it is practically impossible to issue "conception certificates" and is simply more efficient to draw the line at birth.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top