Abortion

how do you feel about it




the other day i saw a verry afensive bumper sticker the other day :"if you can let a mother kill her child how can you tell other people not to kill"

i think they took it too far

Updated On: 9/26/04 at 11:05 AM

That may have been offensive to you, but obviously your views would be offensive to that person as well. That's what America is all about - we're all supposed to be allowed to have our own opinions.

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Matt_G uses his psychic balls to see that this thread has the possibility of turning into the nastiest one ever created on this board.

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I thought you meant something completely different by psychic balls--especially considering this topic.

Beat ya to it amasis.

Hmm, very touchy topic.

I, personally, would never get an abortion. There can be so much debate over when a fetus becomes a human. I can not and will not tell others what to do. However, I do think that since science is improving and now woman who give birth after 4 months their child now survives. Because of this, I think that there shouldnt be any abortions past the 1st trimester.

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YEah can it be a rule that nobody get's criticized or argued over their opinions on this specific thread? It'd a little different than fighting over Brookyln Shiils.

I think it is a personal choice for the woman. She is the one most affected by the pregnancy and the outcome. The fetus cannot survive outside her body, so it is not the government's place to "sentence" her to carry it. Abortion needs to be legal, available, and safe. And hopefully rare. (Yes, John Kerry's position on the topic.) The way we make it rare is by education (sex and otherwise) to teach them realistic alternatives before the pregnancy occurs. For those who decide to have abortions because of rape or other misfortune, we can only offer compassion.

I really think it should be the mother's choice. If it was for a careless reason such as sleeping around, then I dont think there should be an abortion. They could put the baby up for adoption, etc. However, if a teen or any woman for that matter is raped or violated, I could understand having an abortion so she wouldnt have to remember the incident.

Well,

First of all, I personally am against it.

Making is illegal is stupid and just won't work.

However, partial birth abortion is FOCKING MURDER and if you don't think so then you are either really uninformed as to what partial birth abortion truly is, or you're in favor of murder and you're a sick focker.

I think it's outrageous that they didn't approve the morning after pill for over the counter. How many teen-age girls would go to the store, buy, and take the pill that would not/could not go to a clinic and get the pill from a doctor from fear of parents finding out.

there is adoption. were sitting here killing baby's cause some mothers can't take care of them when there are couples fighting as hard as they can to have one. i fully understand that a woman might not have the money or what it takes to take care of a child. why not give the ones who can and want to a try.

---I think it is a personal choice for the woman. She is the one most affected by the pregnancy and the outcome. The fetus cannot survive outside her body, so it is not the government's place to "sentence" her to carry it. Abortion needs to be legal, available, and safe. And hopefully rare. (Yes, John Kerry's position on the topic.) The way we make it rare is by education (sex and otherwise) to teach them realistic alternatives before the pregnancy occurs. For those who decide to have abortions because of rape or other misfortune, we can only offer compassion. ---


Agreed

For me personally, I am against abortion. Although I am past child bearing age, I dont think I could have ever had an abortion when I was younger. It is the taking of a life. However, I think it should be left as a totally personal choice and not something the government regulates. I would rather see energy spent on teaching young people on the consequences of un wanted pregnancies. Kids to day are becoming sexually active by the time they reach middle school. I have worked on the OB floors of my local hospital and have sat with girls as young as 10, 11 ,or 12 who are in labor and ready to deliver. They are inner city, drug addicted and many come from homes where abuse is rampant. When they do give birth, they have low birth weight babies either because of a lack of prenatal care or they are born addicted. The babies are then sent to the newborn ICU for months at a time. I have been a volunteer cuddler in those units and you have no idea of what it is like to hold a baby that weighs about a lb and connect to a myriad of tubes and life support equipment. Let's focus on educating our youth!

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