If women can have abortion by saying its their body, can you not be drafted because its your body ?
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No. But I believe that women shouldnt be allowed to have abortions either. After all its not just their body, and the other body is what they are attempting to abort.
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Abortions are legal in all 50 states, to varying degrees. That's because the right to choose is constitutionally protected.\n\nStates can set various limits, such as parental notification for minors, informed consent, short waiting periods, etc. But states cannot outlaw something that is protected by the US constitution.
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I would never, ever have an abortion, but I don't have the right to make that decision for other women.  \n\nIf you believe abortion is murder, it's your right not to have one.  It is not, however, your right to force any women or girl to play host to a fetus for nine months.\n\nDo you really think a child is better off being born only to be tied up in a plastic bag and thrown in a dumpster?
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While abortion obviously affects women's bodies, maybe that is only 15% of the issue?  Perhaps the other 85% are social, religious and scientific?  So the parts dedicated to women's reproductive rights aren't the major parts of the issue, but rather the unknown and arguable stuff that I just gave an 85% weight.
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I don't think it's fair either, but that's how it's always been. However, the double-standards go both ways. Women can't be drafted.
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Passing laws never eliminates the activity they criminalize, but passing those laws make shallow people feel good about themselves and gain politicians more votes.  And you don't need a physician to obtain an abortion at all.  There are readily-available herbs that will induce an abortion and all one has to do is know which ones and how to use them.
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This is such a debatable issue. I don’t like the idea of abortion and would never encourage anyone to get an abortion BUT I understand the reasons why some women would chose this option even if I wouldn't. In terms of discrimination, I don’t really see how it can be. We all know the risks of what may happen when we sleep with someone and I think that to some extent abortion is encouraging a reckless attitude towards sex. 'Oh if I dont use a condom and cant be bothered with the after morning pill, then at least there another option'.\n\nIn the times we live in now, I understand that there are other issues y women may choose not to have a baby - career, finance etc, but then y have sex and resort to putting your body through all that? Even if contraception is used there is always that 1% chance that it will fail because none is 100% guaranteed. Rather than avoid such trauma by not having sex, women try to so as they please and then fit the consequences around their lifestyle. I kno this may sound impossible to some but sex is the ONLY way we can reproduce naturally, so what do you think is gonna happen?  If abortion was made illegal it would force women to take responsibility for their actions and think more carefully about what they are getting into.\n\nHOWEVER..... you then have to think about the fact that these babies will be unwanted and this may raise the figures in babies that go up for adoption or the child may be mistreated. Also you have to think about rape victims, who did not make the choice to be a position where they might become pregnant and women who have to abort for health reasons.\n\nIn short, no I do not think that making abortion illegal discriminates against women. Altho it will take away a choice that we have regarding our own bodies, it is possible for women to avoid getting into a position where that choice has to be made, therefore making us think more carefully about that choice. People who say that women should have the choice to do as they please with their bodies blah blah blah are not considering the fact that just because they SHOULD be able to do as they please doesn’t mean they are being responsible. Also if a man decides he wants to leave a woman after he finds out about the pregnancy that is not an excuse for abortion. We all know that relationship breakdowns are a possibility, it’s not new. If you are willing to have a child, it should be unconditional, not jus because you currently have a man by your side.
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*Stepping into this* 1st it should be nobody's business what a woman does with her own body, besides that particular woman.\n2nd If you are male and trying to tell a woman what to do on this topic, simply shut up. We men will never fully understand. (Unless someday science allows males to conceive, carry and birth a baby.)\nOn the topic, I'm neither pro or con, just realize something as personal as this is a personal decision and respect that fact.\nNow, if you are for the war and/or capital punishment you should go away and rethink your values as you are a hypocrit.\nThose who are left, you have your opinion, great I respect that, but you know what they say about opinions...\n\nBut if you want to see the number of abortions go down, make our government allow "The Morning After Pill" like the rest of the civilized world has. It is the fault of each and everyone of you that abortion still exists when we know of far better methods. Take responcibility and do what is needed so we have ALL options available!\n\nWelcome to the world where right wing religious conservatives think they have a right/duty to take away everyone else's rights and force them to do what they want you to do.\nSeems to me that is not the freedom countries are founded on.\n\nIf it bothers you, be very very sure that you vote freedom of choice for every bloody official position there is, from school board to president. It is time the pendulum swung back to the middle instead of the victorian insanity we see today...\n\n*Editing in a note* See below, that was not I who is trying to make a clump of cellular tissue into a baby.
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No, we wouldn't have to factor in the unwanted people if legs would be kept closed and there plenty of people who want but can't have. If self control was practiced we would have a lot less trouble with this topic. There are the few that get raped and whatever the other excuses are but there is adoption for that and as for health...my child has a right to live more than I do...abortion isn't really great for a woman's health either ya know?
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It's the body's way of getting rid of all the stuff from the uterus that it isn't going to need to sustain a child. Since the woman is not pregnant, she will expell it. If she were pregnant, it wouldn't occur.
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Yes.  I would never choose abortion for myself, no matter what the circumstances.  However, I think that if the mother's life were to be endangered, and that was certified by two physicians, then she should be able to choose for herself.  I, however, do not support abortion for social or physical convenience.  For example, if you were raped, you can always put the child up for adoption.\n\nAbortion stops a beating heart.  It's murder.
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If something goes wrong with the procedure your parents will have to know.  Are you sure that you want an abortion?   You will be left with a lot of emotional scars and may not be able to have other children.  Couldn't you carry your child to term and then put him/her up for adoption?  Maybe your parents would want to help you raise your baby.
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I can not understand,  if it's a woman's "choice" to have a baby, why should a man be held responsible for the 'fetus', if the woman 'chooses' to turn it into a baby?\n\nIf they are going to use the argument that it isn't a baby, they should not be able to change that argument later.\n\n(for the record, I think its a baby, and I think both parties are responsible for it.  I am just pointing out the hypocrisy of their logic)
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Thanks for the warning, that video was horrible. I'm numb.\n\nI'm against abortion itself (with the exception of r@pe) but pro-choice. I BELIVE that it is the WOMAN'S choice, not the law's. A woman should be able to do whatever she wants with her body. But I do believe that if you make the mistake of becoming pregnant, it is YOUR fault and shouldn't get an abortion. But it is YOUR choice.
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If you're going to have an abortion, you have much bigger problems than an untrimmed pubic region!  Hair doesn't prevent a penis from going into you, and won't prevent the doctor from inserting his surgical instruments to remove the unborn child.\nTo learn more about abortion, check out\nhttp://www.pregnancycenters.org/
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Please be more specific.  \n\nRoe vrs. Wade gave a woman the right to suck a baby into a sink, ripping it from limb to limb.  \n\nThe 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.\n\nNote to tulaksam: Less than 5% of all abortions are due to rape or the health of the mother.  All other abortions (including those conceived via incest) are abortions of convenience.  If women are so strong why can't they say "no" to sex when they do not want to carry the baby to full term?  If they get pregnant and don't want the baby, why are they not strong enough to give it up for adoption?  Roe v Wade will be overturned, because it is based on an erroneous interpretation of the Constitution. Abortion is an issue for each state to decide.  It is not a federal issue.  That is why it will be overturned.
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A woman has the right over her own body, regardless of whether there is a zygote, embryo, or fetus present.  It is not a "baby," regardless of the necessity of that word for emotional appeal.\n\nLook, here's my take on things: if you are so opposed to abortions, then stop trying to make them illegal and make them unnecessary.  Work to provide better free or at least affordable health care.  Work to improve sex education for our youth.  Make birth control easily accessible and cheap.  Establish better support for women who wish to give up a child for adoption.  Provide better assistance to people of low incomes who have children.\n\nTHOSE are the major contributing factors to abortion procedures, and if you and all other anti-choice protestors are so caught up in fixing things, then FIX THOSE THINGS.  \n\nI'm pro-choice, because in our society women need to have that option.  I'd love for elective abortions to be completely unnecessary--and so I am trying to fix the problems that lead to them, rather than trying to punish women already in difficult situations by removing their rights.