What is your stance on abortion?
452493
I am pro-life, always, but I can't force or make people do what I think is right.  Their choice.  I would say take every case on a personal level.
490813
I at one time thought as you do. I now see abortion for what it is MURDER. Religion aside almost everyone agrees murder is wrong. Do you honestly believe for one minute that in our infinite stupidity we as the human race will not find someway to destroy our silly selves
954392
I wouldn't tell you.\n\nI think abortion is a desecration of life.   I know from me that's kind of ..."WOW" but that's what I truly believe.\n I think abortion is just an excuse for people to have unprotected sex and not have to take on responsibility for their actions.  I also think it's sad that a baby don't get the chance to grow up and solve all the problems of that crappy country.\n\nI DO however think the men of those crappy countries should be "fixed" after fathering one child.   If you can't feed one and you can't control your pecker then.....
511494
why do you have abortion as your only topic of "choice" today?  \n\nlooking back at your question history, i'd say that you have some issues.  \n\nseek help.
834736
Personally, I believe abortion to be wrong. I will say that to anyone. Most people don't have a problem with getting someone to at least stop and think before attaining an abortion. You always make a better decision when you think about all available options. BTW, I do help feed the hungry.
702785
I really think the issue of abortion should have no place in\npolitics. It's a personal moral decision of each individual woman.
646560
If you get in early while the cell is still in it's simpler stages then I don't feel it can be considered murder...you kill a living organism when you pick a flower to put in a vase, you SLAUGHTER a cow then you EAT it with lettuce, both of which are/were living organisms!\nI think to truly be anti-abortion you have to be vegan, otherwise you are a hypocrite.
864621
Well Dr. Lifemaker, may I ask why you are so bitter?  Do you agree that murder is wrong?  Is your argument simply that you do not believe a fetus is life?\nI just wondered because you seemed really angry in your answer, but did not explain your views.\n\nIn my view, I agree that abortion is murder.  I had a choice once, when I was a teenager.  Thank God and all that is decent in the world, I decided on adoption, not murder.\n\nI can honestly say that I have never murdered anyone.
284273
Great Question!  Made me think...not too many here do...here we go!\n\nNOT against Abortion....feel it is every woman's right to decide!\n\nWAS against Capital punishment UNTIL I went to a site called Prison Talk Forum and read what all the woman in the United States are on Death Row for.  Obviously I was surprised that SO many where there for killing their own children......and in alot of cases not just one child...multiple children.\n\nSo when I went to answer this question....I had to stop and actually think.  Am I right in my thinking that it is OK to terminate a fetus.....BUT.....at the same time hold these woman in so much CONTEMPT.\n\nI don't have an answer to the question...my heart says kill kill kill.....those precious children didn't deserve that.....especially from their mom.  My brain says....hmmmm.
807051
I believe that's taking it a bit too far. I consider myself to be anti-abortion but at the same time, I realize there are certain cases when abortions should be a choice for the woman just like how the death penalty and divorces should only be reserved for extreme situations. Those cases include rape, incest, performing the operation to save the woman's life, or finding out that the baby will be born so deformed that it'll die in less than a year.\n\nOn the other hand, I don't believe a woman should simply choose to have her own baby killed just because she decided to get drink just a little too much at last night's party or willingly gave in to her boyfriend because "[she] thought he loved [me]." When that happens, I'll have absolutely no respect for her if she chooses to go to one of those alley-way abortion clinics.
469583
abortion being legal doesn't take away the fact that to abort the baby is to kill it. legally, i suppose you're right, it's not murder - but it's still killing. i'm pro-life but i believe abortion is morally ok up until the moment a heart beat can be detected. i don't believe in any abortion after that, even if the child is a product of rape or incest. it's not the baby's fault it was conceived in such a disgusting way.
952931
Hell yes abortion should be illegal! It's murdering a human being, no matter how you look at it! A woman knows what causes her to become pregnant, and if she doesn't want a baby, she should stop being a  s l u t  and close her legs! I understand  there's issues with rape and what not, but you have a point, that's still a child, and it's not that child's fault that he/she is a product of rape. Adoption would be a great idea I would think for situations like that.\n\nIt would be bad for a doctor to take a newborn baby and strangle him or her to death or bash his or her head in on the floor wouldn't it? So what's the damn difference with an abortion, just because you can't see the baby yet, it means it's not a person? Anyone who supports abortion is a total idiot, they should support murder of every kind then if they don't want to be a hypocrite!
354113
No one can be in favour of abortion and be simultaneously a Catholic. It's one or the other. You might continue attending Mass and whatever else but your pro-choice belief is totally at odds with the faith of the Church and automatically excludes you from being in full communion with Christ and His Church.
694624
Are you trying to open a can of worms here? LOL Seriously I personally don't like the thought of abortion. I think too many women use it as a from of birth control. BUT...I think every woman should have the right to choose! Its her body and that child would be her responsibility forever. I suppose she could give it up for adoption, but some women aren't strong enough to live with that decision. It all boils down to a persons rights. We should all be able to make our own choices! And a partial birth abortion is entirely different in my opinion of one at 9-10 weeks...all have their own opinion though..
986122
i don't have really strong beliefs about it being wrong or right because i have never been in that situation or know anyone that has been in that situation...there are a lot of ways to look at it...i believe that if it is endangering the mother or the child (tubular pregnancy) or rape, incest or anything like that the person should be able to have that option..but i don't think that abortion should be used as a form of birth control...meaning women go and have unprotected sex and then have an abortion time after time because they don't want to be pregnant...i think that women and teenagers should be very well educated on the topic and know the risks...for example...too many abortions can wear down the lining of the uterus making it harder for you to get pregnant as you get older...so it all depends on the circumstance...i dont' think people have the right to say whether it is right or wrong...even if religion says that it's murder...the person who has had the abortion will have to answer to their maker when the time comes...not the religious person who says it wrong...if you want to look at it from religions point of veiw...we were put on this earth with freedom to make our decisions..that is agency...and with agency comes consequences..i think its a personal decision and no one elses business but that persons...i would certainly like the option of abortion if something ever happens to me like rape...that's where i stand....i love that you've asked this question...email me if you want to talk more..one thing is for sure...the woman will have to live with it the rest of her life...right or wrong...
997285
The Abortion Debate\nShould abortion be legal?\nShoud Roe vs. Wade be overturned?\nHere are the two sides:\n\nPro-Life: Once conceived, the fetus is a LIFE, so it's a crime to kill it.  Therefore, abortions should be illegal\n\nPro-Choice: Having a baby is not always the best thing to do (If the mom was raped and became pregnant, if she's too young or immature to be a parent, if she's a single parent and can't handle it, if she doesn't have the money to support a child, if she'll just be bringing the child into a horrible life...).  Thus, the woman should have a CHOICE in whether to give birth to the baby or to have an abortion.
27004
I am pro-choice, but only to the extent that having an abortion never becomes as casual as some ardent privacy rights "zealots" seem to want to make it.  I happen to believe that what is created within a woman's body when she becomes pregnant does represent a form of life. Imagine all of the preparations that happily pregnant women undertake to make sure that whatever that is is safe throughout the pregnancy.  And does a happily pregnant woman refer to her unborn as matter, an embryo, a fetus, a zygote or any other such scientifically and socially ambiguous term?  No, of course not.  She talks to her unborn "baby."  She reads her "baby" stories.  She personifies every kick and every repositioning.  She makes reference to "eating for two."  I believe that pregnant woman are carrying life.  Therefore, while there are definitely circumstances where it would be inappropriate or unhealthy to bring that life to term, those are rare and extreme and should never become casual.\nFinally, I do not believe that, in general, men should tell women what to do with their bodies. I do not believe that two unmarried persons have an equal say to what happens to the baby that the woman is unexpectedly, and perhaps unhappily carrying.  I do, however, happen to believe that two people in a healthy monogamous relationship (which is intended to be long-term) should have a series of serious dialogs when a baby unexpectedly manifests itself.  The ultimate choice is hers, but she should consider his reasonable feelings when making this crucial decision.\n\nThis is a right that must be protected at all costs, but not exploited as a casual life event.  Education, abstinence, contraception, and adoption are all measures that can be taken (and should be considered) to greatly reduce the occasions where abortion becomes the ultimate answer.\n\nThis discussion of rights isn't generally had in the context of a discourse on separation of church and state (primarily because those discourses, under the First Amendment Establishment Clause, require the State not to endorse or support any particular religion.  The State can, however, endorse the ideal of faith and of being religious generally, which many view as positive for society's morality. I happen to believe that even this much State involvement is dangerous.\n\nPlease consider this my respectfully-presented, respectfully-intended personal viewpoint.