What if I think abortion is ok when the mothers life is in danger but not when the parents dont like eye color
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How many people actually would kill their child based on eye color? I'm probably naive but I think most people wouldn't be that shallow or cruel. \n\nI think most people who get an abortion or think about it are those with other problems like financial problems, age (young teens), health, or psychological reasons (victims of rape or incest).
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Well, our reasoning is based on the idea that there isn't a simple answer for every situation. You can't just label abortion "mindless killing," because it might NOT be mindless. For example, what if you got raped? Would you like to go through the pain of birthing the baby and putting it up for adoption just for something that entirely WASN'T your fault? Don't you think that could breed depression and neurotic tendencies in anyone? Don't you think a kid separated from his mother or adopted experiences emotional pain? \nAbortion is done to guard against future harm. If there's a mother who knows she won't be able to care properly for a child, it would be merciful to both her and the growing fetus to undergo abortion. \n\nI do agree with you that the sanctity of a life should be preserved however. Abortion shouldn't be encouraged in women who have sex and think there's just an easy way out. It should be PERMITTED, however, because it is a RIGHT and because in the case of rape it is not a case of a woman having made a bad choice; it is a case of BAD LUCK.
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Abortion is immorally wrong and legally protected. That's life...err...death. You make a good point though.\n\nTHE PROMLEM though, is that such a law could easily be used by deadbeat dads to refuse child support.
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They feel they have free choice, even though they shouldn't have the power to decide if someone should die or not. They are killing an innocent baby because they think it's a problem, they should work through it and not get rid of it.
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Good question, good thinking.  I certainly don't like the idea of abortion, but the alternative possibility of the outcome is scary. \n\nFirst all more ignorant women will bring their babies to term and discard them or  kill them.  \n\nReopening of Orphanages and the financial burden in society. Would you like to spend your childhood parentless wondering why mom and dad didn't want you?   Pro Lifers say oh, people will adopt the babies, but the truth is, the majority of the people who are adopt are white.  The majority of the babies put up for adoption are black or hispanic.  The majority of white couples do not want to adopt any child other than white because people know that their children were adopted.  The other problem is that couples do not want to adopt in the United states because it is too easy for the birth mother to reclaim her child after she has given up rights.  You cannot imagine the mental horror.  \n\nSo - what I am saying, we SHOULD NOT punish or outlaw abortions.  To do so is inhumane.  Unfortunatly and contrary to popular belief, Not all life is meant to be.\n\nKnowing what I know now, I would rather be humanly killed than left in an orphanage to rot, or being pulled between different gaurdians.  \n\nWe need to promote birth control and the morning after pill so that a fertilized egg does not have time to develop into a fetus. \n\nLook at it this way:  Just because you have and mix all the ingredients to make a cake, if you don't bake it, it's still not a cake.
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Baby girl this is a touchy subject really.  But it's true a lot of women use abortion as a form of birth control, they have all kinds of unprotected sex and when they turn up pregnant they just go and have the unborn killed and remove like if it was a tumor or something.  In some cases abortion might be acceptable but not for what these women wanna use it for.
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Abortion is the killing of an unborn child! It's not a lifeless blob. That makes little to no sense at all. If you put a woman and a man together, they're not going to create a blob. They're gonna create a CHILD, which is what a fetus is. If one says ' I cant care for the child.....I have work school etc', adoption is a good answer. For the kids concieved in rape, it's not the childs fault who the father is. I feel for the mother and the baby.... But truly, it's a horrible horrible crime and should be stopped.
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They should not be allowed to have an abortion unless it is to save the life of the mother. I understand accidents happen but practice safe sex and if you still get pregnant give it up for adoption. Killing your own baby in an effort to ease the problems in you life is sick and wrong. It is a sad reflection on our society that we have made this discusting act into a simple procedure like getting a tooth pulled.\nFurthermore why is the biological father not a part of this choice.\nThese pro baby murder wack jobs have just gone to far. Then they have the nerve to call it pro choice! The choice was made when you decided to have sex. Unborn children should recieve the same protection as any other citizen.\nI like your question.\nHowever it damn near has my blood boiling. I have both a daughter and a son. The fact that there are doctors out there that would do this without my consent to my child is discusting. I find it hard to believe the liberals have led this country that I love so much down a path of disolving morals.
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i don't agree. every child should be a wanted child. it should have two parents who can love and provide for it. done early enough, an abortion is the most sensible and ethical thing to do.
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It is a good question that I too have. Some of the answers have clarified the matter somewhat.\n\nI am also pro choice. I believe in choice of action and deed, choice of religion and choice to decide how your body is used.  As a biologist I have no issues with abortions for medical, genetic or psychological reasons. I think that if by the first trimester you have not figured out what you want, then it is too late. Except for medical reasons, this is a touchy area. I disagree with the statement that your destiny is prechoosen. That an aborted baby could have cured HIV. That same baby could have just as easily turned into an oppressive dictator. It is a moot argument as it has no basis in fact. I may cure AIDS next month, but it has little to do with my parents choices years ago.\nI used to have strong feelings that I would not only support a womens right to choose, that I would sleep soundly after the procedure was done on someone I cared for. Unless for genetic or medical reasons, I now feel it is not an appropriate form of birth control except in cases of rape, or medical reasons.\n\nAs for capital punishment. I fear our justice system is not sound. While I think that murder should be dealt with swiftly and with equal justice, I feel that too many innocent people are railroaded by the system. Poor people, minorities, lesser educated are often singled out and targeted and end up convicted. Mistaken identy for a crime is scary as I can attest. If it had been a more serious offense, the unreliability someone typing data into a computer could have ruined my life. That said, for those where guilt can be proven 100% (i.e. you rob a bank in LA on live tv and shoot someone- kinda hard to not be guilty of that) then you should be executed without years on death row.\n\nSo in the end, I guess I belive in moderated killing of fetus' and moderated killing of adults.
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It's not any different as long as your abortion is done by firing live amunition and hurling bombs up your snatchal area.\n\nDummy.\n\n\nSplooch!
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I agree with you that abortions are wrong. I strongly believe that it is cruel and takes away the life of a child. Everyone should have the right to live and I believe it is selfish of someone to take away a child's entire life because they don't want 9 months of suffering. If they can't take care of the child there is always adoption. To those who say that a women should have the right to chose, what about the unborn child, shouldn't he have some rights or at the very least the right to live. Now this is also disapproved by religion as it goes against the 10 commandments as so forth but it is more then that, its a matter of love and selflessness, its morality and common sense. Abortion is murder and murder is wrong.
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As much as i agree with the girl above me i will have to say to her... please, consider that sometimes abortions are things that happen naturally and are not at all murder in that case. Saying that to a person that have gone through this terrible experience is rather cruel.
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Abortion is murder, you are killing a life (the fetus IS alive at the MOMENT of conception). Abortion is the must DISGUSTING thing ever.\n\n1) why should we punish the child, it was NOT the child's fault it was born\n2) With sex comes responsibilities, and if you're going to engage, you BETTER be willing to pay (whether it means adoption, giving up your life for theirs, what ever the consequence is- you better be ready.)\n3) From the moment of conception it has its own DNA coding, therefore it's tech. not the "women's body", the only thing the women is doing is housing and feeding it.\n4) The two participating had the choice whether or not they were ready to deal with the consequences so why give them more choices if they're already making bad ones?\n5) rape, I sympathise greatly, but why punish the child? it's not the child's fault, yes it is a HUGE burden and COSNTANT reminder, but still- from a political perspective it's all or nothing, if it were up to me those who were raped (politically) would have the choice (religion in there there would be no rape or abortion- but that's not life). If I were raped though I would definately keep the child though. But in politics it's all or nothing.\n6) There is ALWAYS adoption- if you're willing to kill a child, why are you worried about its life in an adoption agency???\n7) We are not God, we do not have the right to say who lives and who dies. \n8) From the moment of conception it IS alive.(to be alive it has to fill 4 criterias, (1) metabolism, (2) growth, (3) reaction to stimuli, and (4) reproduction)\n9) It's either pro-life or pro-death, not pro-choice because where is that child's choice? and the oppisite of life is death and that's what they are saying is good- the right to put a child to death- YAY!!! hah not!\n\nI see NO plausible defense for this abomination at all.
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I think it's a very misunderstood issue - the other answers confirm this. You can't simply label it "murder" and feel satisfied with yourself for being morally surperior. It's not that simple. \n\nIf an abortion takes place early on, this "human being" is still only a collection of cells, no bigger than the period at the end of this sentence.\n\nI refuse to decide whether it is right or wrong, however, because, I will admit, I am no expert on the subject. But neither are most of the people who have answered "Murder!" It is not our place to make that decision, nor is it anyone's place to harass a woman who is trying to decide whether or not to go through with one.
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14 year olds are minors and shouldn't be able to choose to have any major surgery without consent from their parents, including abortions. Abortion is not a harmless removal of tissue from a woman's body. It's the ending of a human life, plain and simple. To allow her to choose to end her baby's life for any selfish reason (and they're all selfish reasons) is very wrong. Abortion also can cause a number of health complications and emotional trauma. Of course so can raising a child, but countless people are waiting for a child to call their own and would be happy to raise hers. She CHOSE to have sex, she needs to deal with the consequences of it. She is not a victim - she made the choice. Many adoptive parents will even pay for the entire pregnancy and birth and will help make her comfortable as possible throughout. Bottom Line: There is NO excuse for murder.
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abortion and adoption... that might work