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if my daughter came to me as a child still and told me that she was pregnant and wanted a abortion i would beg her to not. i would beg her to let my wife and i have the baby. but the choice should be with the parents of the unborn baby. legal or not god will deal with that, and no i am not saying people who have abortions are going to hell, im am saying that god is the only one who should answer this question. I am NOT prochoise if the baby is healthy but but every thing is what it it is for a reason.
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for a very long time, abortion has been legal in sweden. are we now a nation in ruins? no. are swedes using abortion as a contraception? no. do we have as many unwanted children as the US? no.
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for a very long time, abortion has been legal in sweden. are we now a nation in ruins? no. are swedes using abortion as a contraception? no. do we have as many unwanted children as the US? no.
when you let religion dictate what women should and should not do with their own bodies, you are treading in some deep waters. to use "the soul" as an argument against abortion is.. well, it is bloody ignorant. that's a whole other thread.
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I know that the fetus is a "person" with a soul from the moment of conception and I do think that abortion should not be a form of birth control. However, there might be situations in which an abortion might be necessary and the parents should be the ones who make this decision, after deep thought and reflection, with the support and love of their family and friends.
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I agree with you to a point. Before I start, let me just say I am 100% pro-abortion rights - at ANY time in the pregnancy. I think it should be between a woman and her doctor. NO one just walks around... La la la, I'm preggo for 7 months then decides they want to end it. What the circumstances are surrounding that is NO ONEs business but the woman and her doctor.
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I agree with you to a point. Before I start, let me just say I am 100% pro-abortion rights - at ANY time in the pregnancy. I think it should be between a woman and her doctor. NO one just walks around... La la la, I'm preggo for 7 months then decides they want to end it. What the circumstances are surrounding that is NO ONEs business but the woman and her doctor.
As far as being alive, there is absolutely zero argument that can disprove a fetus or even an embryo is not alive. Life truly beings at implantation. Conception means nothing biologically. Implantation is when the embryo begins to grow and cells divide. The real question is no about being alive, it's about rights (or lack thereof.)
My belief is that, even though the embryo/fetus is indeed a unique individual life there are most definitely circumstances where ending a life is justified.
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no I dont think they should be illegal, just because a life ends, that does not mean existence ends.
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I do not believe that they should be made illegal by any means, i am totally 100% pro choice. No one, or law should dictate what I can do with my body. I could never get one, unless the situation was dire, but women should have the right to choose.
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I hate the thought of abortion, and I do think of a fetus as being alive at the moment of conception; however I do not think that they should be illegal. There are just too many variables in pregnancy and I do not feel that I should dictate to another woman what she should do.
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I hate the thought of abortion, and I do think of a fetus as being alive at the moment of conception; however I do not think that they should be illegal. There are just too many variables in pregnancy and I do not feel that I should dictate to another woman what she should do.
I didn't plan my second child, and she was the better than I could have ever imagined.
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Making abortions illegal is not the answer. There are always circumstances that call for such dire measures.
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Making abortions illegal is not the answer. There are always circumstances that call for such dire measures.
Part of the answer I think, is taking some responsibility for when we take our peckers and pussies out of our pants. A foetus not truly alive? It certainly is. Perhaps just not self-aware yet -- but it's OK to kill something so long as it doesn't know/understand what's happening??
As for not planning for the child. I think most people know that contraceptives are not 100% reliable. As adults we should accept that every time one has intercourse, a new life could be the result.
So then we cop the attitude of "How DARE that young life come along to ruin my fun?" -- and look for reasons why terminating a life (even if just a pre-human life) is OK.
Recreational abortions, killing for convenience -- and then trying to find reasons why it's OK -- is a scourge on our society. If we can marginalize a young life that is actually a part of us . . . how much easier is it for us to marginalize other people we come into contact with whom we may feel are in no way a part of us?
People get up in arms when a proposed construction requires the displacement of a few sub-human animal species. They would be outraged if people went in there with sharp hooks and slashed them to pieces or poisoned them -- even if the animals didn't know/understand what was going on.
But a pre-human foetus?
Where does the line start?
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As a man I feel unqualified to dictate to women what they ought to do to and with their bodies.
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I'm not sure if they should, being as I stand against all government dictation of one's personal life. But I wouldn't shed a tear if they ever did.
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I'm cool with 'em. I don't think more babies should be brought into this world..especially if it's going to make mother's life a living nightmare. What would you rather have....a happy mother or a depressed mother who's struggling to get by because she's still in high school and you were an accident?
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So, no, they shouldn't because who is any one to say what can and cannot happen within a woman's body. Certainly not men. We have no idea what the physical experience of pregnancy is like. Nor should religious officials because the celibate ones have no idea what it's like to raise a child.
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If they're made illegal, back alley abortion clinics are going to spring up. And there's no guarantee that those clinics will be run by licensed medical professionals. Anyone sleazy enough to make a cheap dollar may very well open their own clinic, and could quite possibly endanger the health of any number of women.
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It's a fine line to walk when you think about it, because sometimes to make a logical argument you need qualifiers -- how far into the pregnancy can she abort? First trimester, second trimester? Should we legalize partial-birth abortions? I don't believe that we should terminate pregnancies past 26 weeks, as the fetus is sustainable outside the womb at that point, and honestly, if a woman can't decide to have an abortion prior to 26 weeks into the gestation (or she hasn't figured out she's missed at least 4 periods and has gained weight despite efforts to keep it off) she probably shouldn't abort anyway.
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