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by Freddy Says remove all moderation points on February 14th, 2008
Help answer this question below.
by angus1 on July 1st, 2009
Pro-abortion = pro-choice, except less politically correct. Like the War Department = the Department of Defense, now with a kindler and gentler name. But, it's still located in the Pentagon and makes bombs.
by The Reverend Soleil on February 14th, 2008
The baby didn't do anything wrong, or have any say in the matter of its conception.
Does it deserve to die?
by Jade on February 14th, 2008
I am against abortion..except in some cases like when the mother's life is at stake...but that is a personal opinion and not one I expect everyone else to share. That being said...too many times abortion is used as a substitute for birth control. Some women have had as many as 5 abortions because they found themselves with an unwanted pregnancy. Rather than act like a responsible person and prevent the pregnancy..it is just too easy to "get rid of it". Pro abortion is not really a good choice of words...pro choice would be much better.
by Doggie S on February 14th, 2008
What are you asking exactly?
1. Is it wrong for me to take a pro-abortion stand?
or
2. Is abortion wrong?
I can answer Number 1. Yes, you are perfectly entitled to your own opinion. There's nothing wrong with that.
Number 2 is another issue.
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on February 14th, 2008
I think each of us has a right to sovereignty over our own bodies. I don't think it is the right of government and its minions to legislate or control my rights to my body..the very arrogance of assuming one knows what is "best" for everyone else is ludicrous and would be laughable if it weren't so insidious and sneaky and vile! :( If it is your body, you control what happens to it. If it is someone else's body, back off! :)
by peterpam on February 14th, 2008
Ask the baby!
by Universe Of Life on July 1st, 2009
If one has a human heart, it is a pure act of selfishness later becoming regret, which one later carries through their own special life forever ... as pain ...
Although I am a male, when I was much younger I once shared 50% of the responsibility for the decision to proceed with an abortion of another beautiful life ...
This decision was reached, because my partner and I were young, and at that time we only considered our own selfish lives and lifestyle needs ...
I was with this girl for many years and later we did have a child ... It wasn't until I had this little girl whom I adore with all my love, that it came to light of what a terrible crime against another I had partly committed ... Its when I watched her growing, laughing, and within her eyes looking back at me with the strongest love of all, that I realised what I had stolen from another by my selfish actions to suit me back then ...
In retrospect, now I realise that I would have managed to raise this child and would have lived a happier life without this guilt and with that child by my side, that little baby would be 20 years of age now and I would have another family member with whom to share my special moments ...
Its easy to stand tall and vote or consider the death of another’s mind body and soul when you yourself have been given the wonder and splender of receiving yours ...
If the clock was wound back and your parents decided to kill you at your life’s begining because they were careless and or selfish as was I ... imagine now > what wonders of love and earth you would have been robbed ...
I believe its mainly those who are pro abortion >>>
Are pro >>> Perhaps they themselves are guilty and have already committed this same crime against another’s life and its soul ... perhaps its that small speck of guilt within or by their past actions that may drive their stance to be pro for fear of depression from complete guilt and or admission to feel shame? ...
Or >>>
Pro abortionists are those who do not already have children to fully understand what a child’s love of their own actually feels like in order to really comprehend and understand the extremity of that decision or action to kill a baby, which later becomes that child, which later becomes the adult, > 'you' < ...
Either way, sooner or later, these negative decisions do catch up with all of us ... We sometimes don't talk or admit it to others of our doing so, but deep within our heart and conscious mind > we are living with them ...
It did me.
I am so sorry now for that bad decision, I will regret it now for the rest of my own special life ... (the other 50% of that wrong decision, she bares the same pain and guilt as I, perhaps more)
By a single aborted baby, we need to think of the numbers which we are really destroying! ... How many generations would that baby grow to later mother or farther itself?
Think of the most important people through history which have brought only great and wonderful things or ideas to humanity, Albert Einstein, Michael Angelo, Madame Curie, Leonardo Da Vinci etc ...
What if one of those babies whom are terminated were to grow and achieve what these people did? ... What could we possibly have misdirected by a single selfish action? ... Perhaps the one person who would or could have grown to make or invent that single move, action or idea, to create a closer or complete world of peace?
Always think hard and long, what you are killing, and who you are killing.
Good luck and Peace.
by Keysha on February 14th, 2008
There are only a couple times when I feel abortion is wrong. The ones that are late-term abortions, when the fetus is fully developed, partially born, then killed, is criminal. And using abortion as birth control is also wrong. Other than that, I have no issue with it.
by EyExCanDii119 on February 14th, 2008
Think how you would feel if someone didn't want you before they even knew you.
by Tinkerbell on February 14th, 2008
I think Pro Choice might be a better phrase.
Unless you actually mean you are in favour of abortions in a general sense i.e. the extermination of the human race by wiping out the next generation completely lol
Which I don't think is a particularly enviable or admirable position ;)
by AntigoneRising on February 29th, 2008
I'm not pro-abortion. I'm not going to go out and try to convince people who want to have a child to have an abortion (like the pro-lifers do to women who want an abortion). I'm pro-choice. I believe that women have a right to decide whether or not to give birth. There isn't anything wrong with that.
by omg its aren on February 22nd, 2008
I never said it was wrong...
by Zebulon on February 22nd, 2008
It would sound much better to say you're pro-choice. Saying you're pro-abortion sounds like you want all babies dead at every opportunity. I know you don't mean that, but when people say they're pro-abortion, it makes pro-choice people look and sound bad.
by jin jang on February 22nd, 2008
Abortion like all things in life is neither wrong or right.There is so many circumstances when it comes to abortion that some times it is necessary and helpful and other times it is not.The problem occurs when the legal choice of abortion comes up,and is debated upon points of view of those that oppose it.When choice is taken away then that is wrong as well.It is a hard enough decision without putting once moral views on the subject.
by snakelover on February 22nd, 2008
My 14 y/o son's GF just had an abortion. I was raised Catholic so I grew up disapproving of abortions. After that ordeal, sometimes it's just better to abort than raise a child that's not wanted or will be neglected. Adoption is always the best option, but it is up to the woman who is pregnant.
by Gingerminx on February 14th, 2008
It isn't wrong. It is your opinion and you are entitled to it, just as those who are against abortion are entitled to their opinion's.
by Freddy Says remove all moderation points on February 14th, 2008
The negatives that are coming are strange. The question allows those who oppose abortion to put their case, thus is helpful. It allows those who are for it to put their case, thus it is helpful.
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I'm always bewildered by negatives for questions that state a position and seek argument.
by Razzle-Fratchit on July 1st, 2009
Well, since by not qualifying that, that statement means you're in favor of aborting pregnancies, i.e., in favor of killing infants in-utero, a procedure usually conducted by one of the following:
(a) burning them to death with acid,
(b) cuisinarting them,
(c) vivisecting them haphazzardly and slowly,
(d) delivering all but the head and then plunging a pair of scissors through the base of their skulls and vacuuming their brains out until the skull collapses.
And you need someone to explain why that's wrong?
by raindancer on March 19th, 2009
I am pro-choice and anti-abortion. I believe abortion should be legal while we do everything we can to make it unnecessary.
You are pro-abortion. I cannot tell you why that is wrong because I do not think it is. It is simply your opinion. We can agree to disagree.
Edited to fix typo.
by NevelC on April 19th, 2008
A cow is more sentient at the slaughter than any embryo or fetus at the time of an abortion.
The cow feels pain, is afraid, and suffers from the cruelty inflicted upon it. An embryo or fetus does not. A cow is born and is raised from infancy specifically so that it can be slaughtered so that you can eschew the soy burger and eat real meat.
I would say an abortion is much more immoral than slaughtering a cow. I would say that intentionally stepping on a bug that is not bothering you is more immoral than an abortion, for that matter.
The bug won't likely harm you and you can live without eating factory farmed meat. A fetus carried to term causes irreversible harm to its host before it is finally expelled. Abortions are necessary to free women from the harm that an unwanted fetus will do to her health, her body, and her future. Pregnancy is not some inconsequential thing. It is too much to force on someone who is unwilling.
And, no, it is ridiculous to argue that a grown woman should remain celibate all her life if she doesn't want to be pregnant. Human beings are driven to have sex. A drive for sex is an inherent part of human nature. A drive to care for children is much rarer. Some women never choose to have them.
An aborted fetus does not miss its life. It is not innocent or guilty (because it is not a thinking being). It is not cheated of anything. Yes, it is definitely alive. And, yes, it is definitely human. But, it is not self-sufficient. It must have a host. It cannot survive without a host. Unfortunately, there is only one candidate for this job of hosting a fetus. And that candidate must have the choice of saying no. Because if she doesn't, then she is a slave.
by Tespot was told she looks like a koala on February 23rd, 2008
I agree, but you wouldn't want to phrase it "pro-abortion". It sends the wrong message. "pro choice" works for me and that's probably what you meant. :)
by AnonymousGirl on February 23rd, 2008
You're entitled to your opinions and I'm entitled to mine. I never said your opinion is wrong. Did I?
by Ash on February 22nd, 2008
nothing.... nothing at all. :)
by hurricane bridgette on February 22nd, 2008
I do not think it is wrong for you be pro-abortion. It is your choice. Is it wrong to BE pro abortion? Well that is a personal issue. Some people feel the need to keep bringing the baby up into it, or ask the baby, or it is inhumane? That falls under the personal choice category. I hoped that I answered the question you asked. If you wanted to know about my personal beliefs then you could ask I guess. Not going to waste your time since you did not ask " I am pro-abortion. Tell me why that is wrong, then tell what you believe". =)
by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on February 22nd, 2008
I'm pro opinion...so I don't think your stance is wrong. I think that abortion is up to the individuals involved.
by rags2riches on February 22nd, 2008
If you think you are mature enough to have sex than god help me you should be able to figure out a method of birth control that works for you. I was pregnant at seventeen and chose to answer the prayer of an awsome couple that adopted our son. I had no support from my parents and was sent away to another city but don't regret my decision at all. About 10 years ago I lost a pregnancy at 18.5 weeks and it was more difficult for me to be allowed to bury my baby than it would have been for me to have an abortion at that stage. In my opinion there should not be any sedation during an abortion. I was awake during my loss and so should they. Think about when you finally meet the man you want to spend the rest of your life with. You don't know that he'll support your decision. What if you've ruined your chances of carrying a pregnancy in the future, what you'll adopt... news flash birth mothers nowadays know everything about a couple before they choose and having been a birth mother I would never choose someone who had an abortion(turned down an awesome couple because he had DUI). Listen to you inner voice because your decision could come back to haunt you!
by LadyLuck on February 14th, 2008
I don't have an issue with it...
by Jez is recovering on February 14th, 2008
That is your opinion - therefore it can't be "wrong"....
by Larry81 on November 15th, 2009
As long as you're offing your kids and not mine, I don't care what you are. Feel free to take all your kids out for all I care.
by anonymous on July 15th, 2009
A picture is worth a thousand words.
by anonymous on July 10th, 2009
Proverbs 31:8, God says “Open your mouth for the speechless, in the cause of all who are appointed to die”; in Exodus 21:22-25 “If men fight and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.” God sees that unborn child’s life and health to be worth equal that of a (born) man - a life for a LIFE. God knows us before we’re born; in Jeremiah 1:5, God says “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.” Abortion is murder. Murder is a sin. Sin is what separates us from God and the penalty for sin is eternity in hell. Everyone sins, everyone....the only way to receive forgiveness for your sins is to believe in Jesus as the Son of God, that His death wipes the slate clean of sin to those who believe in Him, and to confess your sins, repent (turn from them, do them no longer) and seek to be obedient to the Word of God (do what the Bible tells you to do). Here are some Bible verses that show why abortion is the murder of a baby and not just the disposal of 'some genetic tissue' as the devil would deceive you into believing.
by Omar Little on July 2nd, 2009
It's not wrong to have an opinion, but I'd much prefer you to be pro-choice, not when it comes to the choice of killing an unborn child, but when it comes to the choice of properly using contraception, that's a choice too.
by Intuition on July 2nd, 2009
Just one small reason.
by bagicide stayed 10 months too long on July 1st, 2009
Because if your mother hadn't wanted you, you wouldn't be here to proclaim yourself proudly pro-abortion.
by Brandon on July 1st, 2009
You're probably doing the world a big favor by not reproducing.
by Taciturnu on September 26th, 2008
I'll say this- you are entitled to your opinion whatever it may be.
I am not "pro-abortion," although I'm not pro-life. I'm pro-choice, although I could never choose it for myself.
by LadyMadonna on February 29th, 2008
Life begins at conception. It is as simple as that.
A majority, 52%, of abortions occur during the 9th week of pregnancy. By that time the baby has developed the following:
1.the beginnings of the nervous system, skin,hair, breathing, digestive organs, the skeleton, muscles, circulatory system, kidneys, and sex organs.
2.a heartbeat(but it is not alive- right "pro-choicers"?)
3.it is susceptible to drugs, disease, and other factors that interfere with normal growth like a live being.
4.The fetus will start to make its own movements.
How can you kill something so beautifully and complexly made inside of you. The body is an amazing thing thats main goal is survival-abortion is so sad and takes away all of that intricate life being developed.
I find it so sad that people are more willing to stand up for the rights of animals than the rights of humans-babies!
by Johnnyonthespot on February 29th, 2008
Ok... I can tell you why I think it is wrong.
First and foremost I would really like you to define exactly when life starts. When in a pregnancy does that life start? What defines life? Is there a magic moment when the baby becomes a human? and before that what was it?
What happens if I abort my 2 month old new born? why do we use a different word for that?
Abortion is horrible for the woman having the abortion, it can cause infertility (amongst other things).
This is what I say about it, if the woman choose to have sex then she should be responsible the deal with the result of it.
If the woman was forced into intercourse then the baby was not her choice and then she should be able to choose if she wants to keep it or not.
Sometimes this raises the question in my mind; are you really that stupid?
What is sex?
I will break it down for you, sex is designed for reproduction every time you have sex you are attempting to reproduce (MAKE A BABY) even if that is not the point, you just want the physical and emotional feelings attached.
Contraceptives are fairly new in the grand scheme of things... I think they were first invented by the romans.
If you think you are responsible enough to have sex then you should be responsible enough to understand what sex is for, if you don't want a baby don't have sex.
Like it or not life starts when sperm and egg meet and the baby is conceived. It does not matter how many cells you are or what form you are in it simply matters what you will become. Whats the argument about?
Killing is wrong, am I right?
Just because a woman is carrying a baby does not mean that it is only hers. It belongs to the person who provided the genetic material to make that child as well. Think of it like this, that woman is equally a part of the woman as it is of the man because it shares both of there genetic material. The only reason there is even an argument is because the people who want the rights are holding humans hostage in their bodies.
Why cant the man decide that he does not want to have a kid?
If you are pro choice, choose not to have sex until you can handle the possible repercussions of your behavior.
by Jane on February 29th, 2008
LOL PRO abortion or pro choice? because I too am pro Abortion. I think more people ought to be doing it. is that wrong? maybe there would be less people in jail. On the news today 1 out of every 99.6 people are in jail or prison and 1 out of every 9 black males are in jail or prison. maybe mothers shouldn't being having babies if they dont have the means to raise them well.
by royal77 says hello friend on February 29th, 2008
I like women to exercise their rights as they see fit. They should let the parents and the father of the child know, but their rights should be taken into consideration.
by Mrs.Dufresne on February 22nd, 2008
I would not be arrogant and attempt to tell another person why I their personal views [on abortion] are wrong. But I can tell you why abortion would be the wrong choice for me to make for myself. Because the only difference between abortion and murder is time and time is inevitable.
by Olero on February 14th, 2008
Abortion doesn't not make you a mother it makes you the mother of a dead baby just remember that.
by MvL on February 14th, 2008
I'm not supposed to answer this question, because you asked us to tell you you're wrong. But you were wrong to end that sentence with a question mark, when it surely should have ended with a period, since it was a command statement.
But I do think abortion becomes gradually more wrong starting at the moment when the nervous system begins to form. It's hard to tell exactly when consciousness or even the most rudimentary ability to feel pain comes in, but from what I've read, abortions up to 3 months can probably be done with moral impunity, since there is no conscious being to do any harm to at all, not even of fish level consciousness. After that, we start on a slippery slope of wrongness. At 5 months or so, we'll dealing with territory wherein, often, with modern medicine, babies can be born premature and survive. It becomes harder to justify it then.
I personally don't have any serious moral objection to infanticide within the first 2 or 3 months after birth either. But I guess there needs to be a legal line in the sand, and birth is as good as any.
by Titus on July 16th, 2009
Pro-abortion. AKA pro-choice.
by Hillbilly on July 1st, 2009
Baby killer
by Eureka Chaos on December 16th, 2008
its not wrong, but im wondering what you mean by pro-abortion.
Pro-abortion: do you think everyone should get one.
Or
Pro-choice: you support a womans choice to have one if she wants.
by Angry Reptile Keeper on September 26th, 2008
It isn't. Simple as that.
There is absolutely nothing inherently wrong with abortion. It is only wrong if YOU want it to be, and then only in your own mind. One person (or group of people) believing something is "wrong" doesn't make it so.
"Morality" is an opinion. Not a defined set of rules. It means different things to different people. Just as there is no universal definition of right and wrong, there is no universal definition of morality.
by Anonymous on March 17th, 2008
I had an abortion at 11 weeks. I am not pro-abortion, i just didnt have any other options. It was not birth control, i was on the pill at time of conception, and through no fault of my own, i still got pregnant. It hurts when people thrust pictures of aborted 11 week foetus in front of me, or the same verbally. I hope to have children one day, and i will give them love and care, the same i would have done to my aborted one had situations been different.
by Christine on December 27th, 2010
The usual arguments for abortion are easily dismissed:
(1) People claim that fetuses do not feel pain and have no concept of their future. If that justifies abortion, then painlessly killing people in their sleep is also justified. As long as society does not want a person, this argument would allow anyone to be killed in their sleep as long as it is done painlessly. People don't fear death only because it is painful. They fear it because it takes away their potential future life. Taking it away without their knowledge does not make it any less wrong.
(2) Abortions will keep happening anyway, and they will be more dangerous. The same is true of gang killings. If we gave gangs and crime syndicates the right to legally terminate their enemies using doctors, they'd be less likely to hurt themselves in the process. This argument says we should make more murder legal so that it is less dangerous.
(3) The birth control failed. Seventh grade health class! No birth control is 100%. If you enter a lottery where you know one of the possible outcomes is that you will be responsible for the life of a child, then you are responsible, even if the chances were only one in a million. (This applies to both parents, not just the mother.)
(4) Abortion reduces starvation, abuse, and neglect. So does genocide. People seem to forget that women cannot get pregnant without having sex, and that sex is a choice. It is not lack of murder that contributes to child abuse, child neglect, and starvation. It is sex without commitment that creates more children then we can care for comfortably.
(5) If a woman is raped, then she never chose the pregnancy. That's true, but that only highlights the seriousness of rape. The child is not the one at fault and should not have to die for what the father did. The answer to this problem is to stop letting rapists go free. In fact, any father who refuses to help support all the children he helped conceive should not go free either. They can't conceive anymore neglected children in prison, so that is where they belong.
(6) The mother's life is at stake. An operation that saves the life of the mother and as an unintended side effect causes the child to die should be legal. Patients and doctors have to make life and death decisions all the time, and should not be held liable for decisions made in good faith anymore than a homeowner should be held liable for killing an intruder in a true act of self-defense. This however only describes a small minority of cases.
(7) Abortion is all about women's rights. Actually, abortion allows neglectful fathers to go free. Almost every abortion is at least 50% the fault of the father, and unless he married her and contributed his share of time and resources, he's just as much a murderer as the woman getting the abortion and the doctor who helped her. If anything, he is the worst of all. At least the woman who killed her child feels what she did. Neglectful fathers don't feel anything. They are the darkest form of evil.
Women have a moral right to choose whether or not to have sex, when, and with whom. They also have the moral right to the father's share of time and resources in raising her children. The idea that murder is a woman's right is pushed by men and women who want to have sex without accepting its responsibilities. The earth is too crowded to let that continue.
by Gone on November 7th, 2009
Because just using the term you are pro abortion means you agree with killing young children,,,that' enough for me.
Who performs abortions?
by Answerbag Staff on June 16th, 2010
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Pro-Choice people: Should a conjoined twin have the right to separate from their twin even if they know it would kill the twin?
by tibear on December 7th, 2011
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How late can abortion be legally accomplished?
by Answerbag Staff on June 16th, 2010
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How much will an abortion cost if you are on Medicare?
by Answerbag Staff on June 15th, 2010
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To women who've undergone an abortion, how do you get over this depression? Esp. when you feel guilty to even forget about your baby.
by hazeeffect on November 28th, 2011
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