This topic is based upon your personal opinion on whether abortion is wrong or right. I personally believe that it is wrong, and have many reasons for it. You may challenge me if you wish, but please make sense!
All you pro-lifers don't seem to even slightly take the mother into account, you're always only in for the 'oh so poor child that can't even think or feel pain or indignation yet'. The mother's life may well be ruined by a pregnancy and motherhood, the family may well not have enough money to support the child and abortion centers are already pretty full. Did you know that children are one of the biggest cause of poverty? Well, now you know. Also, it's not like a pregnant woman can just abort and that's it. As far as I know, it's still a painful process and may leave psychological traces as well. Please don't put it off as that easy and simple.
I'm not sure if I've posted in this thread before, but if not, I will post here again.
I think it should be legal, my reasons are as follows:
What if the woman that got pregnant was the result of ****? You're just going to make the woman suffer to have a child they didn't want nor expect?
The baby might not live to see much of life, either way. No point in bringing a new life into the world only for it to die about a week or so later.
The mother might die. What if she already has a family? You're going to say that you'd rather have a little brother or sister instead of a mother? A younger sibling can't put you through college, or help out financially in any way.
But to say that abortion should be legal 'just under these circumstances (insert reason(s) here) leaves a lot of grey areas. I think that the abortion should be left up to the mother if she wants the abortion to start with, and the abortionist to decide if it's a valid reason given the specific situation (and knowing how screwy life can be, there could be over 1000 different situations where abortion would be necessary or the smarter thing to do).
I believe that it is a persons choice, because well I just do basically. Now I could be wrong but I believe that the baby is still considered a part of the mother until after birth right? So the mother should be able to just get rid of it. I also believe that people who like to fight over this kind of stuff is just a little pointless. I mean instead of fighting over whether or not a mother can get rid of their child is a bit pointless if you ask me, but then again I could care less who lives and dies in this world.
[quote]Killing anything alive is murder. Even if the mother is *****, it's not the baby's fault. It's also not the baby's fault if the mother decides to take the risk of getting pregnant before marriage. If the mother does not want to deal with raising the baby, she can give birth then put it up for adoption. The baby's heart starts beating usually before the mother even realizes she's pregnant. I am a Christian, but not all of my morals are based off of the Bible, mind you. This debate was not started to enflame Christian points of view. Abortion goes completely against the Bible, though, as an answer to MRWalker, because in plain words the Bible says, "Do not shed innocent blood." A baby is innocent.
Also, the Constitution tells us that all men are created equal. Is a young baby not a person? This relates to racism of black people. Just because they appear and may be seen different than normal people, both babies and blacks are human.
I also have a question for you to think about.
What if YOU were aborted? What if either of your parents were aborted?
You would not exist. One out of every three babies in America are aborted. A third of American lives - a third of taxpayers, if I dare say so - are eliminated from existance in the belief that they are not really people yet. I also dare say that they say the babies are not really people yet because they don't want to feel guilty about erasing human life.
Get off your high horse! I'm not sure of the exact average, but it's WAY less than 33% of all conceived children. If it were true, then there wouldn't be over 500 MILLION people living here. I mean, look at China. They don't abort their children, and the Govt. forces them to kill innocent infants. Stopping something that hasn't begun yet isn't murder. I think that the Jews put it best in saying that a child isn't alive until it has taken its first breath on its own.
