Have you ever walked down the street and you see a mother pushing a stroller? You start to walk a little faster just so you can get a glimpse of the beautiful little baby. Then you finally reach the stroller and you look inside and inside the stroller is this beautiful, innocent baby that doesn't have to worry, because it knows that it'll be taken care of.
When a girl finds out she is pregnant she is either scared to death, excited, or she has no idea what to feel. It's completely normal for a girl to feel this way. Having a baby is a huge and scary responsibility, but what most girls don't realize is that there's more options then abortion. Most girls who get pregnant and aren't ready to have a baby don't think that they would be able to give it up, but they know that there are places where you can get help. Tonight I'll gather some information so you'll be able to help someone who you know is pregnant or help yourself. So please help me save these beautiful babies and it'll be a start to a better future
It's a choice. Your opinion is healthy to this society, but it won't change a thing. If a girl gets knocked up and doesn't want what will form a human being, she can get rid of it. You're right, there are options, and abortion is still one of them.
CandyCANE; senioR '07
it doesn't matter how many weeks or months you are pregnant, it is a baby that can heaer feel kick and move around. if you have an abortion you're committing murder. I'll be posting more topics like this so please watch out for them and contact me with questions.
A fetus, embryo or baby (the term you use really doesn't change the relevant facts of how a pre-born develops) cannot do any of the things you suggest (the most important being to "feel") until it develops sufficiently to be capable of these actions and experiences. The simple fact is that a pre-born is not aware of its own existence in any way until the fetal brain develops enough to allow for this awareness and while there is some legitimate debate about when that happens (exactly) there really is no question that this point of awareness comes at some point that is at least several weeks (at the earliest extremes of speculation) after conception.
As for the "murder" comment, your claim is definitionally incorrect. By definition, a "murder" (in the appropriate legal context which constitutes the debate on the legality of abortion) is "the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law." Since these abortions are not illegal, then they are not "murders." You can legitimately claim that you think they should be recategorized as such, but that isn't the same thing.
The bottom line is that emotional appeals do not have any relevance to this issue, and really don't benefit your cause. As the Court stated in Roe...
"We forthwith acknowledge our awareness of the sensitive and emotional nature of the abortion controversy, of the vigorous opposing views, even among physicians, and of the deep and seemingly absolute convictions that the subject inspires. One's philosophy, one's experiences, one's exposure to the raw edges of human existence, one's religious training, one's attitudes toward life and family and their values, and the moral standards one establishes and seeks to observe, are all likely to influence and to color one's thinking and conclusions about abortion...Our task, of course, is to resolve the issue by constitutional measurement, free of emotion and of predilection."
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=410&invol=...
If you want to really influence our country's legal position regarding abortion, you are going to have to support your opinion dispassionately. You are going to have to prove in an objective, scientific sense that the pre-borns that you wish to "protect" are meaningfully similar to a human person in the full possession of his or her rights. And, because of the Constitutonal prohibition against religious establishments, you're going to have to make that argument without appealing to religiously defined morals or doctrines.
I happen to find the practice of abortion to be quite distasteful, and more often than not the women who are having these abortions are expressing an utter lack of responsibility for their actions (often enabled by the lack of responsibility shown by the men who contributed their part to the pregnancy). But however distasteful that may be to me, people do have the right to make irresponsible decisions, and in the absense of any objective, non-sectarian argument that can consistently define a pre-born as a full human person, I cannot justify passing a law that would make the practice illegal.
The simple fact is that a pregant woman definitely has rights, but the "rights" of the pre-born within her are less clear. In the absense of any compelling, objective evidence to the contrary, the ultimate choice must lie with the individual woman to make her own medical decision. In my opinion, the best way to effectively lower the number of abortions that happen in this country is to seek out the women who are having these proceedures, and offer them the help they need in order to feel empowered enough to make a different choice.
percivale
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While I've never been an abortion supporter, I still believe that it is the woman's right to choose.
And I agree that there are other options out there - but how many of those options are going to give the child a good life? Will growing up in an orphanage be a good choice for the baby's welfare? Will the possibilty of an abusive adopter be a good thing for the baby?
These are all possibilities, and the woman has the right to choose whether or not to carry a baby to term. I hope that all of the possibilities are considered before making that difficult decision, and hopefully those children who do become wards of the state end up in good homes.
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A woman should always have the choice of what to do with her body, and carrying a child effects her body. Can you imagine what would happen if abortions were made illegal again? So many women and girls would still be aborting babies, but it would be done in unsafe and possible dangerous situations.
I don't know what I would do if I found out I was pregnant, but I'm thankful that I live in a world where I have choices and options.
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Have you ever read the book Freakonomics? It explains how legalizing abortion in the 1980’s has lead to a decrease in the amount of crime in today’s society. Many women that get pregnant cannot afford any means of birth control. These women are typically poor and un-educated. Studies have shown that children raised in low income families with poorly educated parents tend to find a career on the streets. Taking away a women’s right to abortion is taking away her freedom of decision. It hurts our society more than it helps it!
i think it's not right because it's killing a human. and i've heard that most of the women who have abortion have problems getting past what they did. i think they should only allow abortions to women who are raped, but otherwise, if you make a decision you should deal with the consequences. yes it's a woman's right, but on the other hand it seems immoral. (killing a baby because you made a stupid decision and don't want to deal with it)
What about women who would die without the abortion? Did they make the decision to lose their life by having sex?
~C
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The numbers of women who require an abortion in order to avoid death is so small that I'd even suggest a compromise.
make abortion illegal except in that specific case, as agreed to (the death of the mother without the abortion) by two seperate doctors, at least one a specialist.
The truth is, such an event is used as support for keeping abortion legal, but is so rarely used as to be almost nonexistant.
the millions of abortions, based on an argument that has protected such a miniscule amount, done by mothers-to-be that were in no danger of death by the nature of being pregnant or giving birth.
Such arguments are meant to tug at our heartstrings to make us feel guilty for suggesting that the right to life for the child ought to be protected, and outweighs the desire of the mother to (in a supermajority of cases) not be pregnant.
It's an exception to the rule, yes. I have never represented it as anything but. However, it is a valid claim. I also tend to take a rather... expansive view of what constitutes danger to the mother. For example, a situation in which the mother would become extremely depressed during the pregnancy, or may be unable to mentally tolerate the pregnancy. Such case is rather subjective, and with the possible exception of a psychiatrist, most would depend on the mother's assessment of her own capabilities. Of course, this would all be dependent on what the mother feels, of whether she wants to go through with the pregnancy or not.
I'm curious, though. What would you require the specialist to be? A family care physician obviously wouldn't be good enough, since they don't have a specialty. So would a general OB-GYN be ok, or how about two ER docs? Or do you have to have an OB-GYN that specializes in risky pregnancies come in and make an assessment?
~C
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because you're pregnant, that's a reasonable excuse to have abortion, other wise, not just because you don't want to deal with it...
It is each womans choice and the government has no right to decide for women. You also have no right to judge. I had sex and the condom broke. Within two hours I had the morning after pill. When I was late for my period I instantly assessed what would be best for me and my boyfriend. We talked about it and decided that an abortion would be the best choice for us. We were sad but knew that I couldn't handle having a baby during college or giving it up. Luckily my period was just late, but what if I was pregnant? I deserve my choice.
"I am a Stephens Woman."
then you might as well go to jail for commiting a murder!
what about the small life who never got a choice i thought everyone should be free
to decide what they want so you really think that baby chooses to die??
You're actually not free until your 18th birthday. Do you eat meat? What about the life that never got a choice to roam free, graze, and raise her young? Is it okay to take this life as well?
I love abortion. Read more here:
http://progressiveu.org/044921-i-love-abortion-even-if-it-murder
I am pro-choice; however I would never be able to have an abortion myself. However, I do believe that there are circumstances where abortion should be allowed. What happens if a woman is raped and becomes pregnant? Do you really want her to carry the child for nine months, constantly being reminded of what happened to her? Should she keep the child and every time she looks at him/her she is reminded of that horrible moment in her life? Should she give it up for adoption and then know that she has a child out there? It is a part of her, and she will never see it grow up? After caring it for nine months, there must be some kind of bond that develops between mother and child. I also think that abortion should be used in cases of incest; I believe that speaks for itself.
People should have the right to chose, we do not live in a dictatorship, I do not want to be told what I can and cannot do to MYSELF. However, I do believe in restrictions; abortion needs to be legal but with a strict, set time limit, honestly I would say before the first trimester is over.
That’s just my opinion, O hope I'm no the only one who feels that way
-Kayla
yep.
i am so against abortion why would people kill a baby who never got a choice to live .
all of you got a choice how can people think its the best even if someone was raped
is it the babies falt?? no i dont think so even if the mother remembers that awful memory theres still somthing good that came out of that ..if that is not something good well im sorry i just cant even imagine the thought of a baby dieing before it can even live..
so if it hasn't lived how can it die?
i have a suggestion for you: go match up every sperm and egg you can find and then maybe you can feel satisfied with yourself. let our planet swarm with millions of beautiful babies. then just give them the death penalty later on in life when they commit crimes because they had irresponsible parents. yeah, thats the better way to go.
Please, please, please go back to third grade and review the unit on spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
I never had a choice to live. Nobody ever asked me whether I wanted to be born or not. I'm sure that if I weren't born, I would not be sitting around wondering why I hadn't been born.
I love abortion. Read more here:
http://progressiveu.org/044921-i-love-abortion-even-if-it-murder
babies are not cute! ewwww.
that was a little sarcastic (though I really don't find them beautiful).
and I'm sure there are knocked up women out there who feel the same. Now, how do you think they would treat a baby had they been forced to have it?
In the book freakonomics the authors proved that after abortion was legalized the number of violent crimes greatly decreased in the united states. There's your truth.
Each woman has a choice of whether or not she wants to keep a baby. Its her body its her choice. It doesn't matter if she was raped or not. Indeed if a woman gets abortion after abortion she should be stopped, but there are times when things happen. There are times when a woman is not in the place to have a baby and it shouldn't matter, I know a lady who had an abortion and gave one up for adoption and she told me that it was way harder to give the baby up. Im glad to say that she is a very successful woman, who not only is a foster parent, but also recently adopeted a beautiful baby girl into her family.
If it were men who were having abortions, it would be easy for them to recive. Please protect womans rights.