Why do people think taking a life is okay? people need to face reality and understand that abortion is not the answer. Abortion is taken to lightly becuase everyone trys to make up reasons why it is okay. The fact is murder is not okay you are taking a baby from the world before it even had a chance at life because your not taking responsibility for your actions. Many people try to make excuses and say that they could not afford a baby or it was'nt the right time in their life. If that is the case then you should'nt be taking the risk and having sex. It is so sad that people can get away with these types of things. There is always a better choice than murder.
Many people say that it is not considered murder becuase the baby is not developed or it does'nt even have a heart beat yet. Does that really make it okay? There is a reason for everything and sometimes you have to accept that. God placed that life in you for a reason. He gives you two paths to take RIGHT and WRONG. The right path is to except that life and be thankfull that you have been blessed even if it is the wrong time for you or even if you can't support that child give it up for adoption. The wrong path is ABORTION. God plays a big role in my life and in many others as well. He always gives you choices its what you do with those choices that make you who you are. Your future will suffer if you decide to do what is easiest for you. LIfe is not made to be easy is made to be full of twists and turns to shape you into all you can be.
Having an abortion could effect you later on in life. You might not think so now but you never know what your future emotions might bring. I know of many people who had an abortion when they were sixteen and now they are older and wiser and they are still feeling the effects of it. The emotional stress and disapointment does not just go away just like that. Its not like the kind of stress you feel when you reck a car or steel something from a store. You took someones life and future away from them you commited murder and there are no exceptions for that.
One of the big issues that plays a huge role in wether abortion should be illegal is rape. Many people ask what do I do if I am raped and become pregnant? Yes, it will be hard to deal with and it will be hard to accept the fact that you have to have that child but like I said there is a reason for everything in life. God put you in that situation for a reason and even though you might not realize it something good has come out of it. It was not that childs fault that happened to you. You have to look past that and be thankful because god would not put that hardship in your life if he knew you could not handle it.
This is why I stongly believe aborton is not right and is not moral.
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*Applaud Applaud* But...:
"Many people say that it is not considered murder becuase the baby is not developed or it does'nt even have a heart beat yet. Does that really make it okay?"
You didn't give reasons why it is murder. From this, I get: it's not murder. But it's still not ok. Why?
Another tip: Spell check.
...if your entire argument wasn't based on the belief in God.
I am Atheist, why does it matter to me if God has "put" someone on Earth? I don't believe in Him and therefore your argument is not unbiased. You are trying to persuade people by argumentum ad misericordiam and not by fact. Try again.
I completely agree with you. If someone believes that abortion is wrong based on their personal, subjective morals, I don't need them to tell me that I am wrong because I believe something entirely different.
I do not understand how people believe that life starts at conception. So, when you have two little sex cells next to eachother, its not a person, but the second they touch and form one little cell, it is? Sorry, but every person I've talked to is multicellular. In the early stages of developement, it's not even an organism...
there are organisms comprised of only one cell....i know you learned that in 7th grade science....
also once there is a detected heartbeat the fetus is a person....i think that happens at something like 8-12 weeks
We hold massive celebrations involving copious amounts of alcohol and narcotics in our household when we kill single-celled organisms.
also once there is a detected heartbeat the fetus is a person....i think that happens at something like 8-12 weeks
PLKEASE READ CAREFULLY!!! after 12 weeks when the fetus has a detected heart beat it is murder
Um, are you saying that I'm a murderer for accidentally stepping on ants, or occasionally swatting a mosquito?
A xygote has even less self-awareness and less brain and organs than those creatures.
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a mosquito does not equal a human fetus
thats just how i feel
Are your feelings, however, based on rational logic and scientific fact?
my OPINION is based on the fact that, if any of our mothers thought they didnt WANT us when we were in the womb, then we would NOT be here having this very intelligent conversation, would we?
we must give all HUMAN LIFE, (thats what a fetus/zygote biologically is) a chance.
I'm sorry but a womans body was mainly created to populate this earth, Biologically speaking, so who are we to go against the natural order of things.
However i do realize that there are extenuating circumstances, SOMETIMES. But most of the time it is the case of BOTH THE WOMAN AND MAN, being irresponsible.
I just think that they should deal with the consequences in a way that does not end a life. If someone were to murder a pregnant woman, they would face not ONE BUT TWO counts of murder.
How can we say that if someone else killed your fetus then its murder, but if you killed your fetus then it is just another day at the abortion clinic?
Did you know that a third of pregnancies end in miscarriage? Calling a being with no real brain or even organs, certainly with less self-awareness and intelligence than a mosquito, who is unlikely to even survive a year (in most of the world, on average, including the miscarriage rate) a "potential human" seems ridiculous. And even if it is a "potential human", killing a "potential" is not murder... especially when you consider that most abortions are done by desperate women who would otherwise suffer greatly and even be killed by their communities, NOT by women who had a choice about using birth control and were being irresponsible (see my reply to your other comment). I think that already living, breathing, thinking, loving humans' needs should come before the needs of what MIGHT be a "potential human".
If someone killed my fetus (except with my consent and for my own defense, and if we're talking late-term here) deliberately then it would be murder. If they killed my xygote, embryo, or even early-term fetus for no good reason and/or without my consent, it's not murder, but it's still killing a being... and more importantly, hurting my body. An abortion is not just "another day at the clinic". It's usually NOT at the clinic. It's usually a young and very frightened girl going to a back-alley abortionist or even doing an abortion herself in order to protect her own life, often literally - and very often those abortions end in serious injury to the girl and even in death. Even when an abortion is done in safe conditions in a modern clinic, it's still still quite traumatic for the girl/woman - though, usually not as traumatic as giving the child up for adoption or keeping the child.
I'm sorry but a womans body was mainly created to populate this earth, Biologically speaking, so who are we to go against the natural order of things.
Indeed. Stop using that computer right away, you're going against the natural order of things.
Also about a year and a half ago my girlfriend got pregnant, and her and her mother decided to get an abortion because she was still in college.....against my wishes......i didnt make it into a big argument, but to this day when i see a baby I think of what could have been.....we could have supported the baby......and we were irresponsible that night...I REMEMBER....but she "got rid of it" because she wants to focus on her career.......like two of her friends did the same thing.....one of her friends did it twice.......im still in school also, but i was willing to make sacrifices, and struggle.
I just think abortions like that make it too easy to repeat your behavior
Your girlfriend "got" pregnant? All by herself?
Really, who are you to judge her reasons for it? Who are you to judge her friends - do you know everything about their health and life situation and why they made that decision? It's great that you were willing to make sacrifices, but not everyone is, and the sacrifices are much bigger and more immediate to the pregnant girls.
Abortions are generally quite difficult, expensive, and often dangerous to obtain. It's EXTREMELY rare to women to get abortions casually, and if they do, they're probably mentally fucked-up to keep putting themselves at risk. Usually it's a very difficult decision for the girl/woman and often one that can cause her emotional or physical trauma.