Abortion: Your Views...

[Chez Daja]

I believe that if God didn't want a person to be born, they would never be conceived. Therefore, I don't believe in abortion weather it is because they were raped, irresponsible or some other stuff they try to say. Adoption is the only option if you don't want your child; not abortion. If the mothers body isn't healthy enough, then they need to look at every possible medical way to get the baby delivered and not just jump to abortion like some women do.

That is one of the most narrowminded, nastiest things I've ever read. How can you even take your own opinion seriously? You think that women who are raped should be forced to have the kid? You think women who have a high risk of dying during labour should have to look at all kind of alternatives, even if they still might die?

I'm fine with the fact that you're religious; that doesn't bother me, but to boarderline condone rape is pretty disgusting.

Here's a news flash; accidents happen. Rape is no accident; therefore it shouldn't even be bought into the equation. Abortions are availble to women in most places for a reason; there are a lot of unwanted pregnancies out there.

Moving on...

Do I believe that women should be made to face up to their mistakes? To an extent, yes. But do I believe an unwanted baby should suffer under parents who don't want it? No, I don't. Women shouldn't have to go through having to give their child away just because people think they should go through with the pregnancy.
If women want to go through with the pregnancy and put the baby up for adoption, I think it's a very nice thing to do. But I don't think that women should have babies if they don't want to.

I do agree with some of the things that Sasquatch has said here, but I'm still pro-choice. I'm sympathetic to that possible baby... But I really can't say I'd want to have a baby right now if I made a mistake. You can call that weakminded and nasty, but I know first-hand that accidents happen; even when using sufficiant protection.

[Walter Sobchak]

Rape is no accident; therefore it shouldn't even be bought into the equation.

Rape absolutely should be brought into the equation. If someone thinks abortion is murder, it does not matter how the fetus was conceived, because it is still a life. If anything, SilkAngel's belief system is more sensible than those who want to outlaw abortion except for instances like rape.

Has anyone with such a position taken two seconds to think of the consequences of such a law? Thousands, perhaps millions, of women die in countries without abortions by sticking objects inside of themselves to rid themselves of the baby. How hard is it for someone who is willing to risk death to lie about the cause of the conception? Then a young man rots in jail for it.

I find the ID immeasurably amusing. We have a global economic crisis, conflict with North Korea, elections in Iran, and an energy situation in Eastern Europe, but people want to talk about an issue that has already been resolved. Unfortunately, I am being forced into this category as well. Team A and Team B have their marching orders, and they will be damned if they stop and read the damn thing.

[Sasquatch]

Rape absolutely should be brought into the equation. If someone thinks abortion is murder, it does not matter how the fetus was conceived, because it is still a life.

Indeed.

Thousands, perhaps millions, of women die in countries without abortions by sticking objects inside of themselves to rid themselves of the baby.

Not only is "millions" quite a stretch, the logic of this isn't quite right. I'm sure thousands of people die by misusing a lot of illegal substances, or otherwise breaking laws by doing dangerous things, but that is no reason to legalize them so we can make them "safer".

Though, given, that's not what you're arguing here. I'm just bringing up that point.

I find the ID immeasurably amusing. We have a global economic crisis, conflict with North Korea, elections in Iran, and an energy situation in Eastern Europe, but people want to talk about an issue that has already been resolved.

Why don't you make a topic about the other issues? The abortion issue is far from "resolved", as you can see by reading this topic.

[Clint]

Rape absolutely should be brought into the equation. If someone thinks abortion is murder, it does not matter how the fetus was conceived, because it is still a life.

And where is it anybody's say except for the pregnant woman as to what to do with that pregnancy? It sure as hell matters how she got pregnant. If I was a woman, and somebody raped me, I wouldn't want to carry that monster's baby.

Not only is "millions" quite a stretch, the logic of this isn't quite right. I'm sure thousands of people die by misusing a lot of illegal substances, or otherwise breaking laws by doing dangerous things, but that is no reason to legalize them so we can make them "safer".

That just makes you a hypocrite. You claim to be against abortion because it saves lives, yet even though you know that thousands of adult women die every year attempting to abort unwanted pregnancies themselves, you still don't see their lives valuable enough to even consider the legalization of abortion being ethical. I bet you support the death penalty, too, right?