Abortion: Your Views...

[Reverend Red Mage]

I agree. Normally, this isn't a topic I like to even touch with a 10-foot pole.
My stance on it is simple... it should always be a last resort, and should not be outlawed. I know there are a lot of arguments about that, but I think that it shouldn't be reduced to 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice'. Everyone is both pro-life and pro-choice... you're either for or against abortion.

The nature of this debate seems to be where to draw the line between fetus and human being. Personally, I don't think a fetus is a human; if it were, why do we not count it in the census, and why is it that a woman will say, instead of "I have three children", "I have two and one on the way"?
(homage to George Carlin, there...)

[RagnaToad]

I'm okay with Abortion. As long as it is under certain circumstances, those being such as:

Rape victims.
The birth will kill the mother.
The child will be born with deformities.
The child will be born with life-threatening diseases.
The child cannot be supported by the parents (such as poverty).

If you get an Abortion for the pregnancy being an accident, then I condone it. Be more careful, rather than wasting a future life. I understand even with condoms, the pill, etc, there CAN still be accidents, but those are rare circumstances and can't be helped. But a lot of people think they can go around having unprotected sex then just abort the baby like nothing ever happened.

You're giving these circumstances, but then you say it's alright when it's an accident. That pretty much means it's allowed in any situation, according to you. And did you forget about adoption?

The nature of this debate seems to be where to draw the line between fetus and human being. Personally, I don't think a fetus is a human; if it were, why do we not count it in the census, and why is it that a woman will say, instead of "I have three children", "I have two and one on the way"?
(homage to George Carlin, there...)

1. counting unborn babies in the census is just ridiculous, and I assume you're kidding around about that.
2. People don't call unborn babies born babies, because they are unborn. That has nothing to do with them being humans or not. In your logic, a baby is a human being the day it is born, but the day before, it is not?