Abortion rights

A women has the right to do whatever she feels right and necessary with HER body. It's wrong for others to shame women who have abortions. If you bring in morals or religion or of sorts, that's kind of useless, because not everyone thinks the same as you. But all in all, it's a women's right and if you don't want your rights taken away, don't take away other people's.

Personally, I think it should only be allowed under two circumstances. Either if the person who is planning said abortion was raped, or if it is a medical emergency which someone has said above. If a women was raped and became pregnant from the rape, I myself could not bare to have a child which would be a daily reminder of that horrible expierence. Not to mention mothers are supposed to give unconditional love, but if your child was conceived from something you did not want to take part of, you may have less emotion and care for it than usual. It would be better if the child was just aborted, that sounded cruel, because in the end if the said child was not aborted it would probobably grow up in a bad atmosphere and go through some rough times with the mother. Plus, the mother could be having financial issues so how would she support a baby without the father? Some time when the baby grows up it would be asking questions about where its father is, and then find out why the father is missing. That will just result into a huge mess. Medical emergencies are not always accepeted in the case of abortion because some people say that no matter what crisis it is, you should keep you child. I for one beg to differ because the medical emergency could be severe and result in your death, or deformities. Either or, the child is going to have a rough childhood, so why not bare the burden on the child? I know that sounds really cruel, but it just makes sense in my mind. Any other reasons for abortion are stupid, if you got pregnant from a one night stand or it was just a mistake then that is your problem. Sure, the condom might break but you shouldn't be having sex to begin with knowning the possible results from it. You have to own up to your mistakes, at the end of the day we humans know what we are doing wrong and we never usually take a step back and look at the consequences from said action.

Okay, I am done ranting on. Sorry.

I believe a human being has the right to do whatever they are to with their body. But when it comes to religion, I'm very iffy. If someone was raped, I understand how traumatic the event would be and one never asked for this, so I say it's okay in this situation. But when it comes to knowing what you're doing, and it was someones choice to be unprotected and have your partner leave you, I say keep the baby. It was your choice in the first place while there's always adoption if someone in school can't take care of a child. It's sad, but it's all about choices and actions people make. But this is only my view, sorry if this offends anyone.

Its up to whoever is pregnant. Noone elses choice.

I was completely anti-abortion until I saw this video:  http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/melinda_gates_let_s_put_birth_control_back_on_the_agenda.html  It's mainly about providing birth control to women in undeveloped countries, but it really made me think about what a trap it can be to wind up stuck with a baby you didn't even want.  These women in particular, get trapped in a marriage they might not want, and end up with another mouth to feed when they're already struggling to provide for themselves.

Also, there was a movie I saw a long time ago that disturbed me.  I don't remember the name of it, but I think it starred Goldie Hawn as a sewage manager or something, and she was trying to file for sexual harassment, but basically the opposing lawyer was trying to argue that she was a sl*t because she had a baby as a teenager, but then it turns out she had been raped and impregnated by her teacher.  I remember the character describing what it felt like, to not be able to forget what happened because part of her abuser was growing inside her every day.  Rape is so traumatic, I really couldn't blame anyone for aborting a pregnancy that resulted from rape.  I always felt conflicted on that issue, since my church would say not to punish the baby for the father's crime...  But I no longer see that as a compassionate argument.

I am still pro-life.  But I'm not anti-choice.  For most girls, I think adoption is completely viable if they don't want the baby.  But for some girls, the very pregnancy is more of the threat than the actual baby; they could get kicked out of their house and left by baby-daddy with no one to help them, having to struggle to find a way to support themselves.  A lot of pregnant teens end up dropping out of school, which could ruin their chances of a better future.  It's understandable that these girls would feel scared and opt for an abortion.  Also, a horrible truth is that abortions are cheaper than the hospital bill for delivering a baby.  But if the girl has a supportive family that will help them through the pregnancy and stay in school, or take online classes, then I would much rather see them go through with adoption.

I know there's a much longer list than this of reasons women opt for abortion, but these are the ones that helped change my perspective.  I don't know if fetuses have a soul.  I think that's a pointless discussion.  Whether they do or don't, once delivered, they are a full human ready to live a full life.  It's the mother's choice whether to deliver the baby so it can have a life, or if she's risking to much of what she values in her own life by going through with the pregnancy.  Everyone deserves to be happy, even the girls that people condemn so much for having an unplanned pregnancy.  Pregnancy should not be a punishment for the mother.  I support educating women about their choices, so that abortion is not chosen as the "easy" path; there can be physical and emotional consequences of abortion, too.  If a woman chooses abortion even after thinking long and hard and weighing all the options, then I can respect that decision.

I think that in extreme cases, such as a medical emergency or rape, abortion should definitely be legal. Other than than, it should be legal only if it is performed before the baby actually develops and is considered to be a life.

Women should be treated as equally as men, and that's that. There is nothing more too it. The fact that, in the origin, women were degraded in comparison to men and that men were ultimately conisidered superior is biased and degenerative. I think that, whatever it is for men, it should be for women. 

i'm strongly against abortion. if the female wasn't safe then they should deal with it. the unborn is innocent. if the female wont be able to take care of it than it should put it up for adoption instead of aborting. just my opinion.

It's not that easy, there are many children in adoption and foster centers who feel horrible knowing their own parents don't want them. Many go to drugs and other bad things as a form of relief, so why advocate for a mother to just give away her child so easily? It would be better to just not have it at all. Plus, what is the circumstances change and the baby or the mother could get really sick, shouldn't abortion be allowed then? There are cases where the mother can die because of it too. All I' saying is I think each case does or does not justify abortion.

It's not that easy, there are many children in adoption and foster centers who feel horrible knowing their own parents don't want them. Many go to drugs and other bad things as a form of relief, so why advocate for a mother to just give away her child so easily? It would be better to just not have it at all. Plus, what is the circumstances change and the baby or the mother could get really sick, shouldn't abortion be allowed then? There are cases where the mother can die because of it too. All I' saying is I think each case does or does not justify abortion.