Why would anyone support the practice of abortion?

[zjl56]

Ok I have on this forum that alot of people are pro-choice. I am going to ask them why do they support abortion.
People should not be able to have the freedom to kill. Abortion is legal and it is pure murder. Since the legalization act of it an estimated forty million abortions have occured in the U.S. I want to ask people why do they not object to 40 million dying? A huge of those babies if they were given the chanve to live would be average citizens.

 

[Perfection]

Calling something murder is not the same thing as it being murder. Second what right do you have to tell a women what she can and can't do with her own body? You have none!

 

[zjl56]

Women have a commitment when they concieve a child. They can choose whether to concieve or not.

 

[Global Nexus]

Women have a commitment when they concieve a child. They can choose whether to concieve or not.

What if the woman will die giving birth, or has a high chance of dying giving birth? Or she was raped and concieved the rapist's child?

 

[Perfection]

If it was an accident then it was not a concious commitment now was it? And should keeping commitments be enough to declare it illegal? I think not! There's no contract signed here!

 

[amadeus]

What if the woman will die giving birth, or has a high chance of dying giving birth? Or she was raped and concieved the rapist's child?

Exceptions could be made for those, since they're less than 1% of all abortions performed.

 

[PHSikes]

Calling something murder is not the same thing as it being murder. Second what right do you have to tell a women what she can and can't do with her own body? You have none!

Yes, we do. You can't be a prostitute, can't use illegal drugs, can't walk around naked (in some spots).

 

[Perfection]

You can't be a prostitute

I have no problem with legalizing prostitution

can't use illegal drugs

I have no problems with legalizing drug usage

can't walk around naked (in some spots).

That's a public action not a private one.

 

[Ovulator]

Do you have any qualms with smashing a rat or cockroach in your home?

Most of these fetuses that are aborted line up below those on the "living organism" tree.

 

[PHSikes]

It's amazing how quick some of these threads get started right after another one slows down, ever hear of 'beating a dead horse'?

I don't know when 'life' begins, but I don't want to be the one to say, 'sorry kid, you could have had a great life but your dad ran off and your 'almost' mom can't afford you, have a nice trip to the dumpster.'

 

[JollyRoger]

I would have been in favor of George and Barbara Bush aborting on an occassion or two.

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[Perfection]

I don't know when 'life' begins, but I don't want to be the one to say, 'sorry kid, you could have had a great life but your dad ran off and your 'almost' mom can't afford you, have a nice trip to the dumpster.'

Let's not pretend little blobs of cells have feelings.

 

[PHSikes]

When does the 'blob' come alive? at birth? What about premature birth? Who can say 'Here life begins?'

 

[Perfection]

When does the 'blob' come alive? at birth? What about premature birth? Who can say 'Here life begins?'

It's always been living in a biological sense. I think the key is living biologically independantly. Birth is when that occurs.

 

[PHSikes]

What about in the other direction...say if someone were on life support? They are not living 'independently'?

 

[zjl56]

I have a right to say a women can't kill. Most abortions are done for convienence. Life overrules convienence.

 

[Perfection]

What about in the other direction...say if someone were on life support? They are not living 'independently'?

They're not siphoning off nutrients from a living human.

 

[Duddha]

I don't believe a fetus is a human being, thus it can't be murdered.

 

[Perfection]

I have a right to say a women can't kill. Most abortions are done for convienence. Life overrules convienence.

Do you kill ants?

 

[PHSikes]

They're not siphoning off nutrients from a living human.

What? They are just living with no food/oxygen/water/electricity? It's got to be coming from somewhere.