Your personal opinion of abortion

[JohnRM]

Illegal and would not have one...

 

[blindside]

Voted the third option to spice things up.

I'm not too sure where I stand. For the most part I've been pro choice but I waver, partly because I would never allow it on a girl I impregenated.

 

[Keirador]

Interesting. So far, about four out five CFCers find abortion morally disagreeable.

 

[Fischfang]

Voted the third option to spice things up.

I'm not too sure where I stand. For the most part I've been pro choice but I waver, partly because I would never allow it on a girl I impregenated.

Well, who said she doesn't need your permission, you couldn't do much against it if she wanted to abort the fetus.
She doesn't even have to tell you that she's preganant

 

[blackheart]

I can't vote because I'm a guy and can't have an abortion . But either way, I wouldn't know until I cross that bridge.

 

[Atlas14]

Personally, I still don't feel strongly for or against abortion yet. Truthfully, I think abortions could potentially be a humane way of keeping our country's population in check. Seeing a lot of the people who have children now days and hardly do the minimum to actually raise them properly tilts me closer to supporting abortion because a child should not be brought into this world (in my opinion) if the parents are not willing to take the necessary steps to raise their child to be a good citizen. If the parents are immoral enough to resort to an abortion, then they should hardly be considered worthy enough to raise a child. I would never want my wife/girlfriend to have an abortion, Id find a way to make ends meet and support the child anyway possible. That is just me though. There are millions less responsible than me out there.

I have a question: Does anyone know whether it costs more to keep an abortion clininc running or for normal people to pay taxes to support millions of tennager's children because they weren't smart enough to use a condom?

 

[Keirador]

I can't vote because I'm a guy and can't have an abortion . But either way, I wouldn't know until I cross that bridge.

Read the actual poll question.
Sheesh.

 

[Keirador]

I have a question: Does anyone know whether it costs more to keep an abortion clininc running or for normal people to pay taxes to support millions of tennager's children because they weren't smart enough to use a condom?

If these teenagers wanted to keep their baby, they wouldn't abort them. If abortion were not an option, they would likely give them up for adoption. There's quite a demand for babies.
We do need to stop giving out more welfare money for having more kids, though. That's an invitation to disaster.

 

[Renata]

The opinion of the first two posts in the thread appears not to be borne out.

I would have an abortion myself if I were raped* and became pregnant, or for certain health-related reasons. No other reason applies anymore -- I'm not sure what I'd have done at some times in the past if contraceptives had failed. Happily, they never did.

*I did once take the morning-after pill, for this reason, for those who believe that counts as abortion.

 

[slip79]

I think abortion needs to be legal. I'm glad that it is here. Women deserve a choice.
There are problems when it is legal as well as when it isn't.
Personally I used to feel that I would have an abortion, but now days i'm not so sure. Not on any religious grounds or anything like that, just probably because I'm getting older and want children more.

 

[Turner]

Like Hitro, I don't feel the need to impose my morals on another person.

I have a question: Does anyone know whether it costs more to keep an abortion clininc running or for normal people to pay taxes to support millions of tennager's children because they weren't smart enough to use a condom?

Not only that, but extra medical expenses for those who get 'coat-hanger' abortions.... Keep them legal, and safer that way. Because the truth is, if a woman wants an abortion, she's going to get one regardless if it's legal or not.

 

[Renata]

My question is, if the majority of Americans think abortion is wrong, why do they consider it different than murder, or rape, or any number of things that are considered immoral and made illegal by the majority?

This is a naive question, and needs rewording at the very least. Morally wrong /= illegal, and shouldn't be, IMO. Of course, maybe you actually believe that people should be thrown in jail for cheating on their homework, or that failing to register your car is evil.

 

[Elrohir]

I think abortion is murder and should be illegal. And, as I am a guy, I can't get pregnant so whether I would have one or not is kinda a moot point.

 

[Birdjaguar]

If these teenagers wanted to keep their baby, they wouldn't abort them. If abortion were not an option, they would likely give them up for adoption. There's quite a demand for babies.

The demand for abortions far outstrips the demand for babies. I support abortions and would support my wife or daughter if they made such a choice. My support of abortions is a practical one. People will always want the option, so we should provide a safe alternative. I would prefer a cheap, safe morning after pill. I would prefer that people were never faced with the very difficult choice of aborting a thingamabob. I would prefer that people were smarter than they are. But they aren't. Life is hard enough as it is; kindness is better than condemnation.

If the pro life crowd was seriously interested saving the lives of the unborn, they would be out there standing in line to adopt every one. There would be web sites listing people who will adopt any and all children. Instead of standing in front of clinics with shameful signs about murder, they would standing there with signs saying "I will adopt your baby". To do less is merely cruel.

 

[Gr3yL3gion]

Abortion should be legal.

If I were pregnant, and in a dirt poor condition that I couldn't afford the child's education and others, I would choose the abortion. Why would I want to bring another life to this world just to suffer? The same also applies when I find that the fetus has some disease, disable or whatever.

Call it murder if you want to, I would rather a child die at a young age than to suffer for his whole life.

 

[I am the Future]

I just think u should look at it from the level of:
I am a teenager.
Me or my Partner is Pregnant.
Staying pregnant could ruin both our lives,
What do we do?
Make it so taht a child never comes into the world,
Or Give our Child up for adoption,
Finally abort the child and continue with our lives as normal.

I know it isnt good to get rid of the child, but i would rather live with the guilt of the abortion then the thought of my son/daughter somewhere out there.

Also how many pro Life people were pregnant when they were fifteen and liveing in a poor urban area?




Not Many

 

[Elrohir]

Like Hitro, I don't feel the need to impose my morals on another person.

Then join us in stopping women from imposing their morals of death upon those who have not yet lived. Don't you see that they are imposing their views on their children just as much as we are trying to impose ours on theirs? Isn't it better to err on the side of life and caution rather than death?

 

[Atlas14]

If I were pregnant, and in a dirt poor condition that I couldn't afford the child's education and others, I would choose the abortion. Why would I want to bring another life to this world just to suffer? The same also applies when I find that the fetus has some disease, disable or whatever.

Call it murder if you want to, I would rather a child die at a young age than to suffer for his whole life.

If I was a girl and in that situation, I would have simply used a condom. Pay 50 cents or whatever and you are good to go. No need for a controversial abortion or bringing child into the world if you are completely unprepared to support it. I bet everyone can afford a condom though.

 

[Turner]

Then join us in stopping women from imposing their morals of death upon those who have not yet lived. Don't you see that they are imposing their views on their children just as much as we are trying to impose ours on theirs? Isn't it better to err on the side of life and caution rather than death?

I just don't work that way. I'm not going to tell someone what to do with thier body. If they want to screw it up, more power to them.

Same goes for drugs, alcohol, tobacco...you name it. If they want to screw it up, let them.

I certainly don't want someone coming into my life and telling me what to do. Why should I do that to someone else?

 

[Cuivienen]

I think that it should be legal but I wouldn;t have on unless the circumstances were extreme - you can imagine, I think. Obviously with any unprotected sex there would be a risk of getting pregnant, so I know that, if I really don't want to be pregnant (which I don't, not until I'm married), I just don't have unprotected sex. That simple.

Once I'm 25-30 and married, pregnancy is a different issue entirely, and desirable, IMO.