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If you ask me I think it should be banned unless its its a really good reason. Just think if YOU never got the chance to live because you were aborted, every life form should have a far chance of survival.
My views on abortion are that it should only be allowed if:
- The pregnancy threatens the life of the mother.
- The baby shows signs that it will be permanently and severely handicapped in such a way that it would affect its quality of life.
- The mother was raped and is not in a position of responsibility to have the baby either to raise themselves or give up for adoption.
I think the way abortion is used today (especially in western society) is seen by many as a form of contraception and that it doesn't matter that they forgot to use a condom because she can get an abortion for free in 4 weeks. This, in my view, is where things need to change.
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I'm pro choice, but I do not in any way condone the use of abortion as a contraceptive.
I find it ironic that the fate of a fetus is everyone's business in the name of human rights, but as soon as it's born, it is solely the mother's concern - there's a feeling of, "well it's here now, job done" and there's often no particular forethought into that child's quality of life.
A blanket ban on abortion would be ridiculous - can you imagine the extreme lengths women would go to in order to abort a fetus themselves? Admittedly it would perhaps serve as a deterrent, but it would ultimately take away a human being's entitlement to self-preservation.
A fetus is one life, but in forcing a woman to have a child that she doesn't want, aren't you placing a higher value on the unborn, potential life?
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If not, do it. I'm beginning to get the impression that 50% of TF is populated by literate parrots/sentient mirrors.
We live in modern times, a book written 2000 years ago can't tell us everything. Pro-choice is intelligent, if the baby does have a defect, the parent might not want it because it might be subject to ridicule. And if you think abortion is murder, then I feel sorry for you, for it to be a murder in my eyes, it needs to have left the womb.
Also, banning abortions would lead to backstreet abortions, which are dangerous and filfthy.
I'm pro choice, but I do not in any way condone the use of abortion as a contraceptive.
I find it ironic that the fate of a fetus is everyone's business in the name of human rights, but as soon as it's born, it is solely the mother's concern - there's a feeling of, "well it's here now, job done" and there's often no particular forethought into that child's quality of life.
That's where being against child abuse/domestic abuse comes into play, which I'm also severely against. I know how child abuse feels, and to think that other children, right this second, are going through that; it breaks my heart.
We live in modern times, a book written 2000 years ago can't tell us everything.
So a calendar dictates morality now?
With Your Sliced Throat, Call Me Your Queen
Both the Dream-like Aching of My Wounds and the Severe Dripping of My Blood How Much More Time Until the Thoughtless Little Boys Become Men? The Eyes of Lust and Sadism Look Sadly at the Valley of Ecstasy, The Reflection of Happiness
An Explosion from the Core of My Body! It's at the Summit; There is no Escape! How Much More Time Until the Stupid Little Girls Become Women? With Your Cute Voice; Cry Out to Me, Your Elder Sister [erepublik.com]
No, you misunderstand. I mean that a book written 2000 years ago cannot dictate modern problems like abortions.
I am pretty sure that even 2000 years ago they delt with many modern day problem. They just did not have the technology to go about them as we do today.
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Re: Abortion: Murder?
