I never have. I love my two kids Dearly. One was DEFINITELY not planned and the other we were not trying to prevent. Many people would have had one if they were in my situation with my first daughter, but my kids are the light of my life and the thought of destroying that is heartbreaking. I am completely against abortion. It is a touchy subject really. Alot of people disagree with my thinking about it. I believe when a baby is create(at conception) they have a soul, I do not believe that we as humans have any right to take that away. I also disagree with aborting baby animals as well.
I guess you would always feel pretty weird after you did something like that. There would be a lot of could have beens, and should have beens, and what did I do's... Like any decision, if it has already been done... there is no going back, so although I don't much care for the idea, and though I believe a woman should have the right to determine what is done to her body, I think if someone did something like that they should just move on with their life. Also, anyone that made a mistake big enough to make them get an abortion should not have an excuse in the future for getting another one. Because it is definately an evil and stupid way to do birth control. There are other ways to prevent pregnancy, so nobody should just go around getting pregnant because they can always just abort the baby. But as a way to protect a woman's life, or to terminate a child that was known to possess crippling disease, or to off the product of rape, I believe a woman should have recourse to abortion, as a last resort.
" or to off the product of rape" There is always adoption for that. Also, I believe that everything happens for a reason. If a person is raped and gets pregnant why should a child have to pay with its life for that? If that was the case........my daughter wouldn't be here. But she is the pride and joy of my life and the thought that she should be punished for someone elses actions is a stupid thought, In my opinion. Kind of like a dog paying with its life for biting someone after being abused. Not the dogs fault but yet it is the innocent who always pay.
Ooo..touchy subject. I don't agree with abortions...BUT I don't think anyone has the right to tell someone else they can't do it, because it's their body. So I don't think there should be a law against it (it would just start illegal abortions like it did before anyway, it wouldn't really do anything) But there is a fine line. Say my friend came up to me, told me she has an abortion and argued the reasons why. I would be disappointed, but I wouldn't let her know that and I wouldn't treat her any differently. If she got pregnant again and had another abortion however, then it would be harder for me to have an open mind towards her and I wouldn't be able to handle it as well as I would have the first time, if that makes any sense. Like kitty, I am more against abortion as a form of birth control than I am abortion in general.
I personally would never have an abortion, even if I were raped. I would give the child up for adoption because I know there is a couple out there that would love a baby no matter how the circumstances came about that brought that baby into the world.
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People seem to forget that no matter how that baby came to you....you are still its mom. I have the same love for both of my kids. They are not judged by how they got here. They are simply judged by who they are.
I disagree with letting women think that they can do whatever they want because it is their body. Because it ISN'T. It is a live human being. It has a heart and a mind and a soul. I believe that it is very wrong to let women think that it is a "fetus" and not a live baby.
Abortions are allowed up to six months along. Have you ever seen a child who was born 5 months early(4 months pregnant) fight to survive and win? I have. My sister was born and she weighed less then a pound!! She is now 17 and just got her liscense. She is no different then other kids her age. Many babies are murdered at the same age she was fighting for her life. If abortion is to be allowed, I believe that it should not be after 8-10 weeks along(most people do not realize they are pregnant until then) I do not believe it should be allowed at all, but if it has to be, it should be at an age where the baby would not survive otherwise. It kills me to think of babies like my sister age then being killed for STUPID reasons.
Wow.. I think this is a thread that was posted with good intentions, yet will end in hurt feelings here and there. Consider that there are people here who have had children that were unplanned, may be people who have handicapped children, may be people here who have had abortions. (Edited to add that I don't fall into any of these categories , nor am I offended ) I foresee that some of those people and some others could take opinions on this issue very personally.
I listen to a lot of talk radio, and one of my favorite hosts completely refuses to ever talk about what he calls "the A word" because people have firm, passionate, and completely unchangabe opinions on that one, yet are often working with different beliefs to the point that the subject cannot be reasonably debated.
I'm respectfully sitting this one out and watching from the sidelines.
I agree with Shiny 100%. I know that we allow free talk here BUT IF this gets too out of hand it will be closed and deleted. So Please no heated battles or fighting. Agreeing to dissagree is fine. I know everyone here can keep their head on but this IS a VERY touchy subject. Please play nice ladies.
Sorry, it is a very touchy subject with me. I will not post on this thread any longer. I only see myself becoming very defensive and that is only going to creat turbulance. This is not something that really needs to be brought up right before Christmas anyway.
Katz I understand trust me! I choose not to post anything execpt for what I said. I was just making it clear for everyone. I do not want to delete a post or have to close it, but if it's needed it will be done. I just want things to stay nice and friendly this is not a topic that needs to cause fighting and loose friends.
I personally don't believe in abortion but I have known a few people to get them. There was only one I agreed with. She got pregnant through rape...when she found out she was pregnant from the rape she went almost crazy. But I think it was the best thing for her health to get the abortion...but that is my opinion. Okay I think I will stop there.
Oh I'm sorry guys, I hope my comments didn't make anyone mad. I responded because it was brought up, and I just intended to state my opinion and not respond again. That's usually what I do in situations like that. But if I offended anyone, I apologize. Since there were already a few responses, I thought it was okay...
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I did not mind commenting on it, when I got time. It is a very controversial subject. Everybody has their own mind set. Some people can bear [carry to term] a child that is let's say, severely challenged,[ because I'm not sure how much can be determined ahead of time], and some people could bear a child of rape, [and again there would be a date rape-say a guy that you initially found attractive, where the night went wrong, and a climb in your windows at night, done at gun-point type of rape with some ugly sicko that gives you nightmares the rest of your life]. It is because of those extremes, that I don't think it is possible to generalise and blanket condemn the drastic termination of pregnancy. I disagree with having it done late. If I had the situation of the fellow coming in the window, I would get that out of me as soon as I found out it was there, not 4 months later. Like Paige said about that one woman, there would be no carrying of such a child to term, for me. If it were a get drunk one night and make an oops situation, I would regard it differently.
, nor am I offended ) I foresee that some of those people and some others could take opinions on this issue very personally.
