Abortion-Keep Legal, Yes or No?

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

drakeheuer14 said:

It has always amazed me that pro choice is more left leaning. You would think the compassion and progressiveness displayed would carry into this topic. But instead it is turned into a for or against women debate. 

I wish both genders could have babies. It especially shouldn’t just be the woman who has a say in the discussion to abort or not. It isn’t just your child. (Or child to be ...)

I don't understand how a discussion about making abortion illegal could happen without it turning towards a debate for or against women. Huh? Making abortion illegal IS against women, and the vast majority of those driving that change in government are men. So how do you figure the conversation would go any other way? And why does it amaze you that the pro-choice movement is left leaning? Because they get angry when the government tries to take control of women's bodies? I think that is a great reason to get angry and to start fighting ruthlessly. Do you expect the left to have compassion for those who want to hand the government control over women's bodies??

And yes, whether you wish it weren't the case or not, women are indeed the only ones whose bodies are at risk of being controlled, so obviously they are the only ones who have a say on whether to abort or not. That may not seem fair to some people, but it is what it is, too bad, so sad. Suggesting anything different again only really suggests that women's bodies aren't their own, and I hope it's obvious why that is not an option.

It's not "against women" for everyone. they just feel that abortion is murdering a human baby, which is a bigger deal to them than their own autonomy. i don't really get this "there is no debate" "it's all black and white" because it's not. 

i am pro choice because everyone should have their own choice, obviously. but many people believe that abortion is murder, no matter who it is. you can't see that what some perceive as murder to be more serious than having a baby, especially when pregnancy is 100% preventable? i can totally see that side, even though i don't necessarily agree with it.

now, if it were as a result of rape, then of course, that is a different story. 

PJ_Soul said:

cincybearcat said:

PJ_Soul said:

cincybearcat said:

PJ_Soul said:

riley540 said:

As a pro life person, I am going to give insight on why in pro life. 

I respect everyones views views and understand why people feel the way they do. So please, no name calling and what not. It’s not useful. 

I will I’ll preface by saying I am not religious, and I am also against the death penalty. 

The abortion issue is something that took me a lot of reading and time to fall into my stance. I base it fully on science. 

From what I can gather, the only point upon the growth of a human that is fully individual is the creation of unique DNA which happens at conception. 

It is is its own being, growing inside of another being. I know the baby relies on the mother, but I relied on mine until I was almost 20 years old, outside of her belly. 

I just don’t think any human should have a say in another humans death, from conception to death regardless of any crime committed. 

I dont think men men or women should have any right to end a life. And based on science I think life begins at conception. 

Just my input. I have no ill will towards the other side of the argument. I’m not a hate filled person. I just researched and came to a conclusion. 

I think its also also important to remember that there are millions of pro life people in the US, many of which are women as well. 

And this is totally friendly. I have been along side many of you at shows and waiting in long lines and I’ve always gotten along great with this community. 

You must feel absolutely devastated about miscarriages then. I mean, women's bodies don't even consider fetuses viable up to 50% of the time. How do you handle that level of tragedy every single day?

Anyway, there is literally nothing wrong with being pro-life. I think I can gather from your post that you think a woman's body isn't really her own anymore while pregnant? Well, that is a BIG fucking problem, and logically, there is NO moral way to take someone's own body away from them, whether they don't like fetuses dying or not. You relied on your mother after birth outside of her body, and that is not comparable to being inside her body at all, so I'm not sure how that point makes sense. You're free to think that a pregnant woman is murdering a fetus inside of her, but she MUST have the right to do that anyway, and no other person has the right to tell someone what they are allowed to have going on inside of their own internal organs. There is literally no argument or point of view that makes that okay, because the alternative makes slaves out of women.

(no, I'm not saying this with an angry tone, lol)

Ah yeah you are. First you were condescending and the angry. I mean, it pretty obvious despite your patented “lol” and edit.

But, really other than the condescending part its understandable to be angry. Both sides of this are understandably angry cause it really a very different issue for both and easy to see how they cannot understand the other point of view when framed their way.

I wish we would do all the stuff we should be doing to limit abortions though because that would be actually doable. While having this argument is not doable. 

Ah, no I wasn't. I don't lie.

Lol

 Not angry with the poster but you are very clearly angry with the topic, angry with the current trend in the states. 

Of COURSE I'm angry with the topic and what's going on in the USA right now. I hope everyone is! It all actually makes me completely sick to my stomach, and full of absolute RAGE. And fear. And dismay. Of course.

(btw, that comment about being devastated by miscarriages.. you mistook it for condescension. It wasn't. I was serious. If someone feels what the poster said, I think that is a legitimate question to ask. The fact that the question also kind of delegitimizes their perspective isn't my fault)

HughFreakingDillon said:

and it actually amazes me that republicans are pro life. being 'anti-government making our choices for us' and all. 

mickeyrat said:

until lungs have developed to oxygenate the blood either on its own or with medical help outside of the womb ,its not life. ..  

cincybearcat said:

mickeyrat said:

until lungs have developed to oxygenate the blood either on its own or with medical help outside of the womb ,its not life. ..  

So, honest question, a man causes his girlfriend who is pregnant to lose the baby.  The woman wanted the baby.  Is it just assault?

JPPJ84 said:

cincybearcat said:

mickeyrat said:

until lungs have developed to oxygenate the blood either on its own or with medical help outside of the womb ,its not life. ..  

So, honest question, a man causes his girlfriend who is pregnant to lose the baby.  The woman wanted the baby.  Is it just assault?

Main difference is that the choice wasn’t hers

PJPOWER said:

JPPJ84 said:

cincybearcat said:

mickeyrat said:

until lungs have developed to oxygenate the blood either on its own or with medical help outside of the womb ,its not life. ..  

So, honest question, a man causes his girlfriend who is pregnant to lose the baby.  The woman wanted the baby.  Is it just assault?

Main difference is that the choice wasn’t hers

I think he is asking whether or not it should be considered murder....if life doesn’t begin until out of the womb and is just part of the woman’s body while inside.
Not life= “just” assault
Life=Murder
This isn’t all as black and white as some try to make it.

JPPJ84 said:

PJPOWER said:

JPPJ84 said:

cincybearcat said:

mickeyrat said:

until lungs have developed to oxygenate the blood either on its own or with medical help outside of the womb ,its not life. ..  

So, honest question, a man causes his girlfriend who is pregnant to lose the baby.  The woman wanted the baby.  Is it just assault?

Main difference is that the choice wasn’t hers

I think he is asking whether or not it should be considered murder....if life doesn’t begin until out of the womb and is just part of the woman’s body while inside.
Not life= “just” assault
Life=Murder
This isn’t all as black and white as some try to make it.

I think it depends how far the pregnancy is. Would the baby have been able to survive had it been born at that stage? If so it would be too late for an abortion (unless of course the mothers life is in danger) and could be considered murder.
and yes it’s not black and white.
for me personally life does not begin at conception. No lungs, no brain, no way the fetus would be able to actually live

oftenreading said:

PJPOWER said:

JPPJ84 said:

cincybearcat said:

mickeyrat said:

until lungs have developed to oxygenate the blood either on its own or with medical help outside of the womb ,its not life. ..  

So, honest question, a man causes his girlfriend who is pregnant to lose the baby.  The woman wanted the baby.  Is it just assault?

Main difference is that the choice wasn’t hers

I think he is asking whether or not it should be considered murder....if life doesn’t begin until out of the womb and is just part of the woman’s body while inside.
Not life= “just” assault
Life=Murder
This isn’t all as black and white as some try to make it.   For the record, I am pro-choice to a certain degree because I know that this isn’t a black and white issue and feel that there are valid reasons for ending a pregnancy (a life) and completely invalid ones as well.  I do not agree with people being sexually irresponsible  and yet I do not agree with women being forced to carry a rapist’s baby. 

It's irrelevant whether you "agree with people being sexually irresponsible" - there have been unwanted pregnancies since time immemorial, women have sought out means to end those pregnancies for roughly the same amount of time, and they will continue to do so. Making abortion more difficult to get simply raises the harms associated with it, without doing anything to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies or abortions. Your stance is just sanctimonious punishment of a woman whose behaviour you disagree with, without taking into account all the other factors.