Why is it, that some people support abortion?
That, in my opinion is murder of the 1st degree.
Don't you think that the alternative, adoption, is much better?
Just wondering. First: framing the question as people who "support abortion" makes it sound like I go around encouraging people to have abortions. Not so. I encourage them to make an educated choice. Second: Some people? Try a lot of people.
Here's why it's not murder: at the point where most abortions take place, the fetus is not viable outside the womb and hence not a person under the law.
As for adoption being a better option. Well, there are somewhere around a million abortions conducted in the U.S. every year. So, if the options are abortion or adoption, your idea would mean one million kids thrown into the adoption ring. Currently in the U.S. there are around 100,000 kids already waiting to be adopted. In other words, your idea would (to put it bluntly) flood the market. Of course, we could cure this by allowing gay and lesbian individuals and couples to adopt, but nobody seems too keen on that idea. Too bad.
Also, it doesn't really matter what "alternative" I think is better: it's up to the pregnant woman. Some women couldn't imagine having an abortion, others couldn't imagine giving a baby up and/or cannot afford to have or keep it. I don't pretend to know what's best for everyone in every situation.
Here's an even better option (and one that has already reduced the number of abortions performed each year): birth control. Maybe if we made it more readily available to people and stopped "teaching" kids the fantasy of abistinence only, then we could cut down on the number of abortions. I doubt we'd ever completely eliminate it, but there are ways of actually dealing with something rather than sticking our heads in the sand. Because some people feel its their choice to determine whether to terminate a pregnancy or not. I agree with you, I'm against abortion for the wrong reason. But its legal so what can you do...... I am pro choice, what if a woman was raped? Should she be forced to bear that child? Also, I imagine it would be incredibly hard to give up a child. Just some things to put in perspective.
PRO CHOICE!! I agree with you that adoption is a much better option. But there will be cases where abortion is the better choice for the individual woman. That is why I support unrestricted abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy, and limited abortions, in special circumstances, after that. People don't support abortion, they support the right to choose. I personally don't support abortion but I am pro-choice because I have no right what to tell someone else what they can or can't do with their own bodies. the main question is wether you accecpt a fetus as a human.
can it think, do, feel, make decisions on its own?
ponder it abit Because the feminist and population control freaks won a Supreme Court case that was written as a bad law because no state would legalize it.
Abortion was a substitute for birth control and it started the not my fault feeling so people could do what made them happy or do what feels good crowd.
They also convinced people it was a wonan's right to chose and led to the dimishing role of fathers as a token and not needed to help raise a family. Abortion has destroyed lives and ruined families and should be set to a state ballot rather than a court.
Abortion should be iligal when brain activity is present and no later than that and the right to choose is a myth and how many rapes lead to pregnency? No many if I had to guess so use another argument please.
Adoption happen all the time but people go over seas where the process is not so hard. Foster homes are an institution and the people who run social services keep kids in the system to justify finding so they keep a job and do not care about the kids. Why is it harder to adopt than be a foster family which most foster families are not financially or personaly qualified.
It amazes me how many people BORN are for ABORTION and how come the father can not help make the decision or have the right to adopt if the woman wants an abortion? In my Opinion - Men have no right to participate in this Debate.
The choice is up to each Pregnant Woman - it is 100% her Choice. abortion is murder adoption is a great choice what a sad world we live in that is your opinion, and you are entitled to it.
the law of the land is that a woman has the right to choose her own medical care privately.
can you think oif any medical procedures on yourself you might not be OK with the government wither mandating you do or don't do?
in any case, anyone who feels the way you do does not have to have an abortion - that is the beauty of choice - you don't want one, fine, don't have one.
and by the way, how many people, among those you know personally, are rushing to adopt babies?
few if any I'd wager.... Some women aren't ready for it and they can't stand the thought of giving up their child. Even though you may think it won't matter because she doesn't want the child but it really does and that would be hard on her. Some people don't believe that life begins at conception, and it's just, in fact, a "bunch of cells." They believe that a woman has a "choice" to abort the fetus (though this is a bit skewed, because it completely violates the right for the future baby to "choose"). Some feel that adoption isn't a smart alternative, considering the future circumstances that is most common with children put up for adoption.
Whether or not one supports abortion, it is the termination of one's life, and that constitutes as murder. I know many will beg to differ, but it's a fact. And since when is this just about the "mother's body?" There are two lives involved, not one. Because in Roe v. Wade it was decided that it was a woman's right to choose. As far as adoption, sad as it is, many, many children fall through the cracks in the system. Many foster families get into it for the money, not necessarily to make a difference.
I, for one, am a supporter for a woman's right to choice, but I am also against all those retards who have sex at early ages without any protection whatsoever. It is hard to detect where the problem start when individuals begin having sex at young ages.
Also, there are a lot of people who should have their right to be parents revoked! Look at all those children who die at the hand of their parents for abuse or because they were born addicted to drugs. It's a double edged sword. Your question tells more about the questioner than anything else. It indicates that you are fairly close minded, and will probably not actually try to understand the answers that you will get.
A controversial question is controversial because there are at least 2 answers. You seem to understand that there are people with a different point of view from you. Once you understand that, it should not be difficult for you to understand at least part of both sides of a question. But you need to put in the effort.
If you are not willing to put the effort in to understanding both sides of the problem, then do not stand on a pulpit and try to convince anyone of your opinion.
As a corollary to the above, don't listen to anyone's opinion unless it is obvious that they have spent the time to look at both sides of a problem. Did you begin counting your age at conception? Did people consider you nine months old at birth? Did you celebrate your first birthday a mere three months after you were born? How can a fetus count as a person if it doesn't have an age?
That's not murder, it's helping overpopulation. Even if you put it up for adoption, that's one more child to add to the countless orphans and abandoned children in the world.
Adoption is not an alternative to abortion for this reason. Pregnancy and childbirth are also difficult for women, and they should not have to do it unless they are rewarded with a baby that they want to raise. Most people that I know do not support abortion but support a pro-choice position where the decision is left to the individual.
There are many problems associated with mandating no abortions, such as in the life of the mother, in cases of rape and incest, in cases of severe genetic abnormality.
And here is the crux of the problem. What punishment are you willing to give to a mother who terminates her pregnancy? If you mandate law, there has to be penalties for punishment.
Abortion should be rare and a decision that is left to the mother and her loved ones and her faith.
I live in Florida. 1st degree murder is punishable by the death penalty. Are you willing to kill every woman who has an abortion? Is that what your faith or personal ethics dictate? An eye for an eye?
It is very easy to make blanket judgments about complex
issues and relegate everything to it's least common denominator.
We almost all agree that the termination of a pregnancy os a difficult thing. But there are legitimate reasons for having one and governmental regulation is not the answer. Abortion was a common medical procedure over 200 years ago when giving birth was dangerous to the mothers. Years later the death rates from giving birth came down so complications from abortion was then deemed unacceptable and laws were passed to restrict abortion. Not until the 20th century, when laws were changed because medical abortions became safer was a moral argument used for the first time.
The answer that suggests that the states weren't willing to legalize abortion so feminists started to go to the courts is false. Several states legalized abortion before Roe vs Wade.
In the end the court ruled that the law has NEVER recognized any legal status for unborn children not just when it comes to abortion but also in every other legal matter. Therefore the privacy of the woman is the only issue that matters and the states do not have a right to limit those rights.
Or something like that! Because some people believe in individual choice.
Adoption would probably be a better choice; but, the laws do not allow everyone who wants to adopt a choice. My husband and I are in our late 60's. We each have been divorced once, and raised one family. I have three grandchildren under the age of 23, and two great grandchildren under the age of four. I am a retired school teacher with a Bachelor's and Master's in Education; now substituting in Elementary, Middle and High Schools. Because of our age, adoption agencies will not even consider us candidates for adoption.
Because we don't own our own home--we live in an apartment--we are not even considered suitable foster-care candidates.
Many women might reconsider abortion if the "law" didn't make it virtually impossible for that child to be adopted.
In my 67 years of living--forty-two of them as a teacher, I have known of many married and unmarried women who have had abortions. I haven't agreed with their decision; but, I have tried to give them emotional support after their decision. Choosing to end a life, before one actually has one, or after, is not an easy choice. Now here is my question for you why are the same people against abortion for war, global warming, explotation of third world countries, and ect...
The more you look into the abortion issue the more you find out its the way politicians use it to control your votes. Both sides work it that way. Do not vote because a politician is for or against abortion. Vote for who runs the country the best. That's great, 411 - So, now tell us how many YOU are going
to adopt,...and raise,...and clothe,...and feed,....and school,....
and wash,...and change,....and nurture.....and support.....
for the next 18-20 years ???????!!!! | 