Is this a solution to the abortion debate?

It seems like there is a line drawn in the sand on the abortion issue and you are either for it or against it, with that being said would this possibly accomidate both sides? If someone wants an abortion they can have it...but the catch is you will be required to be sterilized during this procedure. Pro-lifers get less abortions and pro-choicers are not forced to have a child when its not convenient. If you do not want your child then it can be put up for adoption when it is born. That way a couple can adopt without going to Asia, Africa, or Eastern Europe and you could still have a family later.

edit-this would not be used for the victims of sexual assult (thats what the day after pills for) or if the mothers life is in danger. Also im in the middle of this issue and feel abortion is awful, but better than the alternative (clothshanger or back alley)

No, because this solution addresses a symptom, not the root of the problem.

Abortion is more of a heart issue than a womb issue. When any woman is deceived enough and hard hearted enough to kill her own unborn child (and I can say that because many years ago I was and I did), then controversial, band-aid solutions like mandatory sterilization won't solve the real problem.

Although you hit on the real reason that 99.999999% of the 1.8 million women a year have abortions. It IS mostly about convenience, rather than the noble-sounding "saving the mother's life", ethics or human rights issues. If being pro-choice meant being concerned for ethics OR human rights, then abortion would have to be labelled for what it is: Murder.

While I understand your sentiments, the first response makes a good point. Women and girls who have pregnancies thrust upon them may not want a nine-month reminder of their violation, but might want to be a mother to a child conceived in love. I think sterilization of sexual victims is unthinkable. However, I also believe rape victims have to learn that what happened to them is awful, but not shameful. What I mean by that is that victims have to start reporting these crimes, as well as people who know victims who won't report crimes because they feel ashamed, etc. This way, society differentiates between victims and those who use abortion as a means of birth control. The latter exist and should absolutely be sterilized.

So much wrong with this, it's hard to know where to start.

Women seeking an abortion want to terminate one pregnancy, not prevent all pregnancy forever. If this were the "solution", less women might seek abortions. That may please the "pro-lifers" but would not be satisfactory to anyone who believes that the government has no right to define these things for a woman.

There is no win-win solution, sterilization won't work, abstinence won't work. Pro-lifers have to realize that they have no right to make that decision for someone they don't know in a situation they don't understand.

Pro-choice is not pro-abortion, it's pro-CHOICE.

If your 14 year old daughter got raped by a 40 year old man, and ended up pregnant, would it be fair to her to have to be sterilized in order to get an abortion? A pregnancy is very dangerous for someone of that age.

just like a man to make a decision for a girl. Okay but the father of the baby has to get sterilized too.

How about, instead of making abortion illegal, we work on social and economic policies that decrease the demand for it? Crazy idea, I know

What if you were raped and wanted an abortion. Then would you have to be sterilized. I don't think anyone would agree to that.

Either with it or against it? What about those who don't care? How can they be one or the other? Your idea sounds a little odd... but might work, who knows.

Adoption? Then people would know that you did a very bad thing for 9 long months.

Thats not the bratty way! Perception matters.

That is not a solution. It is impossible to have a solution that all sides agree on, because people don't agree on when human life begins.

Abortion is an issue because many people believe human life begins at conception. Thus abortion involves killing of innocent human life. Others consider human life to begin at birth, thus abortion involves simply removing a group of cells that are part of the woman's body.

When issues of human life are involved, I don't see how you can compromise.

This is true for many number of issues.

Take Slavery as one example. I'm sure there are still people who believe they should have the right to own slaves. Most believe this is morally wrong. If you believe that slavery is wrong, then you would stand up against it on principle. Not try and compromise ("You can have a slave, but if you kill them you can't have anymore").

Take having pets as another. There are certainly people who believe that animals should never be kept captive by humans, let alone be spayed or neutered, kept in a cage, etc. These people believe that is is morally wrong to have a pet simply for your own enjoyment. If this is how they feel, then they should not compromise their beliefs. I would not expect them to support a compomise ("You can have pets, but if one ever runs away, you are considered a bad owner and can never have one again").

Believe it or not, these analogies aren't that far off. The difference. With these analogies, 99% of the population agree's with each other. With abortion, it's 50-50.

I can definitely agree with this with a few changes.

#1 If someone has been raped and chooses abortion, they should not be sterilized. However, the rape must be reported within a reasonable amount of time, must have requested or taken the morning after pill and an investigation must be started to find the rapist. This will prevent most girls from "claiming" to have been raped. Less than 1% of abortions are due to rape/incest.

#2 Anyone with medical complications that raise the risk of death during delivery per ONLY this pregnancy should be exempt as well. However, if the person has a medical condition that prohibits from carrying a baby should be sterilized if requesting an abortion. ONly 6% of abortions are due to medical reasons.

I do not agree with abortion in any scenario because I believe God is bigger than any terminal prognosis given by doctors or rape. However, abortion due to rape and medical reasons only make up 7% OF ALL ABORTIONS.

I also think that if girls know they will be required to be sterilized upon receiving an abortion, they will ultimately make more responsible choices pertaining to their body. It will no longer be an issue of just removing an unwanted baby to go back to partying and having unprotected sex to get themselves into this situation AGAIN!

47% of women who have abortions, have MULTIPLE abortions. Many use it as birth control!! We are taling about cutting abortion in half by requiring sterilization.

There are several states that use our tax dollars to pay for abortions.