pyonchit
Well-known member
First off: I honestly detest the terms "pro life" and "pro choice," because in reality everyone likes choice and everyone likes life. I've seen so many people thinking that because you are "pro-choice" you hate babies or you hate life and that if you're "pro life" then you hate letting people have control over their lives. That is simply untrue.
The question is about abortion. Call it what it is.
I believe it is the woman's choice to abort for her own reasons. Here are some things:
>> Planned parenthoods work out better than unplanned ones. A child can grow up to be the president OR a serial killer. I am neutral on this point, I simply do not think it is a good one for debating either way.
>> No contraception is 100% effective. STDs and pregnancies don't just happen to irresponsible people who are labeled as "deserving it anyway" and I think that's how a lot of people justify that nobody should ever get an abortion ever, because they all deserved it for doing something bad or it's their fault. I find it horrendous that anyone would use a person's life as a punishment for someone else.
>> I believe that parents have a right to choose if they want to have a child with disabilities (mental or otherwise) because it will change their lives dramatically. Again, did they have to do anything wrong? They could have been planning for a child. That is not my choice to make for them. I refuse to tell them that they must keep this child, because I know how difficult it is. Thing is, I can talk all I want about my moral code and try to force it on them, but is that really fixing anything?
>>There are tests to show if parents have the recessive alleles for tay-sachs disease. a painful disease that destroys neurons in the brain and spinal cord, causes seizures, and usually kills the child. If a mother ends up with a baby that has it, should she abort her baby? She could have been aware of the dangers beforehand or not, but is it right to put her through the pain of labor and then have the child die later? Look at what you've written here. The baby most certaintly is a life, and the disease appears at around 3-6 months, so unlike the eggtopic pregnancy, there is a chance that the child may live. The likelihood of her being a teenager is pretty small, seeing as the disease in itself is rare, and again, the likelihood of her being raped is small as well. She isn't in danger of dying anymore than any other pregnancy.
i don't believe you should tell that woman what to do with her baby. It's her life and her choice.
I don't stand by teenagers getting a "get out of parenthood free" card. Educating them is the answer, and keeping them from getting pregnat in the FIRST place is what people should be worried about, not abortion after the fact.
I stand by the parent's right to do what they want with their lives in these events, and I believe that this is why we have abortion.
The question is about abortion. Call it what it is.
I believe it is the woman's choice to abort for her own reasons. Here are some things:
>> Planned parenthoods work out better than unplanned ones. A child can grow up to be the president OR a serial killer. I am neutral on this point, I simply do not think it is a good one for debating either way.
>> No contraception is 100% effective. STDs and pregnancies don't just happen to irresponsible people who are labeled as "deserving it anyway" and I think that's how a lot of people justify that nobody should ever get an abortion ever, because they all deserved it for doing something bad or it's their fault. I find it horrendous that anyone would use a person's life as a punishment for someone else.
>> I believe that parents have a right to choose if they want to have a child with disabilities (mental or otherwise) because it will change their lives dramatically. Again, did they have to do anything wrong? They could have been planning for a child. That is not my choice to make for them. I refuse to tell them that they must keep this child, because I know how difficult it is. Thing is, I can talk all I want about my moral code and try to force it on them, but is that really fixing anything?
>>There are tests to show if parents have the recessive alleles for tay-sachs disease. a painful disease that destroys neurons in the brain and spinal cord, causes seizures, and usually kills the child. If a mother ends up with a baby that has it, should she abort her baby? She could have been aware of the dangers beforehand or not, but is it right to put her through the pain of labor and then have the child die later? Look at what you've written here. The baby most certaintly is a life, and the disease appears at around 3-6 months, so unlike the eggtopic pregnancy, there is a chance that the child may live. The likelihood of her being a teenager is pretty small, seeing as the disease in itself is rare, and again, the likelihood of her being raped is small as well. She isn't in danger of dying anymore than any other pregnancy.
i don't believe you should tell that woman what to do with her baby. It's her life and her choice.
I don't stand by teenagers getting a "get out of parenthood free" card. Educating them is the answer, and keeping them from getting pregnat in the FIRST place is what people should be worried about, not abortion after the fact.
I stand by the parent's right to do what they want with their lives in these events, and I believe that this is why we have abortion.