I know this topic can get heated so before you start the typical prolife/prochoice debate, let me explain to you what my intentions are. As we near a political turning point in our country this issue is bound to come up. It is an issue I hold very near and dear to my heart. Yes, I am in fact one of those one-issue people. I will admit, and I will admit proudly. And while I have been party to some very heavy debates about abortion, I don't want to debate it here today. Maybe one day, but not today.
I do however, wish to know where you stand and why. Your own personal convictions. Let's back away from the time old when does life begin, is it really baby, my body, my choice and every other trite arguement that has been presented and delve into something a little deeper. I promise that I will not critisize your answer, I will not debate it. My intent is simply to learn. I find I often learn far more when I listen with an open mind and heart to someone else, whether their opinion mirrors mine or not. Will follow my lead? Can we learn together, without debate, but rather with the wish to know more about why our hearts rest where they do? I will be brave and start.
I am prolife. I have been since I knew what abortion was. When I was younger it was simply because I could not fathom wanting to harm your child. It grew into a passionate hate for the practice. At nineteen I found myself pregnant, rather unexpectedly. I'm not sure why it was unexpected, I knew what I was doing could result in pregnancy, but youth often favors fools. I quickly married the baby's father, now my husband of five and a half years and proceeded to lose the baby one month later. I was thirteen weeks pregnant, a common stage for abortions. I held my baby in the palm of my hand. He was perfect. He was fully formed, from his eyes to his toes. He was beautiful. After seeing his tiny body I could never in a million years be prochoice. There is no doubt in my mind that he was a human being with a soul. I shy away from abortion debates now (I used to embrace them) because it is simply too painful to think about for me. But I want to know where you are and why. A simple question, a simple answer and no judgement from either side, please.
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I read a study recently that explored the crime drop in the 1990s. It attributed the drop in violent crime to the legalization of abortion about 20 years earlier. Basically it said that the unwanted babies were aborted and the unwanted babies were the ones who, statistcally, were the ones most likely to become the violent criminals. It also stated that the net number of deaths was actually lower in a society where abortions are legal. With 'X' number of abortions, more than 'X' lives were not taken through violent crime. I don't have all of the specifics in front of me so I can't quote them.
i do feel abortion is the right of the woman ,she does in fact have the right to do what she wishes to her own body,this is why i agree with it
so no matter how i feel regarding the subject,i haveta give the edge to the woman
When we got to the office, the staff took us directly to the doctor's waiting room, away from the abortion waiting room but I remember seeing all these girls (and I do use that word correctly - most couldn't have been 18 years old), just terrified. I couldn't just argued with them about using birth control - we got pregnant while I was using the pill, and I hadn't missed any pills nor taken any late (remember folks, the pill is only 98% effective).
Afterwards, when I was ready to share what had happened with a friend, she told me that she had, in fact, had an abortion when she was 15 because she was raped by a friend of her older brother. She made it very clear that she was no way she could have gone through with the pregnancy - the rape left her depressed and suicidial, and she wanted to kill herself when she found out that she was pregnant.
I, also, have friends who were adopted into loving families, so I understand the importance of adoption.
I guess my answer to the question is: I am very pro-choice. And, unless all the people who so vocally oppose abortion are willing to adopt these babies, I think they should keep their laws off my body.
I think it applies here as well.
One other thing I would like to say is that people say it is a woman's body so it is her choice. What about the father of the baby? Shouldn't he get a say since the baby is half his DNA? What if he wanted to take care of the baby and raise it with or without the mother if they were not together?
I hope I didn't offend anyone....normally I wouldn't share my opinion on such a strong topic, but I thought I would offer my side.
Since you asked, I stand against abortion in the same manner as Lincoln stood against slavery. That being, contain it, restrict it and eventually eliminate it.......