The entire argument in the abortion issue is whether that which is conceived within a mother's womb is human or not? The truth of the matter is that it must be a human being since it was conceived by a man and a woman.The resulting species isn't a bird or animal but a human.There is no logical rational for it not being a child. The argument for the right of a woman to have contol over her body is absolutely absurd.Two individuals are now involved in this new creation-a mother and a child. The child in the womb has the inherrent right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Any destruction of that particular child's life in the mother's womb through abortion is nothing more than murder.
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There was a time when I was pro choice.  I gave my niece money for an abortion and, to this day, I cannot forgive myself.  I really thought that I was a liberal with regard to abortion until I became a part of it.  I hope that I can be forgiven for what I have done.
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A fertilized egg will develop and grow and one day enter the world where it will be given a name. \n\nAnyone can argue that it is not human until it breathes but, even they must admit by aborting the fetus it is prevented from being born. \n\nA fetus has a heartbeat. Abortion stops that heartbeat. Think about it.
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right to life extremists are arguing on grounds that once you become pregnant you are responsible for another life. it does not matter to them if you want, can care for, or are responsible enough to handle another life. they assume that any life is better than no life. obviously these people have never realized true poverty and abuse. not only do they want to control your life and choices, but they generally not interested in adopting any of the children from the pregnant women standing outside the abortion clinics. these right to lifers only want these women to know that they of course will go to hell because they are murderers, and the ignorance goes on. now, if you really wanna know how i feel, send me an email.
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Illegal. It is murder plain and simple. For the people who say women would die in back allies because they couldn't go to a proper doctor then I say they need to die if they kill an innocent fetus. If they can put their baby up to be aborted then they should chance dieing. Anyone who can kill a fetus deserves death. remember slavery? People back then said that black people weren't even human. They called them animals. We know better now right? It is the same for abortion, it is murder and it is wrong. everyone knows this, they just choose to use abortion as a form of birth control and it's wrong. When we go to see our maker what excuses could you give him for abortion?\nFor the guy below me, there is a difference between murder and killing. We kill terrorists because we are defending ourselves. You seem to be very lost. What have babies done to deserve death? You said that we shouldn't sponsor organizations that murder then don't support liberals and abortion clinics then. Hypocrites!
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Two unrelated issues.\n\nOne, should people have abortions. That's entirely dependent on your personal religious/moral beliefs, and what you think is right/wrong or proper/improper based on way too many specific circumstances (married/unmarried, adult/teen, possible rape/incest, how late in the term, etc.) The bottom line is that many people have very passionate ideas about whether it is right/appropriate or not.\n\nThe second issue is who gets to make those choices. I think it's a great thing that people are allowed to have thoughts and beliefs on the subject. I think it's wrong for any group to enforce their moral/religious opinions/beliefs on someone else. Just because 51% percent of the population may happen to believe something is a sin is no reason to force that religious belief on the other 49% who disagree.\n\nPersonally, I'm opposed to abortion except in certain limited circumstances. But that's my own personal belief system, and I'll do everything in my power to ensure that someone who disagrees with me is still allowed to make their own choice, based on what they belief.
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It should always be an option whether a women takes chooses to take adavntage of it is her choice. For example alcohol is legal and some choose to drink some don't put no one takes away that right. True abortion is more complex because it involves another "life", or some say, but its all about individual choices and rights. Excuse the whole "life" thing its just that a certain stages it can be considered a life to certain people and in others it won't. I don't think society as a whole can ever agree on whether abortion should be legal or not and I don't believe it is anyone's duty to impose their idea on another individual. The decision to have an abortion is based on what a women may be going throug based on her, life, religion, and emotional and personal health. Its all about point of views. I do believe that everyone should have a choice. Say 2 women got raped and because of it ones wants to get abortion because of emotional damage and say possibly finances, on the other hand the other women doesnt want one because of her own personal views and possibly religion. I'm not one to look down on anyone's decisions or judge an individual based off their actions. When it comes to abortion I can agree to disagree.\n\n@dragonflytimes3- You are somewhat very right. There are so many forms of birth control out there and to be irresponsible and use abortion as birth control is wrong.(Wrong by I mean having an attitude- "I won't use protection and if I get pregnant I'll just have an abortion") And its true that the safest sex is to not have it at all But what happens when a female thinks they are ready to have sex and the rubber breaks or that .1% of the pill not working kicks into effect? Sure you can say that if you don't think you can handle the responsibilty of having a child then don't have sex but in society's changing times how logical can that be? My thing is birth control does not always work, so what is a women to do when when she takes steps to be careful and they are not 100% effective?
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They should since all persons in the jurisdiction of the USA are supposed enjoy equal protection under the law according to the 14th Ammendment (read the last part). Pro-choicers dispute whether or not preborn human beings are persons, but in most dictionaries I have looked at, the first definition of 'person' is 'human, individual'. According to biology texts, preborn homo sapiens (human beings) are defined as "individuals' even though they are in utero (in their mother's uterus) and even if they are a single celled zygote. In my embryology text "A zygote is the beginning of a new human being" The pre-born human being is a person.
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I am constantly amazed at how those support abortion will try to turn the argument against those of us who find it appalling.  Someone who says the argument is "insulting" is striking out because they can't justify their position.  No one seems able to determine why is it that the pro-abortionist as so animate about their position.  Why is it so important to allow women to destroy life?
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To all those saying that abortion is killing an innocent child and the death penalty is killing a murderer, making it justified. \n\nAbortion is not killing a reasoning human being with cognitive skills. Yes, it can potentially become one, however, by using that argument, one can say that by not having sex with your spouse at this very moment, you are wasting innocent eggs and sperm, thus killing potential life. The line can be drawn anywhere. The bottom line is, until the society can provide a safe and harmonious upbringing and support for the potential child, abortion is by all means justified. It is quite easy to be a male in a nice little house with a backyard and a church next door and say that abortion is wrong. But you see, not everyone is in that comfortable position. \n\nAs for the death penalty, haven't I heard some Christian people speak of this "thou shall not kill" deal every now and then? So it is alright to take life as a form of punishment? Revenge, is that what we've scooped down to? As Mr Gandhi put it so eloquently, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". Not even speaking of the other side of the death penalty, i.e. the victims. At least one person a year is wrongly executed in the United States. At least one. Every year. That's some 10 people's lives you destroy there every year. Think about it. \n\n\n\n\n\nEdit, as a response to comments posted below: \n\nSee, but that's where we differ. I don't see abortion as equal to murder. I just don't, because in my opinion, it's not killing. See my argument above in the second paragraph. You just can't draw a line. Second of all, so if abortion is to be illegal, are YOU willing to take care of the child? Apparently you are. An ideal world is one thing, I too wish there was no need for abortion, but the real world is something different. Let's abolish the REASON for abortion, not abortion itself. \n\nBy the way, in my arguments, I am speaking about abortion where the mother's health is not endangered. If it is, then abortion is justified even in the ideal world. \n\nAs for the death penalty, I am sticking to my argument. The ones that kill for killing are just as bad as the killers. If it is right to murder for murder, then, basically, anyone can murder you, as you support the death penalty, making you co-responsible for a couple of deaths, a lot of them innocents. And then, anyone can murder your murderer. And so on... Killing as a form of punishment is quite the barbaric practice that has no place in the modern world. And if you look at the list of countries that still implement the death penalty, you'll see that I'm quite right on that point.
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No one has the right to make a "choice" that kills another innocent human being.  It's amazing how completely ignorant most pro-aborts seem to be when it comes to prenatal development and pain perception:  \n\nhttp://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/fetalpain.html\nhttp://www.justthefacts.org/clar.asp\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-2-prenatal.html\nhttp://www.studentsforlife.uct.ac.za/foetal%20dev%20photos.html\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3847319.stm\nhttp://www.lifeissues.org/ultrasound/11weeks.htm\nhttp://www.cbrinfo.org/Resources/pictures.html\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-4-video.html\n\nThe average age of an aborted baby in America is 10 weeks.  By that point, the child is fully formed and can even suck her thumb.  If her palm is pricked, she will pull her hand away and open her mouth.  In an ultrasound video of an abortion at 11 weeks, the child can be seen struggling violently to escape the suction instrument, while her heartrate doubles and she opens her mouth wide.  Unfeeling, unaware, and unformed?  Hardly!  However--even if the child was unaware and not fully developed, it would still be wrong to kill her.  Shooting a premature infant in her sleep is no less murderous than strangling a full-grown adult while he is awake.\n\nSince when does being "unwanted" make people less worthy to live than everyone else?  Should we kill homeless people and elderly people who are "unwanted," too?  Let's be honest, too--there is no such thing as an "unwanted" baby in the U.S. There are two million couples waiting to adopt right now, including couples who want to adopt children with health problems such as HIV, Down Syndrome, and spina bifida.  \n\nNewborn babies cannot survive without their mothers, either.  Left alone, they will die.  They are completely dependent.  Does that mean it's okay to kill them, too?\n\nWhere is the compassion?  Where is the logic?  Pro-aborts are completely twisted, yes.
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abortion being legal doesn't take away the fact that to abort the baby is to kill it. legally, i suppose you're right, it's not murder - but it's still killing. i'm pro-life but i believe abortion is morally ok up until the moment a heart beat can be detected. i don't believe in any abortion after that, even if the child is a product of rape or incest. it's not the baby's fault it was conceived in such a disgusting way.
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I am a Christian. I think abortion is completely and totally wrong. Its the same as murder. Once a baby is concieved, it is a human being, not just tissue. I also will tell you and every one else out tere, after a girl has had an abortion, she will most likey regret it the rest of her life, because that was a life. That baby could have become a president or someone who made a big difference in the world. Hope this helps out.   JesusSaves\nDo the same for the baby
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Because women have it both ways,it makes no sense but they have the legal system so slanted to allow them to kill their unborn children it appears to be a hypocrisy.Just remember this,IF YOU DIDN`T HAVE AN ABORTION YOU WOULD HAVE A LIVING BREATHING CHILD!!!!Women can kill their kids but NOBODY else can. GO FIGURE!
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I agree with you that abortions are wrong. I strongly believe that it is cruel and takes away the life of a child. Everyone should have the right to live and I believe it is selfish of someone to take away a child's entire life because they don't want 9 months of suffering. If they can't take care of the child there is always adoption. To those who say that a women should have the right to chose, what about the unborn child, shouldn't he have some rights or at the very least the right to live. Now this is also disapproved by religion as it goes against the 10 commandments as so forth but it is more then that, its a matter of love and selflessness, its morality and common sense. Abortion is murder and murder is wrong.
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Interesting point, but somehow I don't think it will fly. As to your question, I think that life begins at conception, yet I do not believe that a fetus is viable until the point where it can survive outside the womb. I think that the fetus should be protected, but I am also pro-choice. If a woman decides to terminate a pregnancy, then it is her choice. I do not however, feel that women should use abortion as birth control. If one does not want to conceive, then they should prevent conception. There are too many ways to do so in this day and age. If a fetus is endangered by the mother's gross neglect, such as drug abuse, and the end result is the death of a viable fetus or damage to the child upon or after birth, then the fetus should be protected. Proving gross neglect however, is rather difficult.
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I would never, ever have an abortion, but I don't have the right to make that decision for other women.  \n\nIf you believe abortion is murder, it's your right not to have one.  It is not, however, your right to force any women or girl to play host to a fetus for nine months.\n\nDo you really think a child is better off being born only to be tied up in a plastic bag and thrown in a dumpster?
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This is an interesting point because pro-abortion people always ingore the fact that a newborn can't survive on it's own either.\n\nIt's not about a woman's rights, it's about killing babies. That's it. Some people would rather rip a babies body apart with a suction tube than take a birth control pill.\n\n(now watch, some lib will post something about rape and insest as though more than just a few abortions are as a result of rape and insest)