What is more important, a womans right to choose or a childs right to life?
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Whats more important is a womans responsibility to take proper precautions.  She is ultimately responsible for herself, her body, and her child.  \n\nTry abstinence.  It works every time it is tried.
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The UK is once again debating over its abortion laws. It is allowed in this country currently up 24 weeks providing 2 doctors give their consent that to not abort would be of detrrement to the womans physical or mental health, that it would harm the child or their family. \nseems about right to me.
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How about a liberal answer this question?  The death penalty issue is so far removed from the abortion issue.\nThe right to choose is about a womans right to make decisions about her own body and nobody, especially the government, should have greater say over her.  Likewise, the government should not have the ability to end a life.  The main problem is that fact that people have be wrongly convicted and dna freed them.  And people have been scapegoated because they could not pin the crime on the truely guilty party.  I don't have ANY LOVE for killers, rapist, scum of any description.  I know that innocent people have gone to jail and we need to protect them.  If even one innocent person is slain we are all guilty of that murder.
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Well, in the US, family planning and procreation is protected by the right to privacy -- for example the Supreme Court's case in Griswold v. Connecticut.  The extension of Griswold ultimately was Roe v. Wade - but that's a different story all together, isn't it?
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Liberals falsely believe that the right to an abortion gives a woman more rights.  This is incorrect, it only allows women to become irresponsible with having sex.  Look at it this way, if a man gets a woman pregnant, regardless of his wish to terminate the child, he is held responsible by society to take care of that child.  Ask any liberal why men are not held to the same standard as women, they won't be able to come up with any reasons that make sense.  God forbid a woman be held responsible for having sex, just like we hold men to be.\n\n(rape accounts for much less than 1% of all abortions. The solution is to punish men for raping women, not making abortions legal)\n\nUltimately I believe it's a state's right to decide if abortion should be legal.  Roe vs Wade is very unconstitutional, for all powers not explicitly given to the federal government in the constitution are reserved to the states and the people.  You can thank our out of control supreme court for this mess.
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You give a good argument for pro choice, and to me, it's a refreshing one.  I am in agreement with a woman's right to choose but become less committed when the babe becomes a viable age.  I have worked in neo-natal units and clearly see that they are more than a "fetus" at 24 weeks (or less) of gestation. I would like to trust the woman to make a decision that is best for her own well-being, but with consideration of the unborn potential person she has created.  Unfortunately, not all women are so unselfish and generous, and even go so far as to use abortion as a frequent form of birth control, which disgusts me.  I have also had the experience of these same "mothers" not being fit to take care of themselves, let alone a baby, and one with the multiple health concerns that many premature babies must deal with throughout their lives.  This too, consumes the same, or more, of the natural resources you speak of and is also commonly a drain on society's welfare system.  \n\nSo, the debate continues.  Yours is a fresh perspective.  Thank you.
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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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The Abortion Debate\nShould abortion be legal?\nShoud Roe vs. Wade be overturned?\nHere are the two sides:\n\nPro-Life: Once conceived, the fetus is a LIFE, so it's a crime to kill it.  Therefore, abortions should be illegal\n\nPro-Choice: Having a baby is not always the best thing to do (If the mom was raped and became pregnant, if she's too young or immature to be a parent, if she's a single parent and can't handle it, if she doesn't have the money to support a child, if she'll just be bringing the child into a horrible life...).  Thus, the woman should have a CHOICE in whether to give birth to the baby or to have an abortion.
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It goes both ways. Extremists on both sides are wrapping the issue up with other issues. For example, people who are pro life are often also in favor of women being subservient, staying home, being married, making less money and stuff like that.  And pro choicers often refer to abortion as a reproductive right without considering the life of the child a right.  This is just another example of how extremist views are flawed.  The truth is in the middle.  Address the reasons for abortion, increase womens rights, access, equality, etc. and then only make abortion illegal without attaching any other bills to it.  It might work.
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Pro Child, Pro Woman, PRO CHOICE. Let a woman decide what is best for her in her own situation,
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I don’t agree it’s a “woman’s choice”. First because a man is involved as well, second because a new human is involved, third because a doctor is forced to do the operation which is perhaps against his/her ethics.\nAs for snakeman’s idea, the problem is that quite a few people are viable before their teens. Kids in the womb have reaction to outside effects at quite an early time.\nAmhark is right, however, that it may lead to underground activites, as it was in previous centuries. I guess more and far better youth institutes are needed without encouraging mothers to leave their babies there.\nI’m against abortion, except for special cases, like when a woman is raped or when the baby would risk her health. If you don’t want a baby, use protection.
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It really depends on the situation. If its a choice of life or death for you by having or aborting the fetus, then it should be up to the persons involved.\nBut if its just because you don't want the baby then thats just wrong. In this case just have the baby and give him/her up for adoption.
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Because there are not equal rights for men and women when it comes to the child THEY made together.  Yeah its a bunch of BS.  They get to choose because its their body. Apparently women have no personal responsibility for there actions in making a child they can kill it, keep it, or sell it depending on how they feel.  But men have to pay regardless of his intentions or wishes.
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Personal choice and the FREEDOM of Choice are two different concepts.\nOur nation grants every adult individual the freedom of choice. Personal choice to be born isn't conceptually the same thing. \nIf you try to confuse the two issues, you'll only confuse yourself.
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I know you don't actually want an answer - you seem more interested in pontificating.  Be that as it may, it is perfectly easy to justify a belief in the legality of abortion vs. the legality of the death penalty.  For me, capital punishment is a governmental rights issue - that is, I do not believe the government has the right to deprive its citizens of life under any circumstances.  It's simply something the government should not be allowed to do, because allowing it for some people (odious though they may be) makes it easier to apply it for lesser crimes - a slippery slope argument, essentially.\n\nAbortion is a different issue, because (1) it is not the government depriving someone of life; (2) there's no scientific reason to argue that life begins at conception; and (3) if we assume life begins at conception, then all laws regarding children would apply to zygotes/fetuses, which would be unworkable in any society.
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I really think the issue of abortion should have no place in\npolitics. It's a personal moral decision of each individual woman.
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I don't think it should be required. It is very dangerous for a 13 y/o to have a baby. But I think abortion is a very personal choice. The girl needs support & education on all options concerning her condition & her life. She's a child herself. No one has the right to judge her for having sex & no one has the right to judge her for the choice she makes in this matter. If you don't believe in abortion, then don't have one, but don't force others to share your beliefs. Every circumstance is different. I would support any decision she would make. Personally if it were me and I were 13 & pregnant, I would most likely choose an abortion. Sorry pro-lifers that's my choice & my right. I respect your opinion & you should respect others as well.