Which would you rather have? (Serious pro-choice/pro-life question)?
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I agree that a woman should have the right to chose and there are lots of children out there who have to go through foster homes and live very hard lives. I am pro choice. I also think that if it is made illegal then there are going to be alot of women dying from having abortions done in "hole in the wall" places that are not sanitary or under almost torturous conditions. I could never do it but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. I think that when a person says they are pro life that they are not looking at the bigger picture. Ask them if they want to pay higher taxes that will come from the government having to take care of the children that abandoned from the mothers that didnt want or couldnt take care of these children.
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I like it....a great thought experiment!\nWhich is more important to the people who are, for instance, willing to vote for a *constitutional amendment* for godsake to restrict freedoms in this country by saying we as a nation claim that the pursuit of domestic happiness must occur only between people with the appropriately different genitals.  The kinds of genitals that can together make babies. sometimes unwanted babies. Those folks want to make pursuit of happiness restricted.  Okay.  I'd love to see the poll numbers on how many of them would also like to have "the right to life" of the fetus trump the "right to liberty" of the adult female.  It's doubtlessly true that if gay marriage were legal everywhere and rights and equal status were conveyed to gay couples, then there would be more newly 'appropriate' homes for kids saved from being aborted by those heterosexual breeding pairs conservatives would like to limit marriage rights to.\nBut of course, the folks who tend to vehemently oppose abortion likely wouldn't be too pleased with gay couples getting babies to raise.  \nWhat's interesting, really, is how many non-conservative types are against gay marriage but against limiting abortion rights.  So, the right of someone to end a pregnancy falls under her rights to privacy and control over her body, but the right of someone to fall in love with and pledge to be partner to another person is subject to government approval.  I understand all the 'get the government off my body" stuff in the abortion wars, but the anti-gay-marriage thing for non-conservatives seems to me mostly about an 'eww' factor.
409671
neither...\nbut if I have to choose, then 1. sounds better.
739707
both are good choices\n\n:> peace\n.
1088574
You are clearly not looking for answers. You are simply trying to troll the message board trying to find support for your own viewpoint. Look at your question. It is not a question. It is an opinion. what makes you think your opinion is more valuable than somebody else's?\n\nIf you stick with science, then no a fertilized egg is not a human being. After 8 weeks the fertilized egg has grown into a fetus and at that point it has all the required organs. So your religion tells you its a baby and you make a law barring everyone else from having the freedom. What if someone from a different religion believes it is ok to have abortion? Won't you be imposing your religious beliefs on that person?\n\nAnd if you want to talk of life, why does life begin at conception? The individual cells, sperm and oum, are already alive. every cell in your body is alive. So how do you deal with that fact? If you use contraceptives you are killing those cells. Isn't that murder?
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Your reasoning is very sound, and I agree with you. Most times I think this would be the best solution. I am sure there are times when aborting is the only answer, but rare. Stand up for you believe.
771446
Tough one!  Good question.\n\nThe moral dilemma you pose is excellent.  Do we compromise the rights of the individual if doing so could save 100 persons?  It gets to the question of whether or not there are moral absolutes, or if there are acceptable shades of gray.  Take abortion for example.  Personally, I believe life begins at conception and should be preserved, but I also believe that if the life or health of the mother is in serious jeopardy, she should be permitted to have an abortion.  If I were a moral absolutist, I would say that it is NEVER acceptable to commit infanticide, no matter what.\n\nI believe there are shades of gray.  Society as a whole must decide where to draw the lines... In my opinion, the rights of the 100 people that might be saved trump those of the person holding the information, so I would use progressive amounts of torture to secure the information, IF all other methods have failed.
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Neither, I'm in the middle on this issue.  It's a shame most people don't know there's a middle ground.\n\nYou said something original.\n\nOK, why?: To say a single cell should be granted the rights of a human person is probably one of the most absurd things I've ever heard.  On the other hand, to say it's OK to kill a 7 month old fetus that is little different from a new-born is just as absurd.\n\nMiddle ground can be achieved when we realize what it means to be human... to think (at least to the point that you might care if you were aborted or not). That is why I believe we should limit abortion to 22 weeks - the time of the development of the neo-cortex.
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Hmmm.... I think euthanasia. It will make for a more interesting read to most people as the abortion debate has raged openly for decades and as a result most people are already polarised in their decision. For euthanasia, most people avoid the question and the answer... except the Dutch who are the first to legalise it.
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I am not a pro-lifer but the way I see it - which could be wrong - without repeating what others said is that you cannot kill a soul.I believe in reincarnation. OK....once born : different question and a dilemna.\nBut on the whole : is an unwanted child better ? I don't think so at all. \nWhat if people were forced to adopt a child they did not want ? Life for everyone would be very miserable.\nAnd to those out there : sometimes girls need to hide the fact from the family so putting up for adoption is out of question. The family would resent it a lot and force the girl to have and keep the child.\nChildren should be wanted and loved. If that is not the case, better have an abortion rather than raise an unfit, miserable human being.
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why would anyone want an abortion you know you are actually killing a human being ok a human being its just like shooting someone i don't know how anybody can live with themselves if they kill someone i know someone who had an abortion many years ago and she said she has always regretted it just don't get an abortion there's a little thing called adoption just think about it there is some people out there who really really want a baby and are not able to conceive and yet someone would just kill theirs and give up one of Gods most precious miracles! i cant believe it just think about adoption who ever this answer is intended for!!\noh and also a womans right to choose nd its my life actually its not your live it is your babys life they have their own mind their own DNA its their choice and personally my choice would be not to die so just think adoption
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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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Abortion should be a woman's choice. There should be a separation of church and state when it comes to this issue. Morality is something that each individual must realize for him/herself and not have it pushed on them by some other person. I don't think I could go thru with an abortion except under certain circumstances, but that would be my choice. Who am I or anyone else to judge a woman who has one? If people are going to be throwing around quotes for this here is one to add: Judge not lest ye be judged. I think the whole world would be better if people stopped worrying about what other people were doing and governed themselves in more civilized fashions. \n\nBy the way I like your question and following comments. It was funny and philosophical.
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Neither party has an "official" stance on abortion, but Democrats are typically more likely to be pro-choice, and Republicans are more likely to be pro-life.\n\nEDIT: \nBoth parties claim to support education, but they go about delivering that support in different ways.
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if you asking this question......... then you need to make a decision between the two.  I feel if you were happy, this wouldn't even be a consideration.
114254
As a christian I vote against eveyone that is pro-choice.\nThe unborn need a voice. Only God can hear their muffled screams. The unborn are also live humans that need protection. The woman can choose to do whatever she wants with her own body, as long as it don't harm anyone else. \n\n"Woe to the one that harms the least of the one of these, my children."
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I get your joke!  If there is a 14 month waiting list, then the baby would already be born!  Good one!  (I had to explain that for the rest of the peeps out there)\n\n  I am a pro-lifer too~\n\nI like how you took a serious subject and put a little humor in it!\nGood show!