Does anyone agree that we should implement a mandatory abortion program?
374301
I agree that we should have some kind of law that prevents women from having children that they cant take care of but instead of aborting babies something should be done before they get pregnant like some kind of birth control they have plenty new advances. It would save the goverment and tax payers and a child from going without or maybe worse if a mother is having a baby just for the money then they will be neglected,abused. Sorry to everyone that thinks that is cruel but give it thought its not cruel to stop a child from having a child.
242339
I do provide and improve alternatives. I'm a social worker that helps pregnant women for this reason.\n\nBut is killing a baby acceptable because of all your reasons? Expensive adoption? The birthmother doesn't pay, and there's a 10 million couple wait for an expensive adoption.\n\nFoster system? No need. Infants are easily adoptable, and apparantly these couples on the waiting list can endure the expenses. \n\nRegardless if your  examples were real or not, none of your reasons justify killing innocent unborn people.  \n\nPeriod.
327313
I guess I sit on the fence on this issue.  On one hand, if abortion wasn't legal, there would be many deaths by "coat hanger" abortions, yet I know someone personally who has had 13 abortions, which I think is neglegence.  I also know someone who has had 10 children, half of which died from "crib death", most of the other half was taken from the state due to the mom being an alchoholic.  I guess there will always be those who abuse the system and use abortion as birth control, but I also personally know people who have had children that they never wanted, and treated them well and some who have not treated them so good.\nI guess there really is no specific "title" for my belief, cause if my 12yo was raped I would definately want her to have the pill that guarantees she would not be pregnant.  But an adult that goes out and has unprotected sex?  What right does she have to be so carefree to create a life then extinguish it because it is not convenient to her?  I think abortion should be legal but there should be some stricter guidlelines, and make other options available like adoption, and this abortion that takes the lives of fully formed babies....by cutting it's spinal cord that leads to the brain?  Are u kidding me?  Do we really condone taking the life of a fully formed being no matter how small?\nThere still leaves the many depraved people who get pregnant that are junkies or alchoholics that are ignorant enuff to give birth to the many babies that have to struggle for the rest of their lives because of the ignorance of their birth mothers.\nHow can anyone choose one side or the other, there are so many extenuating circumstances that this cannot be a black or white answer.  How many children have u seen that u think "this child should never have been born"?  None in my life, all children that I have come in contact with, from "normal" to "totally inept", have made a mark in my life.  Who would I be to say....."u should never have been born"?  All human life is worth living........I guess it all comes down to what we value as considered "worth living"
127848
I think should be a CHOICE.  I am not for using abortion as birth control, but if there are other factors involved I think it should be up to the woman.
767815
I personally don't believe that anyone should be forced to care for a child... and there is some bias in the women's direction due to them carrying the baby.  But I don't think it's fair that men can be expected to pay for the child if the women chooses not to abort...  That's a really tough call, though, because you don't want to take away the responsiblity of either party and provide excuses for more unwanted pregnancies....   hmmm...\n\nKeeping the legs crossed wins again!
102239
I say yes. It is needed and has good scientific merrit.\n\nAs for using aborted babies as stem cell sources, I have this to say. At the moment, in the US, abortion is legal. Whether you like it or not, aggree or disagree, that is the way it is. Why not use stem cells from terminated pregnancies and have them contribute to good use and the future of some other child who is living and needs help and could die? Why let them be incenerated? I think it is far more fitting that any potential use to save future lives should be. You cannot change the fact the pregnancy was terminated, so make the bets of the situation you have.
759660
Good points, and valid ones.  If you are mature enough to have sex, you need to be mature enough to handle the consequences.\n\nVery few people bother to remember that abortion is a medical procedure with risks and possible life long side effects, not the least of which are psycological.\n\nI would rather pay a little extra to help a young woman get on her feet to support her child than pay a dime for a irresponsible female to terminate a situation she got herself into.
464946
i don't agree. every child should be a wanted child. it should have two parents who can love and provide for it. done early enough, an abortion is the most sensible and ethical thing to do.
393367
AMEN!!!! Abortion is killing. Most people aren't aware that the little heart the female is carrying starts beating 23 days after conception. Yes 23 DAYS!!! It is murder. Adoption should be mandatory and be made law for those mothers who feel they can't care for the child they conceived. It is far more responsible to give the child a chance of life then to kill it because they couldn't keep their zippers done up.
114187
*Stepping into this* 1st it should be nobody's business what a woman does with her own body, besides that particular woman.\n2nd If you are male and trying to tell a woman what to do on this topic, simply shut up. We men will never fully understand. (Unless someday science allows males to conceive, carry and birth a baby.)\nOn the topic, I'm neither pro or con, just realize something as personal as this is a personal decision and respect that fact.\nNow, if you are for the war and/or capital punishment you should go away and rethink your values as you are a hypocrit.\nThose who are left, you have your opinion, great I respect that, but you know what they say about opinions...\n\nBut if you want to see the number of abortions go down, make our government allow "The Morning After Pill" like the rest of the civilized world has. It is the fault of each and everyone of you that abortion still exists when we know of far better methods. Take responcibility and do what is needed so we have ALL options available!\n\nWelcome to the world where right wing religious conservatives think they have a right/duty to take away everyone else's rights and force them to do what they want you to do.\nSeems to me that is not the freedom countries are founded on.\n\nIf it bothers you, be very very sure that you vote freedom of choice for every bloody official position there is, from school board to president. It is time the pendulum swung back to the middle instead of the victorian insanity we see today...\n\n*Editing in a note* See below, that was not I who is trying to make a clump of cellular tissue into a baby.
835963
I would definitely change the abortion laws, Completely outlaw partial birth abortion, Aren't we proud 3500 babies are killed daily in Our country. Abortion on Demand WOW! something to brag about!
178041
I believe that there should be a law and a test to procreate.  We have to pass a test to drive, to PAY for an education and sometimes to hold a job;but any jack@#$ can have responsibility of and reproduce a child.
161072
If it is going to harm the Mother then probably yes, it should be allowed. But I feel there should be places in all the states that if you don't want your baby you can take him/her there without have to "kill" it.\n\nI am very against abortion.
702785
I really think the issue of abortion should have no place in\npolitics. It's a personal moral decision of each individual woman.
414571
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.
803362
I don't know that is a hard one. I'm pro-life and but I'm for the death penalty (and there isn't anything wrong with that, Babies don't murder, people on death row do) I think I would, just to get rid of abortion. I think it might be worth it.
29784
I believe we should err on the side of life. A choice was made to have sex and a pregnancy is a consequence of that choice. We must be held responsible for our actions.