people don't want women to get an abortion but don't want to support these children?
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Don't worry about that child ending up in a foster home, some day that child will be happy and productive and perhaps he will be the one to solve the problem that his mother could not.  And he wiil grow up to have a family and kids that he will love with all his heart and soul...KECK
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I can not understand,  if it's a woman's "choice" to have a baby, why should a man be held responsible for the 'fetus', if the woman 'chooses' to turn it into a baby?\n\nIf they are going to use the argument that it isn't a baby, they should not be able to change that argument later.\n\n(for the record, I think its a baby, and I think both parties are responsible for it.  I am just pointing out the hypocrisy of their logic)
416176
nothing.  it's a power that women have, not a right.  So make all the rules you want, women will still take care of business.  FYI if no one had an abortion, there'd be 25% more people.
66978
They should not be allowed to have an abortion unless it is to save the life of the mother. I understand accidents happen but practice safe sex and if you still get pregnant give it up for adoption. Killing your own baby in an effort to ease the problems in you life is sick and wrong. It is a sad reflection on our society that we have made this discusting act into a simple procedure like getting a tooth pulled.\nFurthermore why is the biological father not a part of this choice.\nThese pro baby murder wack jobs have just gone to far. Then they have the nerve to call it pro choice! The choice was made when you decided to have sex. Unborn children should recieve the same protection as any other citizen.\nI like your question.\nHowever it damn near has my blood boiling. I have both a daughter and a son. The fact that there are doctors out there that would do this without my consent to my child is discusting. I find it hard to believe the liberals have led this country that I love so much down a path of disolving morals.
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I'm a democrat and social liberal who is against abortion, but not on religious grounds.  I just firmly believe that individuals should not have their opportunities, including life, denied based on their parent's choices.  Often opponents of abortion imply that the mother should just give her child up for adoption if she is not capable, monetarily, mentally, or physically, of providing an adequate life for the child.  With that said, there are hundreds of thousands of children, eighty-percent of whom are black, who live in horrendous conditions in foster care without ever being adopted by a loving family.  What leaves me dumbfounded is the fact that quite a few of these christian pro-lifers are also firmly against the notion of allowing gays the opportunity to provide loving homes based on their conviction in jewish folklore.  Point being, if you are against abortion you should at least favor providing the best care possible for these children.
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I think the reason pro-life/anti-choice folks do not all adopt children is that their position is not based in reason.  It is variously based on emotion and/or religion.  For whatever reasons, the emotional or religious views that drive the pro-life position usually do not carry over to compel those people to feel a need to take care of children whose births they encouraged.\n\nOf course, they also might not all make great parents either.
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Good question, good thinking.  I certainly don't like the idea of abortion, but the alternative possibility of the outcome is scary. \n\nFirst all more ignorant women will bring their babies to term and discard them or  kill them.  \n\nReopening of Orphanages and the financial burden in society. Would you like to spend your childhood parentless wondering why mom and dad didn't want you?   Pro Lifers say oh, people will adopt the babies, but the truth is, the majority of the people who are adopt are white.  The majority of the babies put up for adoption are black or hispanic.  The majority of white couples do not want to adopt any child other than white because people know that their children were adopted.  The other problem is that couples do not want to adopt in the United states because it is too easy for the birth mother to reclaim her child after she has given up rights.  You cannot imagine the mental horror.  \n\nSo - what I am saying, we SHOULD NOT punish or outlaw abortions.  To do so is inhumane.  Unfortunatly and contrary to popular belief, Not all life is meant to be.\n\nKnowing what I know now, I would rather be humanly killed than left in an orphanage to rot, or being pulled between different gaurdians.  \n\nWe need to promote birth control and the morning after pill so that a fertilized egg does not have time to develop into a fetus. \n\nLook at it this way:  Just because you have and mix all the ingredients to make a cake, if you don't bake it, it's still not a cake.
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Although I don't think abortion should be used as a backup form of birth control, I do think that there are always circumstances that are beyond us.  I think that some women have their reasons and that is their choice!
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I agree with you totally. Women should not abort babies just because they don't want them. They should have thought about that before they opened their legs. Abortion should be made illegal, that way women are more cautious when they decide to have sex. Babies happen, condoms break, it is not the baby's fault. The baby should not pay the ultimate price because of your lack of responsibility. Sex is a big responsibility and most people do not realize this. This is why I do not believe in pre-marital sex. I think sex should only be done when you are married because when you marry someone then you plan to have children. Abortion is wrong because it gives idiots a way to save their pathetic way of life.\n\nPS. If you are raped then I guess it is ok to abort because it wasn't your fault but other than that it is wrong.
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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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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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if you're not willing to support this child through to adulthood no matter what, you shouldn't be having a child.
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I wouldn't have an abortion, pay for one or agree with one.\n\nBut I think everyone have the right to make the decision. Then you deal with God later, if you believe in it.
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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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You are very right. People are stupid and they want to experience something new. They can't wait to have sex. If a woman gets pregnant they can just have an abortion and that is just wrong to take some living organisms life without even considering that it will hurt them. You are right it is degrading and disgusting
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I am against abortion too. But I agree with what the others said, that you have to accept the people you love, even if you don't agree with the choices they make.\n\nAnd I am in a perfect situation to talk about this because I have been in your situation once. Two years ago, when I was 23 years old, my then-14-year old sister got pregnant (by a 25-year old guy). I didn't know that she was pregnant until 2 months after she had the abortion. I live away from home so I never knew. Nobody in our family knew.\n\nWhen she told me all about it, you could probably imagine how I felt. Words fail to describe it, but let me try... Initially, I was upset. My sister was 14!! How could she get pregnant at that age?! She was a minor! And that guy is even older than I am. And then I thought about the abortion. I find abortion despicable. Sick. And I was depressed at the idea that my sister had to go through that -- at such a young age at that... Then again, would I have wanted her to go through the pregnancy and have that baby? We are barely middle class in a third world country (Philippines) and life is hard as it is. Another mouth to feed is simply unthinkable.\n\nSo you see, I did not approve of my sister's decision, and until now, I still think of the "what ifs." What if she didn't get the abortion? What if she never got pregnant? What if she never met that guy? But I wouldn't know if I would approve otherwise. And I guess I am a bit relieved that I didn't have to make the decision myself. Because if I were her, I wouldn't know what to do.\n\nSo, you see, there are really some lose-lose situations where you simply have to choose. \n\nUntil now, I'm still anti-abortion. I wouldn't want to get an abortion. But I guess we really can't say, unless we're in that situation ourselves... I keep thinking, what if I am abused and I get pregnant, will I want the baby? What if I get pregnant and I know that there'll be a good chance that the baby will be deformed (maybe because I got exposed to toxic chemicals, for instance) and will therefore have a difficult life? Will I still want the baby? So many questions. I still don't have the answer.\n\nRight now, my sister is living with me. She has learned a lesson -- the hard way -- and so have I. \n\nI will not ask you to you to tolerate what your sister did. What she did may or may not be a mistake. But please try to communicate with your sister. It may not have been an easy decision for her and she may need your moral support. Please give what you can... If not, then she may be a hardened person who isn't, in any way, affected by what she did... But I don't think she is, knowing that she has a sister like you.\n\nI am against abortion, but I also believe in choices. And I also believe that one mistake cannot be corrected by another mistake. And condemning her may yet be another mistake. Your sister may have done a BIG mistake, but we really cannot judge because we were never in her position.\n\nTake care and God bless.
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No, I don't agree with it. If a person is going to care more for the sex of their baby, than the actual baby, then they don't deserve to have children.