How do you feel abortion should be handled by the government?
462892
I am wise enough to know that I am not smart enough to say whether abortion is right or wrong. However I feel very strongly that If abortion is outlawed then  it should still be legal in cases of rape, incest and a mothers health. Also I believe a father should be able to stop a  abortion if he will take complete responsibility for the child. Lastly if it is legal then a man should be able to give his rights away to a child if he does not wish to have one. In that case he would not be required to support it. That may sound harsh but if woman whats choice than they cannot Deni it to the father.
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.
845405
The thing about the abortion debate is that the two sides are arguing entirely unrelated issues. Pro-life people say "abortion is bad". Pro-choice advocates say "The government not should be making personal decisions that like". It's not about abortion. It's about who gets to make the decisions.\n\nFace it -- someone is going to choose.  It's either going to be the individual, or it's going to be the majority (through enacted laws). If the majority gets to choose, then they are effectively imposing their belief system -- which is almost always religiously-based -- on everyone.\n\nRight now, the conservatives happen to be in the majority, so many of them seem to have no objection to imposing their religious and moral views on others.  But allowing the government to choose doesn't resolve the question. It just means that the decision on whether abortion is justified is being made by those in power, rather than those personally affected.\n\nDo you really want to abdicate that much of your personal freedom and choice to a group of politicians? Do people really want to live in a country where state legislatures can decide who can be pregnant, and who cannot, and who must? Do people really have that much trust and faith in government that they think the legislature will always make the right choices? Because we'll be stuck with those decisions.\n\nThe concept of reproductive freedoms is not whether you agree with the individual choices being made. It's whether you think the government should have the right to take away and mandate those choices.\n\nWhy can't people understand that freedom of choice is not a minority value, even if the majority happens to disagree with the minority's choice?
1126957
I'm pro-choice. A woman's rights come before that of the clump of cells and tissues that have invaded her uterus.
964742
i agree. how can we be shocked and appauled at the lack of moral fortitude of society at large, when "we" as a society insist upon the right to choose.\n\ni am pro choice. but the reality of which Mother Teresa speaks is true, may she rest in peace.
773408
Yes, I feel it is perfectly ethical. You are desposing of a parasite that can't survive outside the womb. Without an abortion, it is adding another unwanted child to this already overpopulated world.
891554
Ither way he who chooses to do what they want when they want. free country but probly the moms and dads. ima anti-abortion so.... you know how that goes.
917051
That's a very difficult question.The fetus hasn't asked to be there,so it's not like its forcing,it has no will at that stage of development.\nIn general I believe the government doesn't have the right to demand of a woman to be forced to have a baby.Her body,her choice although open minded and real education could prevent a lot of unwanted pregnancies.
836717
The Libertarian view on abortion is a shaky one. Some Libertarians are for abortion, some arn't. Me. I am for it but only to a certain extent. I believe that during the embryo stage, because it isn't able to live outside the body, it is still part of the woman and should be allowed if wanted. But at the later stage when it is able to live outside the body, I believe it is a seperated individual, and should not be done. But that is my views many Libertarians don't view that. But we do believe that the decision should be made at a state level and not a federal one.\n\nThe thing is if this was a Libertarian governed country, it will all depend on what the State believes. That is if the State thinks partial birth abortion is wrong, then it would be illegal for that person to get a partial birth abortion. But because Libertarians believe that the govt, should not intrude into the Abortion Clinic's business, it would be hard for that to be enforced. I hope that makes sense. I think I'm confussing myself. (Alot of deletes.) But I really don't know how this would be taken.\n\nIf you really would like to know more about Libertarianism, email me at Chsel_06@yahoo.com. I don't know everything, but I'm pretty knowledgable about many issues and principles regarding Libertarianism.
881795
With the availability of birth control , I have over the years lost my support of abortion.  I don't believe that taxpayers should have to pay for abortions if they are morally opposed to abortion but the other side of the coin is taxpayers footing the bill for all the health costs and welfare benefits for a poor child to be raised by a teenage or under educated mother. There are no easy answers.\n\nYears ago my then newly ex- sister-in-law (recently divorced, but still sleeping with her ex) found herself pregnant , she made the trip to an abortion clinic, I went with her for support and to drive her home - to make a long story short - she had to sign a form stating my brother raped her so the clinic would get paid , he hadn't - he didn't know about the abortion until after. She didn't want to raise another of his children ( he paid support )as she had just started dating someone new. The clinic sealed the form so no charges could be filed(sweet as there was no crime) but it smelled of fraud  and greed to me. Ever since I have lost the vision of  abortion being the only option.  \nSorry to ramble but there is no clear answer to abortion.
1090895
Abortion is not murder it is a personal decision, it should be left up to each individual, the government has no business in trying to legislate morality and the people that are against it have no business telling anyone what is right or wrong for them in a moral decision.
119870
Abortion should never be legal.  I hope the Supreme Court, with its new memebers will put an end to the partial-birth procedure.  From there Id like to see Roe itself overturned.
471273
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.
253577
I myself, while pro-life, feel that rape victims should be able to get an abortion if they so chose. I can't imagine what it would be like to carry the child of a rapist for 9 months.\n\nI think Mexico has a lot of issues, not just this one in which their sense of justice is way out of whack.
628946
Ooh touchy topic!!\n\nIt depends on the circumstances. I am against it when a woman is promiscuous and has one after the other (abortions that is) but I do agree with it if there are health risks to either mother or baby if the baby is kept.\nI would also agree if the person was raped and fell pregnant.\n\nEither way, I really don't feel that people should be judged on the decisions they have made. Be it for the right or wrong reason, having an abortion is a terrible thing for anyone to have to consider and I would never want to be in that position.
122673
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.
1050286
Laws set by government must be followed in order to stay out of jail and so forth.  God's LAWS must be followed in order to stay out of hell.  \nJust because a group of politicians and/or voters decided that something is okay does not mean that God thinks it is okay. As far as abortion goes, the commandment says THOU SHALL NOT KILL. How more specific can that be? The government says- oh it has a heart that is beating, but it is not alive so therefore it is okay to kill it.  \nFunny, how can you kill something that is not alive????\n\n\nRemember, too, that God did not elect the political officials that are deciding that these things are okay. Sinners voted sinners in to make laws.