Should abortion be made completely illegal?
824279
yes. why should murder be legal? it is murder I don't care what anyone says that baby is alive when you kill it. If you don't want a baby then don't fvcking get pregnant
246628
I would never, ever have an abortion, but I don't have the right to make that decision for other women.  \n\nIf you believe abortion is murder, it's your right not to have one.  It is not, however, your right to force any women or girl to play host to a fetus for nine months.\n\nDo you really think a child is better off being born only to be tied up in a plastic bag and thrown in a dumpster?
774253
There are a few other things that are hypocritical about abortion.  \n\nIf you have a tooth pulled, you have to get informed consent.  Little or none is needed to get an abortion.\n\nWe are not told how many women die from legal abortions but it is far more then most realize.  Often the real cause of death is covered up.\n\nSomeone dies in every abortion.  Often they are unborn women.  What about their rights in what should be the safest place for them...their mothers womb.\n\nThey are not informed on the possible and probably long term effects of abortion.  I have worked with dozens of women who have regretted having an abortion years after the fact.  \n\nThey often accuse men of demanding a baby be aborted simply to avoid paying for it but these same people scream bloody murder if the father tries to prevent his child from being murdered.
1118851
I wouldn't.  I believe abortion needs to be legal but it's nothing I would do myself.
90560
no. that would be violating the patient's rights. abortion is a medical procedure and is just like any other procedure--confidential.
469583
abortion being legal doesn't take away the fact that to abort the baby is to kill it. legally, i suppose you're right, it's not murder - but it's still killing. i'm pro-life but i believe abortion is morally ok up until the moment a heart beat can be detected. i don't believe in any abortion after that, even if the child is a product of rape or incest. it's not the baby's fault it was conceived in such a disgusting way.
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.
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.
270678
From what I understand about the case, the states determined abortion laws, and still do.  So, if it is illegal in one state, a woman can travel to another to have the procedure performed.  \nBut, I have always wondered the answer to this myself.  I assumed it would outlaw any abortions except those to save the mother's life.  But, that assumption must be wrong or you wouldn't have asked this question.
498341
This is such a debatable issue. I don’t like the idea of abortion and would never encourage anyone to get an abortion BUT I understand the reasons why some women would chose this option even if I wouldn't. In terms of discrimination, I don’t really see how it can be. We all know the risks of what may happen when we sleep with someone and I think that to some extent abortion is encouraging a reckless attitude towards sex. 'Oh if I dont use a condom and cant be bothered with the after morning pill, then at least there another option'.\n\nIn the times we live in now, I understand that there are other issues y women may choose not to have a baby - career, finance etc, but then y have sex and resort to putting your body through all that? Even if contraception is used there is always that 1% chance that it will fail because none is 100% guaranteed. Rather than avoid such trauma by not having sex, women try to so as they please and then fit the consequences around their lifestyle. I kno this may sound impossible to some but sex is the ONLY way we can reproduce naturally, so what do you think is gonna happen?  If abortion was made illegal it would force women to take responsibility for their actions and think more carefully about what they are getting into.\n\nHOWEVER..... you then have to think about the fact that these babies will be unwanted and this may raise the figures in babies that go up for adoption or the child may be mistreated. Also you have to think about rape victims, who did not make the choice to be a position where they might become pregnant and women who have to abort for health reasons.\n\nIn short, no I do not think that making abortion illegal discriminates against women. Altho it will take away a choice that we have regarding our own bodies, it is possible for women to avoid getting into a position where that choice has to be made, therefore making us think more carefully about that choice. People who say that women should have the choice to do as they please with their bodies blah blah blah are not considering the fact that just because they SHOULD be able to do as they please doesn’t mean they are being responsible. Also if a man decides he wants to leave a woman after he finds out about the pregnancy that is not an excuse for abortion. We all know that relationship breakdowns are a possibility, it’s not new. If you are willing to have a child, it should be unconditional, not jus because you currently have a man by your side.
786173
Bad.  Every abortion kills an innocent human being:\n\nhttp://www.cbrinfo.org/Resources/pictures.html\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-4-video.html
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"
940429
The Supreme Court has ruled on this already and as long as the first Amendment is not altered, abortion should be legal.\n\nThe S.Court ruled abortion should be legal based on a person's 1st Amd right to privacy over what happens to their body. It has nothing to do with when life begins,etc... as some would like it to. It is all about this great country's freedoms and constitution giving us protections over our personal self.
266546
Abortion is murder, you are killing a life (the fetus IS alive at the MOMENT of conception). Abortion is the must DISGUSTING thing ever.\n\n1) why should we punish the child, it was NOT the child's fault it was born\n2) With sex comes responsibilities, and if you're going to engage, you BETTER be willing to pay (whether it means adoption, giving up your life for theirs, what ever the consequence is- you better be ready.)\n3) From the moment of conception it has its own DNA coding, therefore it's tech. not the "women's body", the only thing the women is doing is housing and feeding it.\n4) The two participating had the choice whether or not they were ready to deal with the consequences so why give them more choices if they're already making bad ones?\n5) rape, I sympathise greatly, but why punish the child? it's not the child's fault, yes it is a HUGE burden and COSNTANT reminder, but still- from a political perspective it's all or nothing, if it were up to me those who were raped (politically) would have the choice (religion in there there would be no rape or abortion- but that's not life). If I were raped though I would definately keep the child though. But in politics it's all or nothing.\n6) There is ALWAYS adoption- if you're willing to kill a child, why are you worried about its life in an adoption agency???\n7) We are not God, we do not have the right to say who lives and who dies. \n8) From the moment of conception it IS alive.(to be alive it has to fill 4 criterias, (1) metabolism, (2) growth, (3) reaction to stimuli, and (4) reproduction)\n9) It's either pro-life or pro-death, not pro-choice because where is that child's choice? and the oppisite of life is death and that's what they are saying is good- the right to put a child to death- YAY!!! hah not!\n\nI see NO plausible defense for this abomination at all.
464282
Actually, I think both should be illegal!!!! \nAt what point these days does society think that life begins? It seems that answer is directly related to the value the mother puts on the child. \n\nIf it's not a baby....you're not pregnant!
944843
Although I am a Christian and truly believe that at the moment of conception a human being is created, I really struggle with this issue. So, after years of fierce internal struggles, here's what I believe.\n\nAbortion, no matter what the reason, ends a life. But I do not feel that you can legislate whether or not abortion should be legal. The decision to abort or not to abort is a moral issue, a decision that rests on the shoulders of the woman carrying the child. The consequences--if the woman chooses to abort--are between the woman and God. \n\nWhat needs to happen in America and around the world for that matter, is a massive effort to educate people with viable information that will prevent unwanted pregnancies. Prevention is our only hope.
639825
I hate abortion. Abortion it a terrible, awful thing. It snuffs out a potential human life. It goes against all our instincts, all our natural drives, all our hopes and dreams for the future. I know several women who have had abortions. ALL of them agonized over the decision. ALL of them still have regrets even to this day.\n\nThere is only one thing worse than an abortion: \nFORCING A WOMAN TO BRING AN UNWANTED CHILD INTO THE WORLD AGAINST HER WILL!! \n\nIn a world without abortion, pregnant women are slaves, forced to do what should **only** be done out of love.\n\nMake no mistake. Abortion is awful. Banning abortion is MUCH, MUCH worse.