I've worked at an abortion clinic before, and I still don't understand WHY so many women abort.?
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According to the pro-abortion Alan Guttmacher Institute, these are the reasons women give for aborting their children:\n\n75% say a baby would interfere with work, school, or other responsibilities.\n\n75% say they cannot afford a baby.\n\n50% say they do not want to be a single parent or are having problems with their partner.\n\nAbout 40% say they already have all the children they want.\n\nAbout 30% say they are “not ready” have a child.\n\nAbout 1% became pregnant due to rape or incest.\n\nNone of these are good reasons for killing a living human being.  In every situation, the unborn child is completely innocent and does not deserve to die.  There is ANOTHER body involved in abortion other than the woman's, and that is the body of the child.  At three weeks, the baby's heart is already beating.  At six weeks, the baby has recordable brain waves and tiny fingers.  At eight weeks, the baby can suck her thumb and has all her organs.  At nine weeks, the baby can grasp an object placed in her palm.  The average age of an aborted baby in America is 10 weeks.  \n\nTake a look at:\n\nPhotos of Abortions, Including 1st Trimester Abortions:\nhttp://www.cbrinfo.org/Resources/pictures.html\n\nA Four-Minute, Must-See Video on Abortion:\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-4-video.html\n\nInformation on All Aspects of Abortion:\nhttp://Abort73.com\n\nPhotos and Facts About Prenatal Development:\nhttp://www.justthefacts.org/clar.asp\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-2-prenatal.html\nhttp://www.studentsforlife.uct.ac.za/foetal%20dev%20photos.html\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3847319.stm\nhttp://www.lifeissues.org/ultrasound/11weeks.htm\n\nPain Perception in the Unborn:\nhttp://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/fetalpain.html\n\nAbortion Stories:\nhttp://abortiontv.com/Words/truestoriesfrom-mothers.htm\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-G-2-testimony.html\nhttp://www.teenbreaks.com/abortion/girlswhoaborted.cfm\n\nPro-Life Answers to “Pro-Choice” Arguments:\nhttp://www.deathroe.com/Pro-life_Answers/\nhttp://www.pregnantpause.org/abort/choicarg.htm\n\nRape and Abortion:\nhttp://www.deathroe.com/Pro-life_Answers/Answers.cfm?ID=31\nhttp://www.afterabortion.info/Victims/index.htm\nhttp://www.focusonthefamily.com/focusmagazine/sohl/A000000103.cfm\nhttp://www.dakotavoice.com/200611/Guest/20061101_GR.html\nhttp://www.afterabortion.info/PAR/V2/n1/RAPESUM.htm\n\nIs Abortion Ever Necessary to Save the Life of the Mother?\nhttp://www.all.org/article.php?id=10682\nhttp://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/motherslife.html
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I'm with you. I've often wondered the exact same thing! Like with Lacy Peterson, or other murdered pregnant women. There's this huge uproar...Oh that poor baby...it was...murdered. Ok, so then why is it legal to go and voluntarily murder that baby? Is it ok because it kills only the baby, not you? Sad thing is, if abortion were made illeagel women would still do it, and possibly get themselves killed in the process. But, why? Is it worth it to you?? To be rid of this "burden" as you see it, at the risk of your own life? If people aborted every unplanned pregancy, a lot of us wouldn't be here. Look, it isn't a choice between aborting the child or becoming a mother. there's another option...adoption. Heck, they even have laws now saying you can just leave the baby at a hospital or fire station or other drop points with no questions asked, no reprecussions. There are thousands of loving families out there who want a baby so bad and adoption is the only way they can. You say you were raped or something? Well, two wrongs don't make a right. Murdering an innocent baby changes nothing. Now you have to deal with the rape and the guilt of knowing you murdered your own child. I'm sorry, nothing makes this right. JMO
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I believe that's taking it a bit too far. I consider myself to be anti-abortion but at the same time, I realize there are certain cases when abortions should be a choice for the woman just like how the death penalty and divorces should only be reserved for extreme situations. Those cases include rape, incest, performing the operation to save the woman's life, or finding out that the baby will be born so deformed that it'll die in less than a year.\n\nOn the other hand, I don't believe a woman should simply choose to have her own baby killed just because she decided to get drink just a little too much at last night's party or willingly gave in to her boyfriend because "[she] thought he loved [me]." When that happens, I'll have absolutely no respect for her if she chooses to go to one of those alley-way abortion clinics.
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While abortion obviously affects women's bodies, maybe that is only 15% of the issue?  Perhaps the other 85% are social, religious and scientific?  So the parts dedicated to women's reproductive rights aren't the major parts of the issue, but rather the unknown and arguable stuff that I just gave an 85% weight.
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You've had 4 abortions?? I really hope that's not true. \nI hope that when you actually try to have children you struggle with it. 4 abortions is just sick--why didn't you consider giving them up for adoption? I can understand when there's one abortion---but 4? What was wrong with birth control or protection?\nMy husband and I have been trying to have another child for 2 years now--we'd give anything to have another one. And there are so many other families just like ours. You've thrown 4 away? That's not right! You should feel terrible about your decisions!
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I used to say that the anti-abortion protestors and activists  should go to the junior high and high school kids and talk to them about birth control and not having sex or whatever, because if they're harrassing girls and woman going into these clinics and making such a fuss about how wrong abortions are and making them feel like they are the worst person in the world (even though I guarantee the girls themselves are their biggest critics and already feeling like the worst person ever)they're a little late to save anyone, don't ya think? The bible is based upon different perspectives and interpretations, why else would there be so many different religions based on one book?! I am not a horrible person because I refused to have a baby at 15, and I know I am not going to hell for it or being punished in every way because everything happens for a reason, and from my interpretations of God and everything, this blueprint of my life and lessons was made long before I was even born. I believe that fetus' have a soul, but I believe that they were not meant to be born yet, and this was in their plan too, even if it was in the form of an abortion. I think God's a little more modern than people think, and times change for everyone. This isn't the same world as it was when the bible came about, let alone the stories that it's formed from. I think God is a lot more understanding and forgiving than people give him credit for.
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Why did that guy above me have to be mean?  I read much dumber stuff on here!  \nI don't think abortion should be used as birth control.  But take a minute and think, please.  There are many, many people who CAN'T read this, and abortion had nothing to do with it.\nThe body ALSO aborts, but on its own.  We don't punish the body for miscarriages, do we?  I have to say I am not so righteous to believe I have all the facts and all the knowledge about abortion and the people who have them.  Not my business, it's theirs.  And I know people who have had abortions - it was NOT an easy decision, but best for everyone involved, including the unborn.\nThere are so many unwanted already.
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no one loves abortion, and the women who have them usually are making the right choice.lets talk republican shall we? your so focused on abortion, you are latting our country go broke. you dont want welfare? so let a bunch of people have kids they cant take care of. oh and while your out being conservitave your kids are out getting high on meth and getting impregnated by strangers.
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I totally agree with you. Thats why the pro-choice point of view is seriously flawed. They try to put all the emphasis on the woman but nobody thinks about the baby involved. What about the baby's right to choose to live?\n\nBut anyway - i guess prostitution has been illegal for the fact that its "dirty" and something people don't want to be around thier clean neighborhoods and stuff. But hey - who knows in 10 - 15 years what this country will legalize!
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In Ontario, I'm pretty sure at a clinic on Mount Pleasant allow abortions up to the third trimester which is covered by Ontario Health Care Insurance. I am not making a comment with respect to my feelings because I don't feel it is my business to comment when not asked.
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I already do work as one! That is why I need an abortion! My parents don't know anything about me. The think I work at Pizza Hut! Look at my questions. I don't know where I can get an abortion.
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You can even take this one step further. Most of those same people who are for abortion are also for assisted suicide and euthenasia of terminally ill people, or people who are too old to care for themselves. Many people think that you have to have a certain quality of life in order to deserve to live. Unplanned babies, the sick, the old, and the dying fit into their ideas of those who don't or won't have a quality of life that's productive. Oh yeah, and that includes another group of people...those who are in a coma and are only hooked up to feeding tubes. They have their feeding tubes pulled out, leaving them to starve to death. Many live for several weeks before dying, with the family watching the whole proceedure, in the name of saving money, but claiming they are giving their "loved" one death with dignity. What's so dignified about starvation? They spout off grand speeches about how they can't bear to see them suffer so much. And that their quality of life doesn't exist anymore. Then, they'll turn around and picket in front of a jail, where a convicted killer is ready to get the needle, dying in peace, having just eaten the greatest meal they'd ever had. Go figure. Abortion is just as senseless, with hundreds of couples waiting for years to adopt a baby. I know a few gals who got abortions...not because they were raped...or because it was a health risk to her or the baby...but because it was inconvenient. They were in school. They didn't want their parents to find out (after all, we just know that their parents will KILL them if they find out, right?). It was just easy to think of their baby as a blob of material, with no identity. I've heard people say that the baby isn't really human until they're born. Really? What is that thing inside of a pregnant woman, a fish, a monkey, a figment of their imagination? Have they really seen the amazing pictures of a baby inside of the mom? Looks human to me. I still have the ultrasound of my daughter and she looks like a baby to me. I guess it all depends on what you believe in...whether you believe in defending the defenseless or supporting the evil. No one has ever explained sufficiently to me the up side of abortion. There is none. Everyone loses. What a huge waste of a human life. <*)))><
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That is insane, considering they keep premature babies alive if they are born in the 6-7 month.  If you have an "abortion" at this stage, it's murder.  My ex has a child that was born at 26 wks and she is now a healthy  4 year old.  Use your brain.
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Because women have it both ways,it makes no sense but they have the legal system so slanted to allow them to kill their unborn children it appears to be a hypocrisy.Just remember this,IF YOU DIDN`T HAVE AN ABORTION YOU WOULD HAVE A LIVING BREATHING CHILD!!!!Women can kill their kids but NOBODY else can. GO FIGURE!
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1 and I honestly will still cry about it.  I was too young, had no idea what I was doing and the evil lady at Planned Parenthood made it seem like it was so easy and in a couple weeks I'd be hanging with my friends again.  It was extremely traumatic and painful.  Years later I saw a video of an ultrasound of an abortion.  It showed the fetus trying to get away from the suction instrument and then it stopped moving when the suction thing began tearing it apart.  I am not anti abortion, I just think it should be done with parental consent, in only the first 2 months of pregnancy and birth control after should be required by law.  There are so many options in adoption where you can see your baby grow up, be a part of their life and not have to be responsible.  I have 3 kids now and I should have had 4, it is very sad.
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Baby girl this is a touchy subject really.  But it's true a lot of women use abortion as a form of birth control, they have all kinds of unprotected sex and when they turn up pregnant they just go and have the unborn killed and remove like if it was a tumor or something.  In some cases abortion might be acceptable but not for what these women wanna use it for.
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Oh its a kick in the ass eh. You see these 15 or 16 year old girls who get pregnant unintentionally then you have these married couples who try and try and hope so much and can't get pregnant.\n\nThats life I guess.\n\nThats why I'm starting to have a new view on abortion... like, if you don't want the baby, have it anyways and let a couple that can't have a child and want a child adpot it.