Should abortion be required if a girl is pregnant and she is 13 years old or younger?
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I don't think it should be required. It is very dangerous for a 13 y/o to have a baby. But I think abortion is a very personal choice. The girl needs support & education on all options concerning her condition & her life. She's a child herself. No one has the right to judge her for having sex & no one has the right to judge her for the choice she makes in this matter. If you don't believe in abortion, then don't have one, but don't force others to share your beliefs. Every circumstance is different. I would support any decision she would make. Personally if it were me and I were 13 & pregnant, I would most likely choose an abortion. Sorry pro-lifers that's my choice & my right. I respect your opinion & you should respect others as well.
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It should always be an option whether a women takes chooses to take adavntage of it is her choice. For example alcohol is legal and some choose to drink some don't put no one takes away that right. True abortion is more complex because it involves another "life", or some say, but its all about individual choices and rights. Excuse the whole "life" thing its just that a certain stages it can be considered a life to certain people and in others it won't. I don't think society as a whole can ever agree on whether abortion should be legal or not and I don't believe it is anyone's duty to impose their idea on another individual. The decision to have an abortion is based on what a women may be going throug based on her, life, religion, and emotional and personal health. Its all about point of views. I do believe that everyone should have a choice. Say 2 women got raped and because of it ones wants to get abortion because of emotional damage and say possibly finances, on the other hand the other women doesnt want one because of her own personal views and possibly religion. I'm not one to look down on anyone's decisions or judge an individual based off their actions. When it comes to abortion I can agree to disagree.\n\n@dragonflytimes3- You are somewhat very right. There are so many forms of birth control out there and to be irresponsible and use abortion as birth control is wrong.(Wrong by I mean having an attitude- "I won't use protection and if I get pregnant I'll just have an abortion") And its true that the safest sex is to not have it at all But what happens when a female thinks they are ready to have sex and the rubber breaks or that .1% of the pill not working kicks into effect? Sure you can say that if you don't think you can handle the responsibilty of having a child then don't have sex but in society's changing times how logical can that be? My thing is birth control does not always work, so what is a women to do when when she takes steps to be careful and they are not 100% effective?
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Even though the girl is still a minor, she needs to give consent for this procedure.  The staff at the abortion clinic should discuss this with her in private, and if she lets them know that she is against the abortion, they will not perform the procedure.\n\nThe baby's father has no say in the child until the child is born and he is legally named the father.
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Should killing your two-year old daughter be illegal? \n\nWe tell our young mother's it's OK to kill their children while they are hidden in her womb, but not OK once she has held them in her arms. What a sad, confused world we live in.
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I live in Alabama, and depending on who you talk to, it is either 13 or 14.  If I am not mistaken, my attorney told me a few years ago, that my daughter would be able to choose when she turned 14.
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that a 13 year old can get an abortion (major medical procedure) but they cant get their ears pierced without their parents permission.
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this depends on how the baby was concived. if a baby comes from the girl bein raped who wants to remember that? if your  aunresposible teen and u become preg. then its your own fault and you shouldnt kill a baby because your nto ready to have akid
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I used to be strongly against abortion because it was killing life. And I thought that if the girl had got herself into it(unless it's rape), she shouldn't kill her baby just to make life easier for her. But after a lot of thinking, I decided that it should be legal. And while I am still against killing life, I realized that if a woman did not get an abortion, so many bad things could happen to the baby after it was born. The woman could kill it by dumping it somewhere. Even if she kept the baby, she could ignore it and not really take care of the baby, which is basically killing it anyway. There are so many factors like that, so now I believe that the woman should have a right to choose even though the baby does not have the right to choose.
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yeah, but answer this....if a woman was raped, should she be forced to give birth to the child of her rapist and have that constant reminder? that is the truly sick thing in this situation. and even if it was just a highschool girl who did an irresponsible thing.....why ruin her life AND the life of her unborn child?? i am totally and completely prochoice, and believe that abortion should absolutely be legalized.
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and now the entire internet knows. how far away from being 18 are they both? and how much do they like each other? because I think they should probably get married if they love each other that much, but if not, give the child up for adoption. Because if he leaves her, he will be regarded as an immature person who can't own up to his mistakes and runs away from them. So basically, marriage or adoption. Abortion is too horrible for both mother and child to think about.
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Are you trying to open a can of worms here? LOL Seriously I personally don't like the thought of abortion. I think too many women use it as a from of birth control. BUT...I think every woman should have the right to choose! Its her body and that child would be her responsibility forever. I suppose she could give it up for adoption, but some women aren't strong enough to live with that decision. It all boils down to a persons rights. We should all be able to make our own choices! And a partial birth abortion is entirely different in my opinion of one at 9-10 weeks...all have their own opinion though..
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When you are over 18 years of age and can handle the consequences of your actions, meaning pregnancy or disease or both...
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I agree with you that abortions are wrong. I strongly believe that it is cruel and takes away the life of a child. Everyone should have the right to live and I believe it is selfish of someone to take away a child's entire life because they don't want 9 months of suffering. If they can't take care of the child there is always adoption. To those who say that a women should have the right to chose, what about the unborn child, shouldn't he have some rights or at the very least the right to live. Now this is also disapproved by religion as it goes against the 10 commandments as so forth but it is more then that, its a matter of love and selflessness, its morality and common sense. Abortion is murder and murder is wrong.
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This is a very touchy subject. I'm not saying I agree with you though. \n\nIt's the woman's choice, if you choose not to do it, great! But people have no right to tell others what to do with their body. What if it was killing the mother, like an ectopic pregnancy? That doesn't give the mother the right to abort the pregnancy?\n\nJust because someone chooses to abort the pregnancy doesn't mean their children are lower than animals either.\n\nI think people (especially girls) should be educated more about methods to prevent pregnancy, like birth control pills, implants, diaphams, etc. The guy might wear the condom, but it is ultimately the girls responsibility to be more careful about becoming pregnant.
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Actually, abortion is a safer option for the woman's health than is pregnancy, especially if she's a teenager. Any licensed provider or Planned Parenthood affiliate can provide you with a safe abortion. There is also mifepristone, or RU486, a chemical means of inducing abortion.\n\nWhatever you do about your abortion, do it safely! Do not try to do it yourself at home! Countless women died before the era of safe, legal abortion; don't be a statistic.
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The UK is once again debating over its abortion laws. It is allowed in this country currently up 24 weeks providing 2 doctors give their consent that to not abort would be of detrrement to the womans physical or mental health, that it would harm the child or their family. \nseems about right to me.
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Teen girls who are in bad situations are to me less likely to abort a child. Most of them have parents to fall back on. While the young woman is just coming into her own. And to be frank, can be quite selfish. Just when they are finally living their lives the way they want to, here comes this wrench in their masterplans.