beatlejuice72 is offline beatlejuice72 Post #1  September 25,2008, 2:45pm

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I was pro-life until 10 years ago. I realize this is a sensitive issue with some people, but there is also a lot of misunderstanding involved, too. Personally, I am against abortion and if my girlfriend or wife were to get pregnant and wanted to terminate the pregnancy I would probably try to persuade her not to do it...BUT ultimately it is her choice and decision and whatever she decided I would support her wholeheartedly.

I hope that people understand where I'm coming from here. I respect everyone's opinion on this topic whether they are pro-life or pro-choice. Personally, I am against partial-birth abortions, but I also am against overturning Roe v Wade. I believe that instead of trying to change the law and outlaw all abortions that we should work on changing people's hearts and educating each other on safe sex.

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Pro-choice. I believe that a woman has a right to choose what she want to do with her own body. The government should not be involved in that decision.
 
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I'm pro birth control and pro comprehensive sex educationat the earliest possible ages - age appropriate material of course. For teens, I think the message should be to wait but to have a backup strategy in place when that fails - because, unfortunately, it does all too often.


I was militantly pro-choice before having kids. My attitude towards this issue has changed somewhat since becoming a father. While I agree that the government has no business interfering with this decision, if I were a woman facing an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy (or my daughters were in that situation), my choice would be to carry the child to term and give it up for adoption. I do believe abortion destroys a life, or potential life depending on what stage it's performed at. However, I don't believe making abortion illegal is the answer. Better access to birth control/family planning and straight up, no BS, hard facts sex education would go a long way toseriously reducing abortions IMO.
 
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I am totally pro-choice.... it is up to the individual - nobody can dictate to me (or nay other woman) what we can or cannot do with our body...


I agree with audioDad on one point - sex education should be mandatory in all schools everywhere, just the facts on what happens in a scientific manner but also to make younger people especially understand the ramifications of their actions, as that is not properly understood by many. Prevention is the best action!!


The problem with being pro-life is it comes from a mainly religious basis, which, while understandable (people are allowed to believe what they want to believe and to feeling upset at killing a potential life is also understandable), it is not always helpful to the woman when guilt and shame is thrown at her for wanting an abortion and even violence in some cases.


What about the cases when the woman is impregnated due to incest, rape or the child is going to be born with a severe disability? These are the extreme examples of why women abort. But there is also the fact that some women cannot cope with having a child out of wedlock, then others cannot cope with a child on their own, some many not be ready emotionally for a child.


It's not that black and white an issue....


I would (and have) counselled friends who were going to have an abortion, to remind them that they could be having a beautiful baby and to be sure they want to get rid of it. But I did not judge them for their decision - they are the one who is going to live with it, not me... if they are ok with it, then that is good, but if they have doubts, then they probably should keep it... either way, it is their decision, not mine and not anyone else's - they probably should talk about it with the father of the foetus, but still...


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As a man, I don't belief that i'm entitled to an opnion on what a woman should or should not do with her body.


Personally, I'm pro-choice. No point bringing unwanted children into this world. Yes, its a human life we're dealing with and all that but the alternatives can be much wrorse. My .02cents.
 
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beatlejuice72, wrote :

I was pro-life until 10 years ago. I realize this is a sensitive issue with some people, but there is also a lot of misunderstanding involved, too. Personally, I am against abortion and if my girlfriend or wife were to get pregnant and wanted to terminate the pregnancy I would probably try to persuade her not to do it...BUT ultimately it is her choice and decision and whatever she decided I would support her wholeheartedly.

I hope that people understand where I'm coming from here. I respect everyone's opinion on this topic whether they are pro-life or pro-choice. Personally, I am against partial-birth abortions, but I also am against overturning Roe v Wade. I believe that instead of trying to change the law and outlaw all abortions that we should work on changing people's hearts and educating each other on safe sex.

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Wow BJ, you've got guts lol!


One day, when my daughter was 12 she came home from school very upset because a few of her classmates were telling her these horrid stories about what happens to babies when they're aborted. She said these kids were telling her graphically how fetus's were killed and how the bodies were disposed of and how ifgirls got pregnant out of wedlock, their families threw them out of the house and wanted nothing to do with them. I was completely livid.


It was clear they got this information from adults who scare the crap out of children that young with information that is totally inappropriate and wrong. So I sat with her for two hours explaining what abortion is from a clinical point of view, drew some rudimentarypicturesand the reasons some women choose to do it.I told her there weredoctors and clinics who offer this service and perform in in a sterile environment with counselors on hand for support. I told her every possible option should be discussed before a decision like this is made and then we got into the subject of birth control and how prevention was the best way to keep this from happening and only spiteful, ignorant, narrow minded people turn girls away for becoming pregnant and choosing abortion.


When the color returned to her face, I knew her fears were allayed. She was thinking if this happened to her, would I reject her. I told her I never would but wanted her to know that she needed to be as responsible as possible for her own sexuality, which to this day, she is.


Communication and education. Without it, we're lost.
 
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On this topic, I think I have some authority since I got pregnant at the age of 18 and my family wanted me to have an abortion and I didn't; I moved out of my house and now I couldn't be happier for that decision since my son is the smartest kid on the earth (don't I sound like a mom??? LOL). In any case, I managed to study and be successful in all aspects of my life even while being a single mom; so the excuse that a woman's future is going to be ruined by her decision to have her child is NOT TRUE; I am pro-life (if you didn't guess by now but I do believe in abortion if the child has an abnormality (isn't this world tough enough for a normal person???) or if the mom's or fetus' life are in danger. Regarding sex education, yes I do agree but I think it should be expanded by the government to parents; kids are taught in school but how do we breach that subject with our kids at home??? At least for me, it's very tough since he is a boy. Those are my 2c on the topic.
 
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Pro choice: I cannot think of any way in which the government or its agencies could or should force a woman to carry to term an unwanted foetus. Not at least without violating her every right as a citizen to make free choices, to live as she wishes, to go where and do with her body as she pleases.
 
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Abortion is clearly murder and knowing that I am pro-choice because I want euthenasia to be legal. I am taking the stand that an adult life is worth more than a fetal life.


>> I cannot think of any way in which the government or its agencies could or should force a woman to carry to term an unwanted foetus.


Ok, well why does wanting even enter into the picture? Should a parent be allowed to kill an unwanted 5 week old? How about 15 years old?


I mean how selfish can you get? Because my life will be interupted I should be able to kill what will inevitable be a person just cause it's inside of me. It's kooky to me.


>> I believe that a woman has a right to choose what she want to do with her own body.


(The baby isn't her body. It's another body living in hers.)
 
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To me it's simple - Life is life. Once conception begins, it is life. Pro-choice argues that it's the woman's choice. What about the fetal life? Why not consider their right of choice? The choice by the woman was already made when she CHOSE to be open to life by having sex. So I'm definitely Pro-Life!
 
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