What are your opinions on Abortion?

Abortion is the killing of an innocent child.

It is the hardest decision a woman can make.

And I support her right to make the decision and the government needs to stay out of it.

There are cases where the choices are-give birth and die or have an abortion and live. Other heart wrenching situations occur when the child is so horribly deformed that he or she will likely die very quickly after birth, or live a life of agony and helplessness. In such cases there is no other morally correct choice, as the mother's life or the child's suffering are very real costs. The choice is obvious.

As to those who want an abortion because they are not ready-we have this process called adoption. Don't let a child die (yes, the CHILD, a living thing) because you were irresponsible.

It is a difficult decision when it has to be made and we need to stand by the mother's right to make that decision.

So to me, I view both sides as wrong on this issue, but I give a slight creedence to Pro-Choice, but barely.

We can't outlaw it-back alley abortions will occur and if something is going to be done anyway it might as well be done as safely as possible. But to the Pro-Choice group-the fact is that it is a life in progress. If you crush a fertilized egg you have prevented that life from emerging. So in that case it is killing-even if it's not yet conscious. To argue otherwise only makes you look incredibly heartless.

"Oh it's a THING! It doesn't matter". NO it's NOT a 'THING', he or she is a human being who deserves a shot at life-but deserves a fair shot, not at the cost of the mother's life, or to be born into a horribly painful and or short existence.

No one in their right mind likes making that choice and instead of trying to make her feel bad for it one way or the other-we should support her in what is an emotionally traumatic experience. One life has ended, don't help ruin another one with your callousness. The situation is tragic enough without you butting in.

Okay I'm finished ranting. Sorry everyone.

I believe that it is wrong to drain countries of medical supplies, and have abortions when a couple/woman could so easily have used contraception, but otherwise I believe that a woman is completely entitled to her own decision and should not be judged on abortion.

I believe that women should have the right to do what she want with her body

But:

There is no one to speak up for the baby

The baby did not asked to be killed off

It is innocent

For example if something happened and the abortion failed and you had the baby and raised it and the child asked you why you were going to abort her/ him , would you say you simply just did not want them ?

I feel like women should have the right to do whatever they want with their bodies. Personally I would not abort my child, but I am not against it. It has a psychological, emotional impact on the woman post-abortion. She may regret it someday. Also IMO unborn children have souls and are taken straight to heaven once they are aborted. I am religious, and I don't think god would want anyone to abort his child, but sins are forgiven. As far as the government though, they need to stay out of it. Also republicans, liberals or anyone else that tries to get all up in women's business need to mind their own business and quit trying to take women's rights away. So women should have every right with their bodies just as men do!!

1. There is an effective birth control now that can be used up to three days after unprotected sex that is VERY effective which would hugely cut down the number of abortions each year if made available to all over the counter in every pharmacy for a nominal price. If Government cared at all about women or their rights, they would offer these very effective pills (which are nothing more than a double dose of the same pill women take all the time for birth control). IT is VERY effective...why aren't we using it????

2. Abortion diminishes the worth of a human life...partial birth abortion is barbaric and should not be legal ANYWHERE unless the mother's life is in danger.

3. The American Taxpayer should never be forced to pay for someone else's abortions, because many feel it is morally and ethically wrong and we shouldn't have to be forced to pay for it...EVER.

4. Why is it our laws are hypocritical on this issue, if someone kills a pregnant woman, in many states they are charged with a double homicide...but if a woman decides to kill her own baby, that's ok.

We will never be able to have a polite discussion with people because we will never come together on this, but we should all agree we can limit the number of babies we throw away or kill every year by using proper controls and taking more responsibility for the consequences of our sexual urges.

Abortion is murder.

I am an L4L (Libertarians 4 Life).

Here is the L4L argument:

* Human offspring are human beings, persons from fertilization.

* Abortion is homicide -- the killing of one person by another.

* There is never a right to kill an innocent person. Prenatally, we are all innocent persons.

* A prenatal child has the right to be in the mother's body. Parents have no right to evict their children from the crib or from the womb and let them die. Instead both parents, the father as well as the mother, owe them support and protection from harm.

* No government, nor any individual, has a just power to legally depersonify any one of us, born or preborn.

* The proper purpose of the law is to side with the innocent, not against them.

I think it puts social security in jeopardy. When we started Social Security, we had 16 payers for each collecter. At the time the number of births in ratio to pregnancies was high (Very little were early terminations). Over time, we are at the point where we have 2-4 (depends on who you ask) payers and 1 collector. The termination of births since 1972 have been roughly 35 million, not considering possible children of the aborted. In 2008, about 4 million were born, and 1 million early terminated. So 20% of pregnancies end in a termination and most of those are abortion by choice.

So it is killing social security.

honestly i support abortion, however not all abortion.

these are my thoughts.

- 5% pregnancy rate from rape among 18- to 24-year-old college students in the US studies show about 10% of pregnancy in the US is caused by rape. 333,000 assaults and rapes reported in the US in 1998 caused about 25,000 pregnancies and rapes in the us today have gone up 100% since then.and up to 22,000 of those pregnancies could have been prevented by prompt medical treatment, such as emergency abortion. About 25 percent of women who report rape after a month of being raped turn out pregnant. women who become pregnant from a rape are 75% more proven to form into a hostel state either committing suicide or hurting them self and killing their baby's. if women were more educated on abortion they would know that it is safe and that it is an option. instead people give there religious opinion and young women end up having their brothers, fathers, uncles, grandfathers, and strangers baby's because these people who force them selves on women and ruin lives.

13 year old girls that have been sexually assaulted and turn up pregnant is just sick to me. that child is now scarred for the rest of her life because people this that it is gods choice to kill someone. listen a 13 year old girl who gets raped and ends up having a baby is not gods work that is the devil and it is our responsibly to make sure that that young child's life is not ruined just because someone thinks it is wrong to kill a baby.

however is a women chooses to have unsafe sex and end up being pregnant it is not right to have an abortion. there are many forms of birth control and things you can do to prevent it. if you do not work to prevent it abortion should not be aloud for you abortion is not birth control.

accidents happen condoms break and birth control fails this is when you can make a decision young women have children all the time and end up ruining there lives. my cousin is on 15 and she is pregnant because she was not properly educated on sex, abortion and safe sex. her parents this abortion is wrong so she was convinced it was out of the question to have an abortion.

yes an abortion is a tough decision but it is not a wrong one. young girls rape victims and uneducated women should not be forced to keep their baby's just because of someone else's action or opinion.

The death penalty's barbaric too, but it's legal in many states. Keep the government out of issues of life and death.

I don't believe in abortion. Even when doctors told me I had cancer and to carry my baby to term would kill me, I refused to have any procedure that would threaten her life. They were wrong, so thankfully I'm still here and so is she.

However, I do not believe we should give the government the power to determine our morality or personal beliefs for us. Banning abortions would be doing just that. Outlawing prayer in public places or school would be doing just that. Oh wait... We already gave away our ability to make our own choices as far as what we believe... Just wait, it'll get worse.