The Official Abortion Thread

Go ahead, debate it. Let's just try to be nice and not personally attack others. Be a fair debater.

To put it simply, I am against abortion. That is my two cents (sense?).

I'm pro-choice, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm all for abortion in all circumstances.
I think that every woman should have the choice for herself, but me personally I could never get an abortion unless the circumstances were something like rape.

I'm pro-choice. It's as simple as that.

I'm pro-life in the sense that I would never ever get an abortion and I really hope that nobody ever would either. I'm pro-choice in that I realise that no matter how much I don't like abortion, there are going to be people out there that don't have the same views as me and I can't push that on anyone. So yeah, I put pro-choice.

Gabstah wrote:

I'm pro-life in the sense that I would never ever get an abortion and I really hope that nobody ever would either. I'm pro-choice in that I realise that no matter how much I don't like abortion, there are going to be people out there that don't have the same views as me and I can't push that on anyone. So yeah, I put pro-choice.

That. I'm pro-choice because I realize we need that option. Like it or not, there's going to be a 15 year old girl that's raped. Why should she have to carry that baby to term? Of course, if you're just an idiot and forget to use birth control, suck it up.

Definately Pro-Choice. I don't think I could personally ever go through with it, but a woman should always have the option.

LimeBlue wrote:

Gabstah wrote:

I'm pro-life in the sense that I would never ever get an abortion and I really hope that nobody ever would either. I'm pro-choice in that I realise that no matter how much I don't like abortion, there are going to be people out there that don't have the same views as me and I can't push that on anyone. So yeah, I put pro-choice.

That. I'm pro-choice because I realize we need that option. Like it or not, there's going to be a 15 year old girl that's raped. Why should she have to carry that baby to term? Of course, if you're just an idiot and forget to use birth control, suck it up.

See I go further and I realise that rape is a terrible terrible thing, but I've done a bit of research on it and it seems that more often women who have gotten an abortion due to a rape incident take a lot more time to heal than those who gave birth to their baby and either kept it or gave it up for adoption.
I did this research like 4 years ago so maybe more studies have gone out since then that I haven't read, but that's what I remember. I still think that a woman should keep that baby, to see how not all bad events turn out bad in the end (a baby really is a blessing, at least always for someone. Even if you can't keep it there are many couples out there who would love to adopt a child since they can't conceive on their own.)

I do know that people will still get abortions regardless. Sigh.

I'm male and thus have no say in the matter. "undecided" was the closest related answer

Gabstah wrote:

LimeBlue wrote:

Gabstah wrote:

I'm pro-life in the sense that I would never ever get an abortion and I really hope that nobody ever would either. I'm pro-choice in that I realise that no matter how much I don't like abortion, there are going to be people out there that don't have the same views as me and I can't push that on anyone. So yeah, I put pro-choice.

That. I'm pro-choice because I realize we need that option. Like it or not, there's going to be a 15 year old girl that's raped. Why should she have to carry that baby to term? Of course, if you're just an idiot and forget to use birth control, suck it up.

See I go further and I realise that rape is a terrible terrible thing, but I've done a bit of research on it and it seems that more often women who have gotten an abortion due to a rape incident take a lot more time to heal than those who gave birth to their baby and either kept it or gave it up for adoption.
I did this research like 4 years ago so maybe more studies have gone out since then that I haven't read, but that's what I remember. I still think that a woman should keep that baby, to see how not all bad events turn out bad in the end (a baby really is a blessing, at least always for someone. Even if you can't keep it there are many couples out there who would love to adopt a child since they can't conceive on their own.)

I do know that people will still get abortions regardless. Sigh.

Really? That's interesting, I didn't know that! Thanks for pointing that out, Gabs.

joshj wrote:

I'm male and thus have no say in the matter. "undecided" was the closest related answer

You may not have a say in the matter but surely you have an opinion on it?

Gabstah wrote:

LimeBlue wrote:

Gabstah wrote:

I'm pro-life in the sense that I would never ever get an abortion and I really hope that nobody ever would either. I'm pro-choice in that I realise that no matter how much I don't like abortion, there are going to be people out there that don't have the same views as me and I can't push that on anyone. So yeah, I put pro-choice.

That. I'm pro-choice because I realize we need that option. Like it or not, there's going to be a 15 year old girl that's raped. Why should she have to carry that baby to term? Of course, if you're just an idiot and forget to use birth control, suck it up.

See I go further and I realise that rape is a terrible terrible thing, but I've done a bit of research on it and it seems that more often women who have gotten an abortion due to a rape incident take a lot more time to heal than those who gave birth to their baby and either kept it or gave it up for adoption.
I did this research like 4 years ago so maybe more studies have gone out since then that I haven't read, but that's what I remember. I still think that a woman should keep that baby, to see how not all bad events turn out bad in the end (a baby really is a blessing, at least always for someone. Even if you can't keep it there are many couples out there who would love to adopt a child since they can't conceive on their own.)

I do know that people will still get abortions regardless. Sigh.

Wow, really? I never heard that. That's incredibly interesting. And you're right. A woman really should try to have the baby, but like I said, I understand that there's always going to be a high school student who was raped and doesn't want to put her life on hold to have a baby that she isn't responsible for the conception of. I can't say whether I agree with that or not. I'm only 15. If God forbid I was raped, I don't know what I'd do. That said, I sometimes feel like needing the choice for rape victims doesn't even matter. Well over 90% of the abortion in this country are performed as birth control.

Here's an idea, dumbass: Use a condom.