Believers in choice, Do you consider yourselves pro-choice or pro abortion?

I am definitely pro choice cyntrow! Like you that does not mean I am pro abortion and I feel that some people (the vast minority) do use it as a form of contraception although most find themselves facing abortion through a route of heartache and self hatred but see no other way out! It is ok for people to say that they are killing a baby but in reality that baby is not properly formed and could not live outside of the mothers womb! I must admit that the upper limit for termination in the uk is 24 weeks and I do think that that should be lowered as babies can sometimes survive at that stage! Everyone is entitled to hold and express their own opinion but they should long and hard into themselves before they start judging others for the often heartbreaking decisions they have to make! xxx

I am pro-choice, but I do not condone all abortions.. While I don't agree with the choice of all women that have abortions, I respect their right to choose. I worked with a woman who seemingly used abortion as a form of birth control. She had 4 abortions before she was 21. To me, that seemed a bit dangerous, but she is happily married now and has 4 children. At the time of her abortions, all of us at work were quite shocked she kept having them. It seemed like she had one a year. I feel abortion should not be used as a form of birth control. In the matter of this woman, I thought it was a danger zone for future pregnancies if she decided to have children. Apparently, I was wrong, but as her friend, I was still concerned about the consequences. PEACE

I am just like you. I am pro-choice. I don't think abortion is right BUT like you said "acidents do happen". It's life. Sh*t happens. So who are we to judge others who do?

I believe in using contraceptive methods to prevent unwanted pregnancies. The only time I am in favor of abortion is instances of rape or when the mother's life is threatened by the pregnancy. If the only reason is financial difficulty, there is always the option of adoption.

Actually, i dun understand by whats pro-choice or pro-abortion? But i guess if i have a choice, whether to abort my baby anot, for a definite reason, i wouldnt abandon my baby... Even if i did so, i will be so guilty for the rest of my life...

pro-choice. not only in abortion issue but in everything else. it is like, either you are a communist or or facist; none in between. no democracy. its not that i am pro-abortion, i am not. i just believe that everyone makes their own path in life. people should be responsible for what they do NOT for what OTHERS do. everyone should make the choice to what they want to do. period.

just like you cyntrow, i can't see myself doing it, too. however, i respect other women's thoughts on this... whether they are pro abortion or not. they own their body and they should be the ones deciding for it.for sure, they have reasons if ever they wanna go on abortion and so, i respect those reasons whatever those are.

I'm neither of those things. I'm pro-life. While I believe that a woman's body is her's and her's alone, in the case of abortion, the woman's body is not the only one being affected. When does life begin? That's a question that seems to be at the heart of abortion debates. Well, in my opinion, life begins at the moment of conception. A woman who chooses to terminate a pregnancy is terminating a life and that's murder. Members of the pro-life camp, such as myself, speak for the babies who would be screaming "don't kill me!" if they could. I just don't think it is moral to kill a baby even if you don't want it or cannot care for it. There are other choices that don't involve murder that are available to mothers who don't want to be mothers. Someone's got to protect the children.

OH I'm Pro Choice without a doubt but NOT necesaarily Pro Abortion...There are some situations when the right to life over-rides or SHOULD over-ride a womans careless, stupidity...What many Pro Lifers dont understand I think is that some of us WERE PRO LIFE!! I was for the LONGEST time...but things changed when a friend of mine got ito a situation....after that I was on the fence...then yrs later I had to have one and I understand the need for it...so yes I'm Pro Choice but not Pro Abortion

I am pro life. i have read to much on abortion and the procedures that are done. it's terrible. i don't understand how people can say it's the womens body and she has a right to choose what to do with her own body. Abortion is the only thing a women can choose to do with her ow body. Example; A women can not choose whether she wants to have a natural birth or a c-section. Nor can she choose to get her tubes tied if she doesn't want to have kids. Even after 1 kid most doctors will not do it. I had a friend who had two kids and the doctor refused to tie her tubes because she was only 23. He said someday you might want more. So how can you say a women has a right to choose

I would say that it depends on the circumstances that led up to the pregnancy.If she were raped let her go right ahead. There are so many emotional strains that this child would have to suffer. I agree with everything you are saying.

I am pro-life. The thing about pro-choice is that a woman isn't choosing what to do with her body--she's choosing what to do with someone else's. I also know that there are far too many people in the world and just in America who want children who are unable to have them. Adopting a baby is one of the hardest things to do in this country, yet women are having them killed left and right. I believe that pro-choice and pro-abortion are the same thing--because like I said, you're not giving the woman the choice to do something with her body, she's making the decision for someone else. Whether you believe that a fetus is a living being or not is irrelevent--the fact is that it will BECOME a person if given the chance. If a woman is pregnant and does not want to be, then she has the choice to carry the baby to term and then to give it up. That should be her choice, not whether or not she's going to end a life before it has the chance to live.

It depends. Pro-choice. Pro-choice before conception (use contraceptives, manage you reproductive life) but once the baby is conceived, you have no right to choose. You should let the pregnancy continue. It's like accepting the responsibilities of a behavior to which you were reponsible anyway. Well, in cases of rape, there I would be more lenient. You can opt to not pursue the pregnancy. Im pro-choice here.

I am pro-choice but I do not in any way believe that people should get one just for convenience or birth control. I personally could never do it no matter what. I would give the baby up for adoption first. Though I know some people are in really bad situations and understand.

I fully support and agree to an Individuals' decision in abortions. I shall even support the decision on having a male/female baby.

Maybe I am a pro choice but not a pro abortion. I am a pro life and I am against in abortion. Abortion is an absolutely wrong and it is a crime of murder. And absolutely I am not favor for this. And I think the fetus have life and like us she/he have a right to see this wonderful world.

I can't find this other thread I saw a few weeks ago, which sums it up perfectly: I'm pro-mind-your-own-business. I don't remember whose discussion it was, but I lmao when I saw it. She hit it right on the head. Like so many of medicine's capabilities, abortion is sometimes abused. I detest the notion of abortion as primary birth control. I also detest the idea that any woman is no more than a vessel for the embryo inside. It is insane to suggest that we should compel someone to maintain a parasitic life form that they don't want. Abortion has to be kept safe and legally available. That IS the only distinction to be made here, abortion has been around as long as pregnancy and will always be sought by some women. I read an a few paragraphs from a book published a few years back, called "Freakanomics". In it, the authors discussed the fact that the massive wave of crime predicted by experts back in the 80's to occur in the mid to late 90's never materialized, in fact, crime went down during that period. Their explanation? In three words, Roe vs Wade. Their contention is that readily available abortions were utilized by the people most likely to raise children in the distressed conditions that lead to criminality. Literally, the criminals were never born. I found that thought-provoking, definitely not something you hear in your average life vs choice debate!

Abortion concerns not just the unborn child, it concerns every one of us. Many women are emotionally traumatized after any abortion procedure, some to the point of severe depression. The baby inside of her body is another life. When we talk about abortion, we are talking about two lives, one being the life of the mother and the life of the unborn baby. If someone I knew was determined to have an abortion, I would provide them with other options. I really don't see that as interfering. I see it as saving a life. Would you not do everything you could to save a life? I have walked in the shoes of a woman who did not want to be pregnant and I chose life. Sadly, God had other plans and I loss the baby due to a tubal pregnancy. To answer your question. I'm pro-life.

I am pro-choice, I don't like the idea of abortion but I respect a womans right to have it as an option. Who are we to tell a woman she has to keep a baby she doesn't want and give birth to it just to satify some sick need for justice in our eyes? I know what it is like to be a rape victim and a victim of abuse. Why in the hell would I tell someone in that situation to have a child by their attacker? I value life, both born and unborn. I worry about the life that is already here before the one thats not here yet. I hate women who use abortion as a form of birth control because they can't keep their damn legs closed. I think children are a gift and are special and precious. I really don't know what I would have done had I become pregnant when I got raped, but I am glad that I had options available to me had I been in that situation. Thats all being pro-choice is. Being an advacte for women to have options available to them if they find themselves in a situation they don't like or can't handle. Not everyone wants to suffer emotional hell for 9 months just to give birth and give it to someone else, and they shouldn't be forced to either.

I consider myself pro-choice. You are right, until you walk in someone's shoes, you can't judge or make decisions for them. Now that I'm older, I can say that I would not consider an abortion for myself; however, when I was younger (like a lot of teenagers I knew)I considered it a viable option had I gotten pregnant. Everyone SHOULD have the right to do what's best for themselves.