What do you think about Abortion?

United States
November 9, 2008 3:37pm CST
Is it good or bad and why do you think that way?
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7 responses
• Philippines
10 Nov 08
I don't agree in abortion. A woman should be responsible for what she is doing, know all the consequences. Abortion is also a kind of killing even if it still blood there's already life in there.
• Philippines
10 Nov 08
Men are more responsible for this. I think men who want an abortion is the one who's just taking advantage to weak, they think that making love is just for fun. They're only playing.
• United States
10 Nov 08
Interesting point of view! How do you feel about the man's responsibility? Does he have any or is it all the woman's?
@icegermany (2524)
• India
9 Nov 08
abortion is not good as i feel that it is a kind of killing and taking life of one individual so i really dont like abortion. i think that there are more people who just unneccessarily get pregnant and abort it but i dont think that it is true but i agree with those ladies who have a valid reason like the ladies who are really in a trouble due to family problems, and due to husbands and all this will lead them to do abortion so i think it is agreeable with those but purposely doing abortion just without any reason is really a bad idea and i think it is better to have precautions earlier than doing any sin later. according to me abortion is a sin.
• United States
9 Nov 08
So, are you saying that you think some women get pregnant just so they can have an abortion?
• India
10 Nov 08
what i am trying to tell is abortion should not be done by a lady as it is a sin and i dont agree with it but in circumstances i would understand that the lady might have several problems due to which she had to abort unwillingly, but purposely aborting due to our faults is not good. i hope you have understood now.
@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
10 Nov 08
I'd think abortion is bad, as it's not only killing a life, it'll harm the mother's health very much, it affects the mother's physical and emotion a lot, perhaps for the whole of her life. But, I has changed this mind a bit after I got pregnant. I still don't agree with abortion. But, if you do the checking and realize that the baby is really unhealthy or has any disease, then what will you do? last time I thought I'd still give birth, but the kid will suffer very much, can I really be that selfish to make him/her suffer, just to make myself feel less guilty by not having the abortion? Perhaps it's even more cruel to let the baby die instead of doing to abortion earlier. It's definitely a sad decision for a mother to make, if she really needs to go through the abortion.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
10 Nov 08
When a pregnant lady is told that hospital staff have found a disabled baby the lady is offered an abortion. A detailed scan is done at 20 weeks pregnancy and the cut off date for abortion is 24 weeks pregnancy. I thought all was well because I had a scan at 11 weeks, 16 weeks and 20 weeks. However the spina bifida wasn't picked up until 36 weeks pregnancy. I was shocked when I was offered an abortion one month before my due date. I said no and had a home birth. My son went to a special care baby unit for three weeks and had two operations. He is now a happy little toddler. He probably won't be able to walk but he looks so normal and happy. Many ladies in the situation I was in would have aborted but only after the birth can a mother she how healthy her baby is.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
10 Nov 08
I think abortion is bad and it is sad. Once done a lady can't change her mind and it might turn out to be the biggest mistake of her life. However much the lady wishes she hadn't had an abortion she did make the terrible choice to get her unborn baby killed. In pregnancy it can be an emotional time with the the hormones playing up. I would not ever have an abortion but I respect it is each woman's choice. A few ladies continue to feel relief after having an abortion for the rest of their life. However most ladies will get depression later in life after having an abortion. Imagine a lady has an abortion aged 18 then has difficulty conceiving. She might wonder if her health has been affected by the abortion. When she does get pregnant and wants the baby imagine if she has a miscarriage. Life's events don't always happen in the right order and pregnancy can be a shock to many ladies. I think that adoption lets the baby live and go to a loving couple that might otherwise be childless. Adoption helps the biological mother, the baby and the adoptive parents. An abortion kills the baby and may really depress the lady later in life. The adoptive couple might have to wait a long time because instead of adopting many ladies are aborting. My mum's friend adopted a girl from a teenage mum and a boy from an older business lady in the 1960s. I am glad those two people were given a loving home rather than aborted. Abortion was illegal then I think bu now it is allowed up to 24 weeks pregnancy.
@Shar1979 (2722)
• United States
9 Nov 08
Abortion will never be good as you are taking a life of someone. You deprive life to a young soul. Abortion is only good if you have miscarriage or HIV.
• United States
10 Nov 08
Why is it good if you have HIV? I would think that if someone has HIV and is pregnant, they should have the baby so it can be studied. Most babies that are born HIV positive actually grow out of it and we need to learn how they do it. Do they develop some sort of immunity? Can we make a vaccine? http://www.lightparty.com/Health/HIVBabies.html What do you think?
@jamesgrub (673)
• United States
9 Nov 08
i would have to agree with beki710 i think getting an abortion is wrong and i think its horrible how some people just do it without even thinking twice but if the mothers life is at risk for some reason then i can see why that would be appropriate. but most people just do it because they do not want to take care of a baby, but i think if you can make it you should take care of it.
@beki710 (949)
9 Nov 08
I think that abortion should only happen under cirtain circumstances. If the baby poses a danger to the mothers life then I think it is acceptable. I also think that say a woman was carrying the baby of a rape attack then it should be allowed. What I don't agree with however is people having an abortion because "it's not the right time in their life" or even as a contraception method. If I got pregnant now it would not be the "right time" in my life, I'm in the middle of degree course, I'm young and don't know what I want to do with my life but there is no way I would get rid of a baby, I feel it is ethically wrong and that no matter how many weeks the baby is at, it shouldn't be detroyed without good reason.