Should or should not women have the right to abortion ???

Thanks mel.

Hi shibham, This is the crying point that even though we talk of equality between men and women the standing is still far away. Thanks for sharing.

Hi hilar. Nice word indeed but thee are certain things which are still in the hands of the religious institutions and government and social dogma. It depends on when you think life begins. If think life begins when you exit the womb then the value is just that, at birth. If you think life begins at conception then abortion will always be wrong. If you believe it is when blood begins to flow in the babies veins then that is when you see life as beginning and when you place a value on it. Religion (or lack thereof) often is what determines what you believe about when life actually starts. That is why it is a religious issue. Some of us have an opinion that is different than or faith or not based on our faith. Some atheists are pro life and some Catholics are pro-choice. It is not just a religious issue but religion does often come into play.

Hi I agree with you. We just can not sit on the judges bench and pass our sermons. Need to see the reality too.

Hi lovinangel, I can well feel your situation and show my respect to your final say that woman should have the right to abortion.

Hiya kraj, Thanks it´s not a subject I really talk much about really. But I do feel that Women should be more protected and helped to make a choice which is very personal to them. Once when I was going to the ante Natal Clinic there were at least four Women who were risking their Lives having a Child that was already giving them problems. This is the sort of thing I mean.

How the hell does a woman have no authority or rights over her OWN body?

friend I am not saying women have no authority for own body child is not her own body child is a other human being. Women is ideal of love so how can she lost a small baby life.

My dear I am not calling them human rights. That is tight to abortion. Whatsoever you call it - killing or murdering many women in many countries demanding that they should have the rights to abortion. Now what can we do?

RebeccaScarlett that's the the only way abortion will be accepted other than that no..I totally agree on you...

Hi hatley, I know abortion is not a big deal in the US. But in other countries it is still a taboo. Religiosity, ethics, morality are things which are poured in the head of the women and hence make things more complicated. Many hold that abortion equates to murdering a life and they feel that only in extreme case this could be exercised.

Hi paula, Women choose to have abortions for all kinds of reasons: poverty, bad health, too many other children, because of rape or incest or simply because they do not want to have a child at that point in their lives. We believe that all these reasons are valid. Women should not have to answer to anyone, not the church,not the state or even to doctors for their decision. This raises the question of abortion on demand. We oppose any kind of decision making process involving ethics committees or doctors or other variations on this. A woman must have the right to abortion on demand. The question of free access is a very important one. At present only those women who can afford both the travel costs and the operation costs can get an abortion. Abortion facilities must be made available here in Ireland and they must be free as all medical services should be.

Hi absinto, Even if the governments are religious and put a ban on abortion the practice would never stop and in those places where it is illegal the female mortality rate is higher.

Hi ALVARO, This is what the ones against abortion say. At the time of fertilization, when a sperm penetrates the "ovum" or egg cell, a new human organism comes into existence, with a complete and unique genetic code. This is a scientific fact, not a religious claim. Those who claim not to know "when human life begins" are making a political statement, not a scientific one. Human beings develop at an astonishingly rapid pace. The blood is circulating and the heart begins to beat at 21 or 22 days, and can be detected on ultrasound. By the end of the eighth week, the unborn child has developed all its organs and biological systems. Twenty weeks (five months) after fertilization, unborn children feel pain. Some try to distinguish among human beings, arguing that some are worthy of respect (because they possess certain characteristics), while others are not. This assertion contradicts the basic premise of Western law and of our Constitution--the equality of all human beings. As the Declaration of Independence says, all human beings are created equal. It would be perilous to abandon this in order to adopt a philosophy that puts into the hands of some human beings (the powerful) the right to decide whether other human beings (the weak, the unpopular, the defenseless) are to be counted as members of the human family. This is one side of the coin and the other side speak ssomething else. So it is really sensitive and controversial at the same time.

Hi hwg, Actually abortion turns out to a big deal who face this and those are away from it have nothing to say at all. Since you had no business with it you are opining that there should not be any. But what for those who are facing the crisis? In several countries it is totally banned and one practicing would be prosecuted while in some others it is ok and still some other countries like India there is a mid way method.

Hi, That is what most women feel and problems occurs there only.