What about the baby's rights?
By stacyv81
@stacyv81 (5903)
United States
March 22, 2007 9:16am CST
Why is it that when we talk about abortion everyone is all about the womans right to choose...So, what is the woman God? Does she really have the right to choose if her baby lives or dies? In that case why is it murder when she kills her child? Not that I condone that in anyway, but if the woman can choose whether her childs life is important, then why cant she change her mind later? I think that is crap. The woman shouldn't have all the rights, what about the rights of the baby? Abortion is killing an innocent baby, I just dont see why people cant see that.
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@jojopuff (520)
• United States
22 Mar 07
I completely agree with you. I am strongly opposed to abortion. It's denying basic human rights is what it is. I think it's so stupid that people can willingly kill their child and not get punished for it. The only time I think it's acceptable is when the mother's life is in danger.
@jojopuff (520)
• United States
3 May 07
I see.
That is your opinion, and I respect that, although I strongly disagree. I think it's insane that you would deny basic human rights to some of the most vulernable human beings on this planet. And yes, unborn children ARE human beings, whether you think so or not. It's basic biology.
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@stacyv81 (5903)
• United States
11 May 07
well, that is the thing, it isnt the "zygote" as you pit it that is determining what a woman can and cant do...it is the consequences of a risk that the woman took in her life, I dont think killing something that was created because the woman participated in an act knowing full well what could happen, is good, no matter how you try to twist your mind around it to make it sound ok.
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@eden32 (3973)
• United States
11 Aug 07
Well in a sense, yes. A person's right to domain over their body could be looked at as being the "God" of it. This is my space, my body, my future, my soul etc to treat & do with as I see fit. Being forced to carry a pregnancy against one's will is barbaric & inhumane. I do not subscribe to the idea that 'life' begins at conception. As an adult of reasonable intelligence, my opinion is formed based on my understanding of basic biology & science. If I am mistaken, God can show me the error of my ways but I am as entitled to my opinion in the meantime as you are. I'm just not entitled to force it upon someone else, nor should the other side be entitled to enforce it upon me.
Honestly, it's just as baffling to me that someone can look at a clump of cells and see a 'baby' as I'm sure it is to you that I can not. But if said clump of cells is within your body, I'll defend your right to call it a baby & to protect as such. If said clump of cells is within the body of woman who wishes it not to be, it as much her right to have it removed. Her reasons are not my business.
@cuddlybear (7)
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13 Aug 07
i agree completely who has the right to deprive a child of life, and one other consideration i feel strongly about is the father i know sometimes they are absent, but some are very much still involved with the mother but get no say in the matter, surely if they helped to make the baby then they should be involved in all decisions about that baby
@GloomCookieLex (6073)
• United States
17 Aug 07
Outside of providing the sperm, the male has no biological involvement in the pregnancy whatsoever, therefore, he has no say in whether it stays or goes. Saying that he should is tantamount to reverting back to the female submission to the male which is just plain wrong.
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@jojopuff (520)
• United States
18 Aug 07
"Outside of providing the sperm, the male has no biological involvement in the pregnancy whatsoever."
Uh...it's half his DNA in there. I'd say that's pretty important. Without the father, there would be no baby.
How would you like it if you were a soon-to-be father and suddenly your wife/girlfriend killed your child and you didn't even have any say in it whatsoever? What if you really wanted that child? How do you think that would feel?
I think the father should most definitely have a say in what happens to his child.
@gloria777 (1674)
• India
18 Aug 07
Thumbs up to a good question. I agree with you. How come women have the right to kill an innocent baby. Who have given them this power. I think abortion should be done only due to medical reasons. what do you think?
@eden32 (3973)
• United States
18 Aug 07
Well it would appear that God by whatever name/names you call Him/Her/Them gave that right to women. Or if you do not believe in a higher power, then it was nature who gave women this 'power'. Evolution says that females carry pregnancies (with the exception of sea horses), evolution says that women must provide a healthy, safe, nourished environment if their off-spring is to survive the trials of pregnancy & birth (& beyond for that matter) and if she is unable or unwilling to do so, many pregnancies would end naturally.
@kitkat1 (1227)
• Canada
3 May 07
You are so right the baby is not even consider to be alive let alone have rights. I say you have fun putting it in there so have fun getting it out if you dont want it there are plenty of very loving people who will. If you are sexually active and dont want kids take the precautions there is plenty out there to choose from. I believe abortion is killing what else could you call it? It is certainly not a method of birth control but that is what alot of people use it for. It is a shame and i hope the laws change some day to protect the innocent babes they did not ask to be concieved.
@jojopuff (520)
• United States
20 Aug 07
You are so uneducated about fetal development it's funny. You keep calling it a "blob of cells." Well guess what, you are a blob of cells. I'm a blob of cells. Everyone is.
I love how you say "I come first." How selfish. You would rather kill a human being that YOU created rather than give life. How sad. Ever heard of adoption?
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