Why are people pro-choice?
What do you mean you can only get an abortion at 3 months? A woman can get an abortion as soon as she finds out she's pregnant. I think if you are going to criticize other people's opinions, you need to first reevaluate your own. I'm all for people having opinions, and standing up for what they believe in, but you don't seem to know what you believe. You claim that abortion is murder--then go on to say that it's okay if a woman is raped or is a "pathetic excuse for a human being". Then, you say it should be mandatory that they be sterilised--but wait, they should have to suffer the consequences. It's all so contradictory. By the way, what makes you so special that you get to decide who should and shouldn't have children. How do you get to decide that a person is " a pathetic excuse for a human being" who has "no business having kids"? I assume you are in some way religious (based on you saying people won't be forgiven so easily). That being said, you should realize that women who have abortions will one day have to face God and he will decide what should happen to them. He is the ultimate judge and you have no business claiming that role.
For people that answered my question about prolife prochoice?
I think it is easy to confuse "What is legal" like abortion, with what is "Right and Wrong". Abortion is legal, right now the courts will not punish you for having an abortion. What you think, in your heart, about this might show a trace of the finger of the God who made you. My stomach turned and I almost threw up when I saw a boy torturing a bug with a cigarette long ago. I did not need anyone or any law to tell me this was wrong. The Prophet Joel (in the Bible) says that 'we will not need anyone to tell us what is right or wrong for we will know that in our own hearts.' . I had a long argument about abortion with two older women one day. I could not really understand their points or their emotions. Then one of them said "If I believe you then I must go back and mourn for two children that were stillborn. The doctor said they were just blobs of flesh and not human at all." . I was so sorry I had put them through that kind of pain and sorrow. But as for me, I would rather morn the dead and be in touch with reality. It is a reality that human embryos and fetuses are human. They are not dogs or cats or monkeys. My high school biology taught me that one cell animals are alive. The miracle is that a woman's uterous can protect this fragile life until it can breathe on its own. This is a choice too, to protect life until it can live on its own. . One might think that a pro-life person think that he or she must be judge and jury toward the person who has had an abortion. In so many ways that woman is often a victim herself. My God is a God of mercy. He demands justice, but shows grace and forgiveness to those who ask for it. I will leave that justice to God, He alone can sort it out. . My friends who talk to women with unplanned pregnancies tell me that the parents and boyfriends are often the ones that push abortion. That does not seem like much choice to me. Even being left alone to choose is a kind of neglect or abuse.
People who are pro-choice: how would you feel if abortion became legal without any restrictions whatsoever?
While I'm all over pro-choice, that seems a bit overboard, mostly because anything completely unregulated can't possibly be good. Hospitals and medical practitioners need licenses to do any kind of surgery for a reason; it could be a highly dangerous to both the mother and the fetus if the abortion is performed by someone ill-equipped to do the job. "Dangerous for the fetus? Isn't the whole point of abortion to not-care about the fetus?"No, because what happens to the fetus can potentially affect the mother in some physical or psychological way depending on how it is handled. And when you say:"All hospitals and clinics"Do you also expect a veterinarian is able to perform an abortion too? "No questions asked"What if the mother or father has something to say other than "I want the fetus gone"? No mental reconciliation at all? And for the hospital, no paperwork?"No out of pocket cost"Abortion or not, surgery is a surgery, and surgeries involves risks and costs.The costs sometimes affirms what kind of hospital it is, even if the costs for the abortion is covered by health care, at least the couple knows that the hospital is legit. I can't tell if the question's premise is supposed to mock pro-choicers or just curious what "extreme" means, but if I'm to do something as simple as go have dinner at a restaurant, I'd at least want to know if the restaurant serves fod that's actually edible, right?
Some people are pro-choice during the first 26 weeks and not pro-choice for the last 12. Why?
The overwhelming majority of abortions in the US are done in the first trimester (92% per the CDC) when a fetus is the size of a grape or a lime. Abortions done later than that are usually because something has happened in the woman's life that changes her view of her ability to bring a child into the world: she's had a death or illness in the family, she's been a victim of domestic violence/abuse, she's had an economic/financial shock like job loss, abandonment by the father or family, etc. Abortions in the last 12 weeks are almost always done because there is something wrong with the baby or the mother. I am sure there are exceptions, there always are, but given that abortions after the point of viability are illegal in many States and thus both difficult and expensive to obtain, women obtaining abortions that late have very compelling reasons.A friend of mine learned that her baby had a deadly form of OI at around 16 weeks. She was told he probably wouldn't survive vaginal birth, and that even with a C-Section, he was likely to suffer broken bones and was unlikely to live long. We prayed and she decided to proceed with the pregnancy. 10 weeks later she was in a car accident. She wasn't badly hurt but there was trauma to the baby. The prognosis was worse, her baby would know only pain in his very short life. To spare him suffering, she went to a clinic in Colorado where they stopped the baby's heart and induced labor. It was heartbreaking and it was a choice I supported her in.Myself, I had a high-risk pregnancy in my 40s. Everything went well for the most part, but I was aware that I might find myself in a position in which abortion was my best option. Pregnancy and childbirth were very hard on my body, and there have been days where my suffering was such that I wished I'd had an abortion.I am pro-Choice for the last 12, because sometimes an abortion is the path of least suffering for the mother and/or the baby.
Why are people pro-choice?
I hate the idea of abortion , but you have to be realistic, if you force women to have children they don't want .. the majority of these kids will end up in over crowded foster homes, then a huge percentage will end up in jail or quite simply... alot of these women will abandon them, to then grow into men/women with personality disorders because they've never been anywhere where they were wanted ... it's a sad reality but it's the truth Also the arguement that you don't know what the child can accomplish is invalid, 95 percent of humans will accomplish NOTHING during their life time except eat, work, reproduce, consume and talk sh!t, and the 'well, you never know' idea is also weak, the same way you NEVER know if a child will grow up to be a freedom fighter, you NEVER know if that same child will grow up to be a dictator... Sadly You can't think about the unborn child's protential, you have to think about how the mother WILL not take of him, and how society with then do a horrible job of making it an adult. Again, I hate abortion with a passion but the idea that every unborn fetus has an basic default right to life is incredibly naive, especially in this type of society. I'm against abortion but it SHOULD BE legal for those who want it. And about the constitution, you contradict yourself saying the constitution gives us the right to LIFE, but then go on to say "God has a plan for all of us"... which doesn't come into play seeing as how the U.S. supposedly believes in seperation of Church and State.... Abortion is up to the individual, I would hope never to go through something like that with a partner, but again... it should be available to those who choose to do it. edit - to the girl who said that we should fix the foster care system... do you want a 17 year girl earning minimum wage to go fix the foster care system before her abortion so her baby has a nice place to go 9 months from now? Please tell us how she can do it in about 6 hours before her appointment at the clinic... I'd love to know
Why are most gay people pro-choice?
Kneejerk liberalism. Most people don't really think too hard about their positions. They just adopt what they're taught by their peers. With gays, their peers are rarely the people who are protesting outside abortion clinics. I doubt that the guy with the picture of an aborted fetus on a 5' X 5' placard is really going to be too happy that 'Captain Homo' is there supporting his cause. See, the people who bash gays also tend to be the same people who protest abortion. Same principle as the pro-choice gay people. All of which makes me reluctant to have a child. Politics be damned. I just don't want to force someone to live and condemn him to having to live his life around you people. And by 'you people', I mean the rest of the humans. I'm not even all that happy with myself all the time.
How do pro-lifers view pro-choice people?
I try not to make assumptions about them. This isn’t about attributing any particular adjective as a viewpoint of pro-choice people.My views are about protecting the life to not be terminated, not to place any judgment against those who are making this decision.I will, however, stand my ground against those who insist on telling me how absolutely important it is that abortion exists, because (I gather the impression) that the relatively fringe cases are justification for the million abortions annually.When people argue “It’s a fetus, not a baby,” I think there’s some sort of disconnect between the terms of those who want the whatever it is to live and those who think it’s okay to stop it from further living.When one insists the location and/or taxonomy of the entity is a primary argument for its destruction, one can’t objectively assert “but only before viability”. It doesn’t matter based upon taxonomy whether it’s 12, 20, or 36 weeks.This is what is being argued for, by pro-choicers, vehemently. To the most ardent supporters of pro-choice, once they believe a fetus can be terminated, and that it’s not a baby, then 36 week abortions have to be on the table. That same entity that could be breathing has to be able to be killed the moment the mother doesn’t want it, before it takes its first breath. Because bodily autonomy. One second more, one picoliter of life sustenance, is that host’s slavery at that point, no matter the life stage of the fetus.At that point, it’s not a question of what a pro-lifer thinks of pro-choice people. It’s what pro-choice people think a new life is worth.
Why do anti-choice people call pro-choice people "pro-abortion", and themselves “pro-life”?
First off, how would you like it if we flipped the question around a bit?“Why do pro-abortion people call pro-life people "anti-choice”, and themselves “pro-choice”?”Oh, you don’t like it, do you? No one that I know likes being labeled as “pro-abortion.” Guess what, no one likes being labeled as “anti-choice” either.Whether you realize this or not, the name calling is an issue both sides have. There ARE cruel people on both sides and there ARE kind on both sides as well. So don’t act like your side is pure while the other is “human scum.”Well, second, if you demand on calling us “anti-choice”, I won’t take anything you say seriously.Anyways, now the the question itself:I never called a pro-choicer “pro-abortion.” While I do believe it would be rather correct to remove the euphemism from the term, pro-choice it the label pro-choicers chose, so I’ll accept it and use it when talking to or about them.I call myself pro-life because I’m in favor of allowing the unborn to have the right to life, as the Declaration of Independence declared all humans should. Whether or not abortion is considered women’s right is irrelevant. If it were men who needed abortions, I would still be against it. The issue is not women’s rights but the identity of the unborn.If a child asks you “can I kill it?” before you answer yes or no, you have to ask “what is it?”. Because the answer to one question will affect the other. If it’s a cockroach, you’ll most likely say yes. If it’s a kitten, you would most likely say no. If it was their little brother/sister, you would definably say no (if you wouldn’t, go see a therapist immediately!).The same thing with abortion. Before arguing whether or not the unborn can be killed, you have to ask “what is it?”. Because if it’s a human, they have rights as much as you and I.Anything I would like to add is on Richard Ferrara’s answer.
Why are people arguing over pro-life to pro-choice or religion to atheism?
Please remember that there is no-one, no-one, who thinks abortion is a “good idea”.Most pro-choice advocates, like myself, agree with the credo “Abortion should be easy to get. And rare”.The reason it isn’t rare is because too many people (who tend to be opposed to abortion on moral grounds) are also opposed to contraception or education about reproduction. You don’t have to look much further than say Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. - Wikipedia. to find a group that is opposed merely to allowing their employee access to contraception that won’t cost them an extra penny.Or you can just look at the impact of Abstinence-only sex education - Wikipedia. which, although it delays sexual activity, also leads to riskier sexual behaviour once people do start having sex.For example, a program that gave free contraception to everyone at no charge would probably pay for itself. However, it would probably be opposed politically at every stage.I also read a line which draws this moral debate into sharp focus - “If you believe a fetus is a person and a child refugee is not, then perhaps you’re following the wrong religion”. One of the reasons people have abortions is that, once the child is born, the government and religious people don’t care about it. Not one little bit. That’s NOT the case in many European countries where universal child care benefits are common. In the United States, apparently women who give birth are supposed to go right back to work the next day because there’s no requirement that an employer give them any time off. In most of Europe, paid maternity and paternity leave are the rule.So, if you want to get rid of abortion, you’re going about it entirely the wrong way. You’re not going to convince a terrified fourteen year old girl who got pregnant on the first try that giving up nine months of her life is a really good idea. You’ve lost that battle before it’s even started. If you want that girl to want to have that baby, you have to allow her to wait until she’s a real adult. You have to give her pre-natal care. You have to give her time off. You have to make day care affordable. You have to make education pretty much free all the way until that child is an adult. You have to give her enough money to feed and care for that child. Unless you’re willing to do all that, don’t judge anyone else who is facing that decision.
UFOS/Aliens? Pro answers or just opinions?
Ok, get ready to be bombarded with questions, I have more than a few. First of all, are they real? Do you think they are? I've gone from being completely unconvinced to you know, almost certain they are real. After viewing and hearing about all these UFO sitings (which may not even be the presence of extraterrestrial life) I've come to believe that maybe they actually are. I mean, to think that we live on ONE planet in only ONE galaxy out of a billion, we can't be the only race in this universe. Do you think it's ignorant to think that they aren't real? My next question, have the number of UFO sitings increased over time? Since like, 50 or 100 years ago? Or is it because we have the use of the internet and technology that has made it seem like they have? Could UFO sitings have been just as common back in history as they have been in this decade? Next question, if these ARE aliens in spaceships, does this mean that maybe we haven't progressed as much as we think we have in the technology world? Should we not by now be able to travel through space to other galaxies? Last question, is it true that the governments all over the world (or some governments, like America is all i know of at the moment) KNOW that we are in danger of aliens harming us (ok maybe that sounds a bit ott - maybe..) or an encounter with aliens or anything like that and NOT telling us? I can understand why, if this is true.. The impact on people all over the world, causing panic, chaos, conflict and scaring everyone. I've just become really gobsmacked after watching lots of videos on YouTube - and before you tell me not to believe everything I see on the internet, I don't, it's just this is something that is very possible and creates a lot of conflict among different people because there are so many opinions on the subject. For those interested in the video that really sums a lot of the UFO sitings up here's the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjGYSGbAE... I would be so greatly appreciative for your answers (relevant and logical answers only). Thank you. And by the way, I know it sounds like I'm crazy and caught up in all of this but I've just really become interested in the topic.