by Lostreality 215 Replies latest jw friends
Wrong or right?
Right to choose, or murder?
What is everyones point of view?
Personally, I am not a woman (obviously), so I am pro choice. I dont think its right to have abortions, but i am in NO place to know what the mother is thinking about, or worrying about. I dont think it would be right to enforce pro-life. If you can't trust a mother with a choice, how can you trust her with a baby?
Personally I am against abortion - but that can not be a point blank statement - let say the mothers life was in danger then it must be her right to choose - so there is probably not a black and white answer IMHO
I'm for letting the women choose.
If an abortion is to be the choice I say do it as early in the pregnancy as possible to avoid emotional attachment to the embryo and hopefully not a fetus.
I'm not saying I veiw abortion as a form of birth control but, I think it far better to have children that you really want and are able to provide for than to have a child when one is still a child themselves or would not make a good mother.
Very mixed feelings here. I'm pro-choice I guess, with a caveat. Not as a form of birth-control. Make it EASY for pregnant woman to have access to alternatives, and NO third tri-mester abortions unless the baby is seriously deformed, or the mother is in imminent danger.
I had a friend whose baby had no higher brain, and only half a skull. Her tentorium protruded from the open skull in a great fluid filled bubble. There was absolutely NO CHANCE this baby could survive, though it was still alive in utero as it still had the limbic portion of the brain. Because of the parents being JW, the situation was similar to what would be created if abortion was outlawed. The poor mother had to wait until the baby died in utero, and was expelled "naturally." Otherwise she could have been disfellowshipped (read "prosecuted") for having an (illegal) abortion. She had to walk around for more about two months, knowing her baby was going to die, before it actually happened. I still believe some of the tragedy of the situation could have been mitigated if she had been allowed an abortion for medical reasons.
While I realize this is an extreme case, there might be a lot more of them if abortion were outlawed, and for this reason I've come to realize that I am indeed in favor of legal abortion.
It's a horrible dilemma, with only horrible solutions.
am i the only guy that gets iritated that men in posistions of power, only see this in black and white?
Actually many women are anti-choice, and see it as a black and white issue. Personally, I'm pro-choice. I see and read about so many people who should have been aborted.
Pro-choice (but against abortion - not easy - big issue for everyone involved)
I have no right to tell a woman what to do with her body, end of story. I don't know all the facts, and care not. Women can choose for themselves... nobody should choose for them.
Some women suffer terribly when they abort... they have feelings of guilt. I know that someone out there reading this thread will be upset by it; please don't. Nothing can be done now, and guilt will eat a hole right through your heart.
am i the only guy that gets iritated that men in posistions of power, only see this in black and white?
Oh Don't worry I'm the same way.
I have mixed feelings also. I don't vote cause my choice really doesn't make a difference in the big squeme of things, but I feel that it is the woman's choice. Even though your killing a human being. It's a touchy subject right about now.
I usually say anti-choice cause I don't want to see babies die because some horny teens couldn't use a condom right. Which gets me angrier than anything else. But I still feel it should be pro-choice because seriously, there's gonna be hundreds of babies in dumpsters with ruined lives (even though we don't KNOW that their life will be ruined.) and crushed souls. So heh good thing I'm not in a position to do anything about it.
Bush's idea about it is too religious. When you put religion in politics you get a weird set of ideals that you try to run by but end up being an extremist with later on.
I am very pro-choice. I am not about going out and getting abortions...but I do not know many who are. It is a hard decision to make in most cases, it is hard on ones body and on ones emotions. It is purely up to the woman.
I am against protesters who have never adopted though...its hipocritical to stand outside a clinic with a sign, being the only one wanting that fetus...but never adopting unwanted children. There is a clinic down my street, I see this all the time.
