Abortion Debate - Cookeville, TN

I don't believe it's my place to force someone to give birth to a child they don't want, especially in situations concerning rape or incest so I'm for abortion within the first trimester. That gives someone plenty of time to A) Figure out that they're pregnant in the first place, B) Make up their mind as to whether or not they're able to care for a child, and C) Consider other options. Abortion after the first trimester should not be an option except for serious health complications. Being someone who experienced the negativity of the foster care system first hand as a child, I can attest to the fact that adoption isn't always the best option.

To each their own!

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babies should never be murdered. they should have the same right to life as the mother.

Its murder...

Freedom of choice!

I have no children. I have never been pregnant. I can't think of a reason under the sun that would lead me to choose abortion. That said....

That's my choice. Every other woman should have the right to make the same (or different) choice regarding her body.

No woman should be forced to carry and deliver her rapist's baby. That's torture.

better to torture the undelivered child, eh?

that's what he gets for doing absolutely nothing wrong, right?

Happy Three wrote:

better to torture the undelivered child, eh?
that's what he gets for doing absolutely nothing wrong, right?

A fetus is no more a child than an egg is a chicken. Should a woman be tried for involuntary manslaughter if she falls down a flight of stairs and miscarries? Think with your BRAIN for once instead of your heart.

woofwoof wrote:

Its murder...

And if you would force a child to give birth to the product of rape then that makes you a shitty human being.

I will never understand how somebody could value the rights and welfare of an embryo more than that of a breathing, independently functional girl or woman. The fertilized egg doesn't even implant into the uterus until three to four weeks after conception and sometimes it doesn't implant at all. If you're going to argue that life begins at conception and that abortion is murder and and all that bullshit then you better be damn well ready to explain how flushing a zygote down the toilet isn't...or are you planning on persecuting women for that as well?

Murder is the action of intentionally killing an innocent person. Personhood is defined as a being which possesses the capacity for consciousness, self-awareness, memory, and rationality. Fetuses meet none of the criteria for personhood therefore abortion could not possibly be murder.

I have one child and am about to give birth to my second. I am pro choice all the way.
My body is my body. No one elses.

Happy Three wrote:

better to torture the undelivered child, eh?
that's what he gets for doing absolutely nothing wrong, right?

So it's okay to torture them after they are born by forcing them to live in an abusive home, raised by a crack head mother, born with a disability or handicap (physical or mental) because their mother was a drinker or abuser of drugs, etc., etc.- basically live a life of hell on earth? That's okay? I will never understand how someone can think they have the right to put a child through that just to make themselves feel okay. It's not about them.
Personally, I not only think abortion should remain legal, but I think it should be free. How many crack heads are going to pay for an abortion over their next high? The new problem where I live is the number of meth babies starting school with severe emotional and learning disabilities. Do you think their mothers care about them or are equipped to raise them properly once they are born? Poor things, no child deserves that because of someone elses views. THAT is torture! How many disabled babies have you taken into your home to raise for the duration and done so with real love and affection? Wouldn't it it be better for that baby to go straight on to heaven and let god worry about the mother?
Another thing...do you really think that a woman who does not want children but is forced to have one is going to make the best mother? Think about it.

Think some more wrote:

<quoted text>So it's okay to torture them after they are born by forcing them to live in an abusive home, raised by a crack head mother, born with a disability or handicap (physical or mental) because their mother was a drinker or abuser of drugs, etc., etc.

Or spend the bulk of their childhood bouncing between foster parents. I can only speak for myself but I think I'd rather not exist than to have no stability in my life whatsoever. Orphaned children don't always get the happy ending that they deserve. A lot of foster kids end up with emotional problems and some are never adopted. They simply age out of the system and are turned loose to fend for themselves and it's no surprise when they end up making the same poor choices that their biological parents made.

To me, making the choice to go through with a pregnancy with intentions of dumping the child off with no guarantees of it ever finding a stable, loving home would be infinitely more cruel and selfish than choosing to abort it.

The Government has no business telling us how to live our lives...period

yup yup wrote:

I have one child and am about to give birth to my second. I am pro choice all the way.
My body is my body. No one elses.

It sounds like your children should thank you for not deciding to kill them before they could defend themselves. Lucky them! I hope they give you all the accolades you deserve!

Happy Three wrote:

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It sounds like your children should thank you for not deciding to kill them before they could defend themselves. Lucky them! I hope they give you all the accolades you deserve!

Quit being melodramatic. Fetuses aren't people but utilizing the same ridiculously loose definitions of human life that pro-life advocates play on, I'm sure you expect me to extend an apology to the teratoma that I had removed from my ovary three years ago.

Before you go on about how great adoption is, why don't you pro-life dumbasses spend a week working with children who are in the system because I can guarantee you it isn't all rainbows and puppy dogs for them. They're the ones who have to suffer because their parents needed to make themselves feel better about their decision to discard their baby. They're the ones who get to grow up wondering why they can't have a mom and dad like other kids. They're the ones who get uprooted every few months when their foster parents get bored and jaded of the charity work. They're the ones who grow up questioning their worth as a human being because somebody valued them just enough to carry them to term but not enough to actually raise and care for them. It takes a serious toll on them psychologically. I would know because I went through it and there's no way in hell that I would force a child to experience what I did.

Here's a thought: If you don't believe in abortion or you think it's wrong, immoral, and grotesque - don't have one.