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Originally posted by Sonya610
To the anon person that said "abortion always leaves permanent scars". That is absolutely NOT true. Maybe for some people, but it is surely not a life changing horrid experience that haunts every woman for a lifetime. The anti-abortionists just like to pretend that it is.
[edit on 11-12-2008 by Sonya610]
I do wonder why there is such a spread.
Originally posted by Good Wolf
reply to post by asmeone2
I do wonder why there is such a spread.
I'm guessing that it's because there are so many factors that would act on the mind after such an event. Psychological, physical, biochemical. The differences from woman to woman are vast.
Originally posted by asmeone2It's hard to quantify because I have known women with the whole spectrum of emotions.
Those like you who do not have lasting effects and those who are absolutely devestated.
I do wonder why there is such a spread.
Originally posted by Lokey13
reply to post by miriam0566
Have you aborted a baby? Just since your the only woman here at the moment I must ask; only because you refered to it as "Traumatic" which would insinuate that you've aborted a child before. Otherwise how could you call this traumatic unless you've actually been there and no I don't mean being by a friends side.
Originally posted by Good Wolf
reply to post by asmeone2
Pro-life? Me? No, I'm anti-senseless destruction. I look at it logically and think that abortion is unwarranted when first of all; unplanned pregnancy should be avoidable period. When that fails, a life is created that shouldn't need to be destroyed considering every life has the potential of greatness. With an abortion system in place, there seems no just reason that a child should be aborted.
I'm very conflicted on this subject. I know abortion is wrong on every level, but to take away the choice (however wrong it may be) seems wrong, too.
I think abortion should not happen because parents should understand it's wrong, not because it is law.
I guess that makes me pro-choice. And yes, I am a kiwi.
Am I pro-life? Well speaking as an adopted child, I'm sure as heck glad I'm alive! Hell, if my birth mother had decided to end my life.. I would have fought those neck snapping scissors to the death! ...but of course I wouldn't have been able to because babies are helpless.
I also agree that rape is a terrible thing... but why should the baby have to suffer to? Why add to the crime by killing the kid to? Again plenty of great couples out there want kids but aren't able to have them! (like my own parents) Imagine turning something horrible (like rape) around to something very VERY special (the gift of a child).
Originally posted by Aermacchi
The fact is once their is a life depending on that woman to survive, how anyone can talk so cavalier about ending that infants life in contrast to what the mother may be depressed about later?? Ha ha
Originally posted by chickenshoes
these fertilized eggs were all at one time potential baby chickens, which have been essentially aborted by you, the consumer.
Wouldn't that be 'killed'. We killed the unborn chicken. The chicken itself didnt' rip the egg out of her womb in an effort to destroy her unborn chick.
As far as I can see, humans are the only animals to pull our own children out of our wombs and kill them.
At any rate - eating chicken eggs is not the same as humans committing abortion. The egg isn't a thoughtout abortion by the chicken. It's just laying an egg as is natural.
Originally posted by asmeone2
Personally I am sick and tired of adoption being touted as a panacea solution for unwanted pregnancies.
Originally posted by dAlen
It is extremely easy NOT to get pregnant.
Even if one has sex it is extremely easy to NOT get pregnant.
Originally posted by chickenshoes
reply to post by dAlen
Why do some people never seem to get this?
Birth control can fail, it has happened to me twice in my life, even though we have always used it very carefully.
It seems I get pregnant if my husband sneezes on me, or even just looks at me from across the room.
So, really, even if you are using birth control, it is not 100%.