Abortion: an easy way out?

February 3, 2008 1:12pm CST
This is an issue which has proved both thought provoking and challenging to me for quite a while now. I would firstly say that I am pro-choice, because I believe that a woman should have complete control over her body, and if that includes having a termination for whatever reason, then so be it. However, an oft-stated counter-argument would say that abortion is an easy way out. I cannot comprehend how this can be the case. I mean, it is a huge traumatic strain for the woman to have the abortion in the first place, and she may have to live with the emotional guilt for the rest of her life. Where do you stand on this issue?
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@johndur (3052)
• Pasig, Philippines
3 Feb 08
for me abortion is not a solution but prevention is the best way to avoid unnecessary pregnancies...it is better to to prevent it that to kill a human in the mothers womb...its crazy and should be banned all over the world...
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• Canada
3 Feb 08
Even if you take multiple precautions to prevent getting pregnant - you can still accidentally get pregnant. No woman should be forced to have a baby that she doesn't want - for the sake of her and the baby.
• United States
5 Feb 08
Guess you don't know that all contraceptives have failure rates, right?
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• United States
3 Feb 08
Abortion is not a easy way out. It is a hard decision to come to. It is hard mentally and physically. And if a women decides to have a abortion she has to live with that for the rest of her live. Once it is done there is no turning back. Each women has to come to this hard decision on her own. People can give her advice but ultimately the decision is hers. There is no right or wrong in my book. Each situation is different. No, abortion is not a easy way out.
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• India
4 Feb 08
rachy more or less i agree with you, you may not say emotional guilt but one thing is clear why one should terminate power if there are different methods of control
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@eden32 (3973)
• United States
3 Feb 08
I am pro-choice. I do not see terminations as an easy way out or as a horrendous life changing experience. It's a simple medical procedure. If a woman makes an informed choice for herself, there's no reason to assume she'll regret that choice.
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4 Feb 08
In our country abortion is not allowed and is a crime. For me personally, I say no to abortion. These babies are also living things that has a right to live. When I see the news about someone leaving a box with a fetus just anywhere my heart just can't imagine how that person can deal with their conscience! They should be responsible with their own wrong doings and not just abort and kill the baby.
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@chrysz (1602)
• Philippines
3 Feb 08
It's not an easy way out coz as you've said, guilt will haunt you forever. It's like having a miscarriage and your body will also undergo changes that you'd feel almost the same as when you continue your pregnancy and have delivered the child in full term. For some women, it is an easy way out for the mean time, but I know a lot of women who have suffered the consequences of having abortion, that is, they are now unable to bear a child.
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@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
4 Feb 08
"guilt will haunt you forever" I have to say from personal experience that "guilt" isnt always even a factor..I have ZERO GUILT for having my abortion...I didnt back then, I dont now and I never will... To be perfectly honest I often think that if a woman feels truly guilty for aborting, she didnt think it through thoroughly and could very well have made the wrong decision
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@eden32 (3973)
• United States
3 Feb 08
There is no reason a legal, early termination would cause secondary infertility.
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@chrysz (1602)
• Philippines
3 Feb 08
I said a lot of people i know are now infertile because they had "several, unsafe" abortion. Maybe if the process done is legal and safe, then,there would be no problem concieving someday since having miscarriage is also not a threat to the reproductive system if necessary medical procedures are done. But in our country, abortion is illegal and women who want to get an abortion seek advice from quack doctors, midwives or do "self-procedures" that they have learned from other sources.
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@shannon76 (1232)
• United States
13 Feb 08
I do think in some cases that women do use abortion as a birth control method thus it being an easy way out. I do not agree with abortion and to me, the only reason abortion should be allowed is harm to the mother (which is very rare) or incest.
• Indonesia
3 Feb 08
just resposible it. No way out for abortion!
@mlhuff12 (797)
• United States
4 Feb 08
I as well am pro-choice. However I am against abortion. I am not saying that I am against others doing it. I am saying that for me, no matter the situation I would never have an abortion. Unless if my life were in danger I might consider. But I know for myself, have to live my life knowing that I had killed or ended a child's life. It would be really hard to ever get past that. For me the easy way out would to have the child and give it up for adoption. But I am at a certain age that if I would have an unwanted pregnancy, I wouldn't give it up for adoption. I would raise my child with all the love in the world.
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@jhl930 (3601)
• United States
4 Feb 08
If i were to get a girl pregnant and for some reason she wasnted to have an abortion or something like that because she did not want to have a baby so early like that or whatever the cause may be I would try and convince her to just carry the baby and try and be as healthy as possible and whenever it was time for her to have the baby I would just take it if she signed it over to me....and then she wouldnt have to worry with it because quiet honestly if you are the dad don't you feel just as guilty as the mom would?!
@david2005 (798)
• Canada
4 Feb 08
I think that the woman has the right to choice if they want to have an abortion or not but I don't think that it is right for a young girl to keep on having an abortion every few months or so. I think that if they didn't want to get pregnant they should use some form of protection or conception to stop them from getting pregnant in the first place. If the woman is raped though I think that they should be allowed to have an abortion with no questions asked.
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• United States
4 Feb 08
First I would like to say that the reason this subject is so highly debated is because it is rooted in beliefs. AND any topic that asks people to do/not do something because of what someone else believes is going to be touchy. People are all different and think differently. That is why I am pro-choice. I personally would never have an abortion. That is my personal belief though and I don't think that it should be forced on anyone else. Everyone should have the right to make their own decisions about their lives and their bodies. That is the problem... People try to force others to see things the way they do. Now on to the easy way out argument... Again this may be true for some people. Think about people who have had multiple abortions. But their is no universal motivation that leads people to their decisions to abort. In Saying that I believe that argument isn't valid.
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