SPEAK OUT if you are against abortion

United States
October 29, 2006 3:15pm CST
I am amazed at the number of people who list themselves as anti-abortion in these discussions. It feels like in the outside world (you know, the one outside of that window over there, remember it?) the pro-abortion movement makes all the noise. I want to encourage all you pro-lifers to MAKE SOME NOISE, in the outside world, just as bravely as you do in here! This isn't really turning out to be a very good discussion topic, but please feel free to respond if you would like!
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• United States
30 Oct 06
well my pic says it all
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• United States
30 Oct 06
here's another
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• United States
30 Oct 06
No, I do think that people who say that are being extremists. However, without this "choice" there would be more "life".
• United States
30 Oct 06
Well see, now you are going to make me start arguing, and that is not what this post was supposed to be about. All I will say is that abortions are still dangerous and even fatal, and emotionally scarring. A backalley abortion is a choice just as much as a legal abortion. The point is, choose life. Now if you want to debate more, please see Sharkie100's debate titled ABORTION. I have already started debating with him and would like if you would join that forum. Meanwhile, this post is meant to encourage pro-lifers to keep the faith.
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• United States
30 Oct 06
Honestly I am for abortion. I dont think anyone should take the right away. I do however feel that sometimes it is used for birthcontrol. I dont agree with that. I had one when I was 23 and in an abusive relationship. I dont regret it.
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@Victoria7 (1240)
• Spain
30 Oct 06
I still don´t agree with forcing women who 100% feel they can´t go ahead with their pregnancies to do so, whatever their reason may be. I am pro-choice. You are anti-abortion. I disagree with your sentiments but respect your opinion. I think we should leave it at that.
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• United States
30 Oct 06
Thank you for your very honest post and response. I am glad you do not suffer from the emotional injury that many abortion patients do. I know that there are situations where it seems impossible to conceive that someone like me could still be against abortion, but what it comes down to is that each pregnancy is a child who deserves to be brought into the world so that he or she can reach their full potential. I was wandering around the internet trying to find myself some jazzy little icons, and went to www.prolife.com. On it is a link to a music video by Nick Cannon. His mom almost aborted him, but changed her mind last minute. THe song is from the point of view of him in the womb, and he just keeps asking, "Can I live?" I encourage anyone to check it out.
• United States
30 Oct 06
Sounds good to me.
@Cindyh2k (308)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I am against abortions - and I speak my mind any time the subject comes up. I am not rude about it or anything, but if I am asked my opinion, I give it - and I have no problem giving it.
• United States
30 Oct 06
Beautiful, keep it up.
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@cburtz (282)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I always speak my mind against abortion! It is murder and you are no better then another murder in my eyes.
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• United States
30 Oct 06
in some cases some would say that you opened a can of worms, and people have the right 2 question what is right and why, and WHY NOT! so keep ya cool and answer the ??
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• United States
30 Oct 06
Hey I started this post to encourage pro-lifers to keep the faith. If you want to debate the issue, please start your own post.
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@april444 (1341)
• United States
30 Oct 06
what if it was incest? What if it was a 10 yr old girl? Do you think it is wrong then?
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@killailla (1301)
• Canada
30 Oct 06
I am not pro-abortion, I had a child at 15 years old and have raised him successfully, however my child did not result in rape... I believe that everyone has the right to their opinion but we can not judge others
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• United States
30 Oct 06
What about the early American's opinion that it was okay to slave Africans? Or Hitler's opinions? Sometimes opinions go against humanity. Is that okay?
• United States
30 Oct 06
Ah, now who is trying to avoid answers? If she wants to have the child in her life, she can do so through open adoptions, or perhaps with the help of the state.
@killailla (1301)
• Canada
30 Oct 06
Nope, but if a 10 year old is raped on her way home from school , shuld she be forced to carry a baby to full term just to have to give it away? Is she not already in enough emotional pain and terror to have to experience something like that.
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• United States
2 Nov 06
I must say, as good as it is to stand up for what you believe in, I don't think it's alright to push your beliefs onto others. Open dialogue, listening and understanding each other go much farther than just shouting your beliefs at people.
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• United States
2 Nov 06
What if every oppressed class felt that way? The unborn do not have a voice, we are their voice.
• United States
2 Nov 06
This is about "giving a voice" this is about being tolerant to others. You aren't doing any good running about calling people murderers and the like. You can't have dialougue with stopping to listen once in awhile.
• United States
2 Nov 06
This isn't about "giving a voice" this is about being tolerant to others. You aren't doing any good running about calling people murderers and the like. You can't have dialougue with stopping to listen once in awhile.
@MrsFrizzle (1963)
• United States
30 Oct 06
If there was no abortion there would be over over 100 million babies born to mother that did not want them and could not care for them. How are we as a country going to be about to have that much of a population incerease, also how will me support these children.
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@Victoria7 (1240)
• Spain
30 Oct 06
If your numbers are correct this would be frightening!
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@kerryq2705 (8672)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I'm against abortion as well and I don't hind it. I mean i'm not rude about it or anything I just give my opinion, i'm not shy about the matter. I don't think people should abort the life of a child i'm sorry there are other options like adoption. It's not a choice its a life.
• United States
30 Oct 06
Excellent, thank you. Keep up the good work.
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@all_n_one (2003)
• United States
30 Oct 06
We are all people and have different opinions. All i can say is look at adoption homes with kids that get raped and beaten then thrown out on the street at 18. If you could live the suburbs and go visit those kids and come back and still say the same thing i would be shocked. The problem with allot of people is they have never had my point of view i grew up tough i have seen it all.
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• United States
30 Oct 06
I feel its not my place to say whats right for other people. For my body, abortion is not an option. For others, if they feel its ok then they have every right to do so as long as they are not using abortion as a form of birth control.
@starr4all (2863)
30 Oct 06
I totally agree! It's not mine or anyone else's place to tell someone else what they can or cannot do. I personally wouldn't do it. But like I said, I can't tell someone what to do with their body. Also, I don't believe it should be used as a form of birthcontrol.
• United States
30 Oct 06
You are right about abortion not being used as birth control. See what I wrote a couple comments up about Doe v Bolton. My "devil's advocate" question is, what about the body of the unborn child? It has its separate DNA, it is not a part of the mother.
@mandakat (879)
• Canada
30 Oct 06
No one is pro-abortion. They might be pro-choice, but not pro-abortion. And everyone is for life. We just differ on what constitutes life.
@starr4all (2863)
30 Oct 06
Well put!
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• India
1 Nov 06
abortion is more brutal than a murder
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• United States
2 Nov 06
It is a very brutal and painful procedure for the fetus. Thank you for your post.
• United States
2 Nov 06
Actually, the jury is still out on whether or not a fetus can actually feel pain. I would think that without a central nervous system in place, it couldn't. Can it be dangerous? Yes, Can it be frightening? Yes, Can something with no nervous system feel pain? No. Don't spread misinformation, spread the truth, and love.
• United States
4 Nov 06
They actually proven that the "twitch" from the fetus is just that, a twitch. A reaction of an undeveloped nervous system. What you spread is not truth, it is belief, rumor, and propoganda created by interest groups. Misinformations does no favors.
• United States
30 Oct 06
im 100 percent against abortion
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• United States
30 Oct 06
So... if your 10 year old daughter god forbid.. gets raped, you will make her have the baby?
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• United States
30 Oct 06
How about the damage when she is made sterile? Or when she understands what happened at the age of 15, and hates herself or parents or whoever for letting her child die?
@killailla (1301)
• Canada
30 Oct 06
think of the damage that would do to a poor small child, who did not choose to be pregnate
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@sellj75 (208)
• United States
30 Oct 06
OK, I have to speak what I believe here. I was always pro-life, because I believed that abortion was murder. However, I was not real strong in that belief. When I became pregnant with my oldest daughter I went to the doctor, and at about 10 weeks along they did an ultrasound. After watching my daughter kicking and waving her arms, and seeing the heartbeat of the baby (which is her own, not mine), I could never again see how anyone could think that this was not a life. I believe in choice, you have the choice to use birth control if you are going to be active. You have the choice to say no if you are not ready to deal with the consequences of that activity. That is what I belive the choices are.
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• United States
30 Oct 06
You are exactly right. Well said! If a person can't handle the consequences then they shouldn't take the risk.
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• United States
30 Oct 06
I know, the technology now is incredible. Might has well have a TV installed onto your stomach, the pictures are so good.
@sellj75 (208)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I was sooo excited. It was one of the most absolutly amazing things I have ever experienced. That was over 10 years ago, and the ultrasounds now make it look fake!!!
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• United States
2 Nov 06
Yeah,I'm against abortion.It's murder and it's stupid.I feel it's about time the president get serious about putting an end to abortion.I don't think he's agreeing 100% about pro-lifers.Maybe some day,us pro-lifers will be heard big-time,you know.What do you think about that,kesfylstra?
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• United States
2 Nov 06
Like it or not, the US constitution only protects citizens of the United Sates, and defines a citizen as someone BORN in the United States. A fetus has not been born, and therefore does not have rights over the person who is already living. I get frustrated when judgmental people call it murder. Say you were an abused woman with no options and no knowledge, Does that sound like the description of a murderer? It doesn't to me, it sounds like a woman who is frightened and feels she has nowhere else to turn because of people who pass judgment on situations they know nothing about.
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• United States
2 Nov 06
The murder count on only two if the baby is more than six months along and could possibly sustain life outside of the womb. It doesn't count for a four week old fetus that would not survive on it's own. I personally don't count that as taking life, because it would not survive on it's own. You do, and that's fine, but your beliefs should not be able to dictate my actions.
• India
30 Oct 06
I am against abortion but i pity those hapless females who are facing that trauma. to hell with your noise your noise is incapable of providing daily bread to the newborn neither to the mother. i am referring to the world in general.
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• United States
31 Oct 06
Umm... yeah.
• United States
2 Nov 06
I agree with you spaceprincess. I volunteer at a crisis pregnancy center that, while it does not refer abortions, does provide support, love, and care to each and every client, regardless of her decision.
• United States
1 Nov 06
Women facing the decision of possible abortion don't need pity, they don't need judgment, or namecalling, or horrible accusations of murder. They need support, love, assistance, and guidance. Pointing fingers, passing blame, and making judgemnet helps no one. I support the right to choose. I would never have one, and the thought saddens me, but that hardly makes it right for me to want to take the option away.
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@Bennyb24 (48)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I am against abortion when use as a birth control method. There are few cases that I can understan like rap, instesual rape, sever birth defects, but it is women that do it because they arnt redy to be a parent I feel if you can't handle the consicuences then you shouldn't do the act.
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• India
30 Oct 06
i think i wud hv to agree with you on this one;-)
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• United States
30 Oct 06
Yes, that makes me very sad. Did you know that the Supreme Court case Doe v Bolton was reconsidered earlier this month? It is the companion case to Roe v Wade, and is the case that defined "health of the mother" as financial, emotional, social... basically whatever she wants. If the Court overturns this, it will be a huge step to reducing the over million abortions a year!
• United States
30 Oct 06
A..MEN
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• United States
30 Oct 06
77% of anti-abortion leaders are men 100% of them will never be pregnant
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• United States
30 Oct 06
please give me the link to the discussion that u mentioned, thx
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• United States
30 Oct 06
I'm sorry I can't read that picture, I would be interested in the stats on it.
@bfa731 (409)
• United States
30 Oct 06
In my opinion I think abortion is a viable option. I know it might seem wrong but in reality I would MUCH rather have a baby not born rather than have the baby born and then treated like trash by the parents. Even if they put he/she up for adoption usually kids that go into foster homes usually live very rough lifes. If you cant support the baby or dont want a baby, dont have one even it includes having an abortion. My opinion will probably be considered radical but I am basing it off of a realistic point of view rather than emotional.
• United States
30 Oct 06
The foster care system is definately something that needs to be kept strong and healthy. But there are many couples waiting out there for a baby, especially now that homosexual couples are being allowed to adopt. My husband was fortunately only in foster care for a couple weeks, but from what we know of them, they were wonderful people.
@sellj75 (208)
• United States
30 Oct 06
I understand about foster kids, since my mother is a foster parent (though she has now adopted 8 of the kids she had). However, there is an extremely long list for babies. Most kids that are in the system are not babies. There is actually a very long waiting list for people wishing to adopt babies.
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• United States
4 Dec 06
I am all for pro-life! My opinion is this... When a woman and a man lay down together they better be sure they are responsible enough to face the consequences of their actions. I night of pleasure WILL LEAD to a child. If you are not ready for this then don't put yourself in the situation!!! DO NOT kill an innocent child (fetus for those pro-choicers reading this) because you wanted a night of pleasure. The pro-choicers have to tell themselves that they are killing a "fetus" instead of a baby so that they can look themselves in the mirror the rest of their lives. For God's Sake just give the child up for adoption to a family that wants a child but can't have one. This stands for rape victims as well. Of course just like most theories there are exceptions. If fatal illness or something is detected while in-utero I do believe that this would be an exception so that the child doesn't end up suffering. I also believe that if the mother or child is in any danger then this is the other exception. Thanks for letting me vent!
• United States
4 Dec 06
My pleasure, thanks for venting! Your thoughts are wonderful, and right on par with my own. I was there. I acted without thoughts to the consequence, and got pregnant before marriage, before I can care for the child on my own. I turned to my parents, and they helped until my (now) husband was out of school. And that little girl is the light of my life now! Abortion is considered the quick way out, but the consequences for that little baby are terminal!