abortion: good or evil?

@nietske (199)
Belgium
April 5, 2007 4:08am CST
It might be a strange thing to post under the header life, but I couldn't post it under anything else because the reactions would be too one sided. So: what opinions are there about abortion? Is it murder, is it not? Do you think abortion is a necessary evil or evil 'an sich'? Please share your opinions. As for my own opinion: I do support it. I come from a family where teen pregnancies are not rare and I have to say, it's not an ideal situation. Some of the family members now regret having had kids, with all the inherent complications for the children to boot. If it is regulated by law, and only done until a certain time (first 2.5 months say) I support it. Better to have the choice not to have a child then to have an unwanted one, for the parents and the childs' sake.
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37 responses
• United States
5 Apr 07
am a chrsitian so to me it's murder wh should a child die cause the people didn't use judgement there r so many that cant have kids there is always an alternative. I know quite a few woman who have had an abortion and that's there biggest regret one in particular had one 20 years ago and to this day it's her only regret.
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@nietske (199)
• Belgium
5 Apr 07
I understand you're point of view and you are entitled to it. But even with all the right precautions things can still go wrong. And as I posted already, I know a lot of women who didn't have the abortion, but it's their biggest regret in life that they did keep their child, sorry to say.
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• Philippines
6 Apr 07
Abortion, whichever way you put it, is killing. Isn't it too ironic for some people to have great feelings for animals than human beings? They would keep dogs, cats and other pets and even consider them as family members then when asked about abortion would simply say they are pro-abortion. How unfair have people become nowadays? Will it be easier to kill than give life to someone? Again, abortion is killing. I can assure you how emotionally you would suffer after having one. Your body might survive after an abortion but your conscience will forever be disturbed and unstable. I have a cousin who had undergone an abortion and she has never been the same ever since. It's like living a life full of regrets. And her statements would always be if only I can turn back time. Please have mercy.
• Philippines
5 Apr 07
It's Evil. I don't have to expalain that much. We all know killing is bad. God gave us our lives and he is the only one who have the rights to take it. And what kind of person are you if you can bear in your concience that you have killed an innocent baby?
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@collstarx (1177)
• Indonesia
6 Apr 07
Abortion for me is evil, I think like we kill someone. Best regards
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@salsen (108)
• Turkey
5 Apr 07
There's no difference between killing a man and a baby. It's definitely a murder. Murderers must be prosecuted both parents and doctors.
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• United States
6 Apr 07
I think it's murder, and would never consinder it under any circumstances. If you're blessed with a baby there is a reason for him/her to be born.
@lilmissy (481)
• United States
5 Apr 07
i dont believe in abortion except under special mediacl cicumstances but NOT if its because they couldnt or forgot or used inept birth control methods then it is your responsabilty the effects of being sexually active and irresponsable ,adoption before abortion
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@Anakata2007 (1785)
• Canada
15 Apr 07
If a teen got pregnant and didn't want the baby, I think she should give the baby up for adoption instead of have an abortion.
@echoshwj (58)
• China
5 Apr 07
To be honest, I've had abortion once. Because I happened to have a baby at inconvenient time. I was not married at that time and in our country in our places, having a baby without getting married is a very bad thing, you will be considered as bad girl. I can ignore others' words but I can't disappoint my parents. So I had no other choice. Now there's a new baby growing in my body. I let it come at the right time when we, my husband and I, are both ready for him/her. I would say we cannot consider all abortion as evil. Sometimes the baby really doesn't come at right time. To insisting having it can only bring you trouble and destroy your life. Although abortion itself is not a good thing, there is just no better choice.
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@Swtrose (3385)
• Canada
6 Apr 07
I believe in the right to life. I believe anyone who has an abortion is denying the right to life. There is an entire life forming inside the womb. The woman does have a right; she has a right to conceive, however once she has conceived, then it is now a separate life. The woman then has the right to parent the child or place it for adoption. She should not be given the right to kill it. It is unmoral to kill another human being to spare yourself of an inconvenience brought on by your own actions. Abortion is murder.
@nietske (199)
• Belgium
6 Apr 07
I support the right to life, but i also support the right of choice. I believe it's important that a women who doesn't feel capable to concieve and has taken precautions, but did get pregnant, has a choice.
@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
5 Apr 07
I wouldn't have an abortion myself, but I don't fault anyone for getting one either. It's not up for anyone to make that choice for them. Just because I don't want an abortion, why should I force my views on anyone else? That just seems selfish at best. I don't think they are good or evil, its all a matter of situation and personal choice, in my opinion!
@nietske (199)
• Belgium
6 Apr 07
thnx for your neutral contribution. I value your opinion. You seem to be very tolerant towards the choices of others even though they might not be coherent with your own, that's a respectable stance to take.
@jc_star10 (953)
• Indonesia
9 Apr 07
I don't support abortion. It's an another way for killing people. It would be better to giving the kids to other people than to have those babies killed. I am sorry, but i heard from doctor that explain to me how the babies in abortion process. If they before 3 months, usually the mother is given certain medicine to destroy the seeds. But if it's older, they do a surgery and they squished the baby with some tools. How horrible is that !!
• Indonesia
15 Apr 07
i think abortion for medical reason, like saving the mother or because the baby has no hope to life is good, but if you did it on purpose without a medical problem it's evil
@zahoor007 (273)
• India
17 Apr 07
I think abortion is a clear case of murder, so much is going on against terrorist people who kill people openly, but nothing is done against these killer who kill a human being before it will see this earth created by God .
@mesmes (21)
• Indonesia
9 Apr 07
i am not agre with abortion. God created us to love son,daughter,family,parents and women must pregnancy and bear. God promise to us that HIM always give everything we need, so we do not have reason to kill our baby.i thought that abortion is evil job's.
@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
6 Apr 07
i do support anything that a person decided for himself and his body and that does not cause harm to anyone else. i learned that we can know all of the reasons that a person has for making her decision. and i am sure abortion is not an easy decision a women makes. there are alote of people that live in a culture that means being pregnend without a husband is a disaster there are alote of women that get pregnant at a very young age and know that they can not take care of the child like they want to. and there are alote of people that can not afford another child due to their economic situation. so yes i do support abortions.
@Latrivia (2878)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I believe morality is relative, so I can't say whether abortion is good or evil. I support, though. If the child is unwanted, or if the parent can't support the child, they shouldn't have to have it.
• Philippines
6 Apr 07
It depends on the situation. Sometimes there are circumstances that we don't want. Like the victims of rape and they got pregnant? How will they cope with it? Children which was bear out of wedlock more likely becomes psychologically unstable. Sometimes abortion is the best solution as not to make other lives become difficult and miserable to live on. It is not an evil nor a good deed but it's a choice that we can depend upon.
@chienah (23)
• Philippines
6 Apr 07
yes in some exceptional situation, abortion may find application. Like, women with inverted ovary, women who had underwent medications using antiobiotics, or when a pregnancy endangers a woman's life or health. If not for these exceptions, abortion may be, at all, a bad practice. In my opinion, a mere choice not grounded in the said exceptions, makes the act of abortion bad and murderous. Teen pregnancy, however, should not be viewed as a problem when such teen woman is healthy enough to conceive. She and her partner or their parents should take the responsibility to bear the child.
• Philippines
6 Apr 07
i definitely disagree with abortion, if you got pregnant during your teen years then its all your fault now face all the consequences that you encounter