Posted on 02/23/2006 4:56:47 AM PST by Milltownmalbay
I see the pro-abortion crowd has shown up.
Only one so far .... but just like rats and roaches, where there's one, there may be others!
If they aren't telling them this fact could force them to take a look into their future
Really the point is women seeking an abortion most times are under stress and vulnerable and the abortion business takes advantage of it
Women need to know all the facts
Well, thanks to the pro-abortion forces, we will never know if it might prevent abortions. Information is not something they market in, only fear.
I disagree with you there; the fear comes from within the woman herself, when she is in an untenable position. I know of nothing like pregnancy, in that it is the best thing in the world if you want it, and the worst thing in the world if you don't. There is simply no in-between, for most women. Addressing the things that make it untenable can help to obviate the need for abortion, IMHO.
I know I was talking about this same thing with my mother yesterday. I find it amazing what women go through to avoid responsibilities.
A 10% chance of becoming barren? Not worth noting when your senior year of college is in jeopardy!
A 42% increased chance of major depression in the next decade? Not worth noting when you might have to tell your Dad that Rick and you have been sleeping together!
The fear does not orginate with the pro-abortion people, but they do their darndest to make sure that the fear is the driving force for the decision.
Hmmm I don't think the fact of pregancy is "untenable" in itself
I am a little confused with your postings here
Are you for or against abortion?
I don't line up perfectly on either side, so "for or against" is too black and white.
I don't like it; I don't like the fact that people could avoid a lot of their own problems if they took responsibility in advance.
I don't like that a government which supposedly supports individual decision-making makes a big honking exception in this area; I think abortion is a very private decision.
I'd like the problem to go away. I'd like it to be solved. I do not think making it illegal will do that, but it will still satisfy a lot of people because they can then tell themselves it's not happening, because they can't see it as easily. Basically, I think technology will solve the problem long before politics will.
In other words, I'm like a lot of Americans; I don't like it but I'm not willing to just say "ban it, that will solve everything."
Actually you are in the minority, most Americans don't favor abortion on demand
I remember a time when abortion was illegal and the fact that it was forced some people to be more responsible
Of course morals played a huge role as most people "back in the day" believed in absolutes
Today most people prefer to live in that "grey area' because it gives them license to do what ever they feel like
As as far as, "I do not think making it illegal will do that," won't make all abortions disappear, just like putting bad guys behind bars will stop all crime, but it will sure save a hell of a lot lives so making abortion illegal is the only moral, logical choice to saving innocent lives who had no say in their conception
I remember when it was illegal, too. What I remember is that perhaps some were more responsible (how would we know, after all), but some wealthy girls at my prep school just disappeared for a week or two during term, on a sudden foreign vacation.
Women with money have always had, and always will have, choices. I don't think women will ever be prosecuted for a weekend trip to Toronto.
Everyone, has choices, the Lord gave us freewill, you can choose to do the right thing or you can choose to do the wrong thing
Everyone, rich or poor has to live with the choices they make
If rich women were/are choosing to have abortions based on the fact that they could afford it then its better to be poor
Afteall "what profits a man to gain the world (wealth) yet lose his soul"
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I don't like murder, but I'm not willing to say, "Ban it, that will solve everything."
42% or 37 women out of 90 is very troubling to me. I wouldn't make light of something that affects women so negatively, often for a lifetime. It doesn't just affect their mood, it can affect how they view and treat their future children when and if they have them.
Well, none of the proposed laws against it deal with it as murder, nor did they when it was illegal. Why is that? Even the partial birth abortion act only specifies a monetary fine and perhaps - perhaps - up to two years in jail for the doctor, with no punishment for the woman. Does that sound like legislators consider it murder?
It's a noticeable percentage, but the response I see to polls on FR is uniformly, "that's not very many people.... they need a wide response to make it valid."
It's not until you sit with a woman in a quiet environment - fireside chat environment and have a serious talk about abortion that you hear their true feelings about it and specifically its effects.
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Exactly right.
See, we made murder illegal, now it's often done in a back alley somewhere and the cleanup can be very unsanitary.
Imagine how much money we could save if the police and courts weren't tied up going after murderers!
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