Facts About Abortion

Here are some facts about abortion that are meant to induce thought and reflection about the ongoing debate on this issue.
Comments on article "Facts About Abortion"
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Rayna Louis This article is very good. It tells everybody a lot about abortion i think it is very wrong to kill a child. They need to start putting them up for adoption. God gave them these children and they go and kill them. I want to go all over the world and talk to young girls close to my age.
Rayna Louis, 16
7/8/2008
brittany need more info and direct statements
thanks
5/20/2008
april rios i dont like it. i hate it no mater what. it is not the babys falut what is happening
so they need to stopin kill poor little baby they dont deserves it.
5/9/2008
dupe i believe that abortions are not good to have because your hurting a new life and also your own. 4/29/2008
keso Abortion should not be legal int his country or any were else 4/24/2008
KEYASHA As a woman, my natural inclination is pro choice, since I do believe strongly that no outside authority such as the government or a religious group or a secular moral group has any right over the personal decisions I make about my body. However, as a mother and as a thinking human being, I do understand the ethical issues surrounding pro life issues. Since pro choice involves being responsible for my own body, therefore it is my responsibility not to conceive a child irresponsibly. And once a child is conceived, since it is a part of my body for the nine months it lives in it, it is my responsibility not to cause it harm – as I wouldn’t cause it harm after it is born.

Of course, this brings the issue of victims of rape and incest into the picture. Should a child conceived from a rape, which includes date rape, or incest, be aborted? Should a woman be forced to continue with the pregnancy until birth in such cases? Well, personally, I would again favor towards the unborn fetus, for it is not responsible for the rape or the incest, and should not be killed for somebody else’s crime.

Some of the other factors that bother me are using abortion as a form of birth control or population control, as well as the methods used for aborting the fetus, particularly after the first trimester. Also, using it as a method of selectively aborting female fetuses, as is common in countries like India, China, and so on due to social mores. This form of abortion has necessarily to be done at a later stage after the fetus develops enough for the gender to be determined.

Although I have chosen to use the term 'fetus' all through this article so as not to sensationalize the emotive issues that are obvious about these facts about abortion, however, it is also true that ordinarily we say we are pregnant with a baby, and not a fetus. But, even when one uses the clinical term 'fetus' one cannot escape how disturbing and distressing abortion actually is.
4/18/2008
Sage Cash Rita, your right about how abortion isn't right.I like your article. 4/15/2008
Tara I think abortion is something a woman should be able to have actcess to if she's raped or cannot provide a safe & secure life for the baby. A woman shouldn't be able to have more than one. They should learn form their mistakes of sexual activity & deal with their problems. 4/14/2008
azwy i'm a victim and i've learned a lot from this article 4/10/2008
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