What do you think about being pro-choice on abortion?

Frank R

Yes that is what it means. My personal thoughts are that a woman should be free to chose what she wants to do with her body.

Dave87gn

exactly! too many people want to frame the argument as pro-abortion or anti-abortion. My position is that it should be a decision made by the woman and her doctor...NOT THE GOVT!

Black Rainbow

Yes. It goes along with "pro-freedom" and pro "everybody mind your own business".

PopeJaimie

Yep.

mufasa1023

I think of Judith Thomson's Violinist (http://spot.colorado.edu/~heathwoo/Phil160,Fall02/thomson.htm)

my main problem with the anti-freedom-of-choicers is how many of them use religion as the foundation of their arguments and yet they entirely fail to see how very ludicrous their claims are even within the context of their own religion

fetuses are very fragile and nearly 50% of fetuses naturally abort (which is why so many newly-pregnant women wait to tell everyone) if we assume that a g-d is controlling things (as religious folk do) then g-d is aborting half of all fetuses conceived, therefore g-d thinks that abortion is necessary in the great scheme of things for whatever reason....if g-d finds it acceptable to abort fetuses then there shouldn't be the stigma attached to it that there currently is within religious communities

furthermore-the bible is rife with g-d killing babies and fetuses: Leviticus 27:6, Numbers 3:15-16, Numbers 31:15-17 , Hosea 9:14, Hosea 9:16, 2 Samuel 12:14, Genesis 38:24 etc.

MayberryNR5

To me ...its not about what I want ...its about what is right for those who are involved. If people have a choice about religion they should get to choose what to do in that situation too. Its none of my business why or how..but I want people to be save/healthy

Mr. Doctor

That is exactly what it means! If a religious person believes that abortion is wrong for religious reasons, they can still be pro choice because they also believe that imposing their religious views on others by outlawing abortion goes against the separation of church and state.

sentineldrive

whether or not you LIKE abortion, pro-choice basically means giving the woman her right to choose what she wants to do with her body in her situation.

In a situation where you were to vote, you usually wouldn't be able to add stipulations such as: it's okay if she was raped. It's generally either pro-choice or pro-life. However your personal take on it is yours to add your own views.

Jen

Exactly. To each their own.

A former co-worker of mine found out she was pregnant in April. She went to a clinic, took some time to think about it, talked it over with her boyfriend and finally decided NOT to abort the pregnancy. But at least the option was there -- she had that freedom to choose what she wanted to do.

Dottie R

Yes, that's the definition of Pro Choice.

I agree it should be the individual woman's choice. I never had to make that choice and I'm glad I didn't have to, but do feel that it should be my choice.

ver_jen

Yes, that is what it means. Many religious nuts don't like me saying this but "God is pro-choice". He gave us a choice and it is up to us what we do with it. If God didn't want a woman to have a choice on this matter, He would make sure that it couldn't happen... but since it still is possible... obviously God is pro-choice.

No one LIKES abortion...... but sometimes it is a choice of which is bad and which is worse. That's why each individual must decide for themselves.

eastchic2001

Pretty much. Many people think that pro-choice means "pro-abortion". Semantics. I'm pro-choice, and while hearing about the procedure and thinking about it bothers me, I still think women should have that choice - no matter what.

Lady Kay

Exactly. You don't have to like it, you never have to have one, but you realize that it is important for a woman to have the right to choose.

roy boy

excatly! i dont think i could ever have one but no one should be able to tell me i cant its an individual choice i have this shirt that pretty much sums it up:

(its a pic of a women with scissors)
cut off my reproductive choice
i'll cut off yours

Crystal

I think that's true. I don't know anyone who 'likes' abortion, some just consider that the option must be left to women to decide about their own bodies. There are certainly a lot of arguments on both sides of the issue, and fine, ethical people disagree about what the law should be.

burntwaffles

YES!

angela d

basically. I would surely hope that people wouldn't actually like abortion...or think that its really ok. Most 'pro-choicers' think that a woman has the choice to do whatever she wants with her own body...regardless...

vtjames7433

In the terms that you frame the argument it simply means that some people want to avoid taking a moral stand- either they believe it is right or they believe it is wrong- there is no "I think it is wrong but it isnt up to me"

I believe there are exceptions to every rule- but generally speaking I oppose abortion as a form of birth control and think that people who claim it is about a woman's right to control her body need to grow up and admit that there is another life involved not to mention another parent- just because your x box is in the backseat of my car doesnt give me the right to destroy it- the car and x box are seperate items just as a mother and baby are.
Pro abortion types would gain some ground if it werent for the radicals that push partial birth abortion and fight parental notification (with provisions for those who legitimately cannot talk to their parents)

duplicity

I am all for choice where that choice doesn't affect another human being. An abortion is killing a human life that has no way to speak up for its rights. Has anyone considered the unborn child's choice? I wonder what percentage of you would liked to have been aborted before birth or murdered tomorrow? I guess very few of you. We were all unborn children and like us they all deserve a right to life.

busybee

There can be other options beside killing an unborn baby!!! What about the baby's choice? Abortion is murder, whether you call it pro-choice or whatever name you want to call it. What is really the difference in killing the baby or waiting until it's had it's 1st birthday and then killing it. It could be the mother's choice then???
I have friends that would give almost anything to have a child and then there are others in the world throwing a life away like trash. This is SAD! Give the baby a chance.

evil_reaper32

i dont really know that...

Richard A

Why kill a baby?

Headlessmunky

Abortion is killing. ITS MURDER. and wrong. Just cuz a babbies not born doesnt mean its not living.

MonkeysPaw

I think abortion is selfish.

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