Ten Pro-Choice Arguments

windovervocalcords said:

Give up. His mind is a steel trap.

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Yea, but even steel traps occasionally catch and hold on to something new...

prometeus said:

Yea, but even steel traps occasionally catch and hold on to something new...

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Wake me up when he holds on to something new.

You want to sleep that long? Who knows what you may miss?

Chuz puts me to sleep.

windovervocalcords said:

Wake me up when he holds on to something new.

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I'm pretty sure sleeping that long would be legally classified as a coma.

prometeus said:

Why the arbitrary limitation?

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I don't know prometeus but it just doesn't sit right with me, killing your own that is..just not a natural thing to do. If this is the case then i think the one who wishes to terminate life, then this should be done by the one who wishes it.

Bare with me, i have had few beers.

molten_dragon said:

I've been trying to improve your way of thinking since you got here. So far it ain't working.

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LOL Chuz, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make the horse drink water.

windovervocalcords said:

"Nearly all abortions take place in the first trimester, when a fetus cannot exist independent of the mother. As it is attached by the placenta and umbilical cord, its health is dependent on her health, and cannot be regarded as a separate entity as it cannot exist outside her womb.

The concept of personhood is different from the concept of human life. Human life occurs at conception, but fertilized eggs used for in vitro fertilization are also human lives and those not implanted are routinely thrown away. Is this murder, and if not, then how is abortion murder?

Adoption is not an alternative to abortion, because it remains the woman's choice whether or not to give her child up for adoption. Statistics show that very few women who give birth choose to give up their babies - less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of black unmarried women.

Abortion is a safe medical procedure. The vast majority of women - 88% - who have an abortion do so in their first trimester. Medical abortions have less than 0.5% risk of serious complications and do not affect a woman's health or future ability to become pregnant or give birth.

In the case of rape or incest, forcing a woman made pregnant by this violent act would cause further psychological harm to the victim. Often a woman is too afraid to speak up or is unaware she is pregnant, thus the morning after pill is ineffective in these situations.

Abortion is not used as a form of contraception. Pregnancy can occur even with responsible contraceptive use. Only 8% of women who have abortions do not use any form of birth control, and that is due more to individual carelessness than to the availability of abortion.

The ability of a woman to have control of her body is critical to civil rights. Take away her reproductive choice and you step onto a slippery slope. If the government can force a woman to continue a pregnancy, what about forcing a woman to use contraception or undergo sterilization?

Taxpayer dollars are used to enable poor women to access the same medical services as rich women, and abortion is one of these services. Funding abortion is no different from funding a war in the Mideast. For those who are opposed, the place to express outrage is in the voting booth.

Teenagers who become mothers have grim prospects for the future. They are much more likely to leave of school; receive inadequate prenatal care; rely on public assistance to raise a child; develop health problems; or end up divorced.

Like any other difficult situation, abortion creates stress. Yet the American Psychological Association found that stress was greatest prior to an abortion, and that there was no evidence of post-abortion syndrome." Ten Arguments For Abortion and Against Abortion


I thought this list may spark discussion.

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Abortion, in some form, has existed in the human race for millennia. Ancient tribes would sometimes be forced to move quickly, and pregnant women could slow the entire tribe down. Abuse of the woman's abdomen, and later abuse through excessive horseback riding, could cause the baby to be born prematurely. This baby was then either killed or left to die. Unfortunately, the mother also frequently died during the birthing. Today abortion is much safer for the mother, but just as deadly to the child.

The reason abortion was made legal in the first place ...was, would you rather women go back to doing it the old-fashioned way with a rather long hat pin or a metal coat-hanger???