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Should a woman have the right to an abortion for any reason?


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Bucky

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I apologize if I appear repetitive or redundant. But I just want to make sure I have this correct.

This poll is for the pro-choice camp:

Do you believe a woman has a right to an abortion for any reason.

Yes or No.

Should we create any restrictions for that woman to have an abortion.
 
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I apologize if I appear repetitive or redundant. But I just want to make sure I have this correct.

This poll is for the pro-choice camp:

Do you believe a woman has a right to an abortion for any reason.

Yes or No.

Should we create any restrictions for that woman to have an abortion.
There already are restrictions. Varies state by state.
 
Do you agree with them?

A woman should be able to decide whether to remain pregnant up to the point of accepted viability outside the womb.
After that point, if the mothers life is in imminent danger it is generally a crash C-section. If it is for severe fetal anomaly and once born the baby is not expected to survive or suffer for a very short lifespan....I think that is a very serious discussion between patient and doctor and I should stay the hell away from that decision and just praise God that I was never faced with such a horrible tragic predicament.
 
I apologize if I appear repetitive or redundant. But I just want to make sure I have this correct.

This poll is for the pro-choice camp:

Do you believe a woman has a right to an abortion for any reason.

Yes or No.

Should we create any restrictions for that woman to have an abortion.

Bucky, are you from the United States? Are you are all familiar with Roe v Wade, which established the "Viability Clause", which IS A RESTRICTION on women. Are you familiar with Planned Parenthood v Casey, which established that should technology come into being that would assures the chance of survival of a fetus at an earlier stage established by the Viability Clause - plus the known facts documented by our medical providers and scientific community as to the earliest survival development stage?

I support a woman's right to have an abortion FOR ANY REASON within the boundaries of the current laws....no questions asked.
 
Bucky, are you from the United States? Are you are all familiar with Roe v Wade, which established the "Viability Clause", which IS A RESTRICTION on women. Are you familiar with Planned Parenthood v Casey, which established that should technology come into being that would assures the chance of survival of a fetus at an earlier stage established by the Viability Clause - plus the known facts documented by our medical providers and scientific community as to the earliest survival development stage?

I support a woman's right to have an abortion FOR ANY REASON within the boundaries of the current laws....no questions asked.

I second that
 
There already are restrictions. Varies state by state.

The only current restrictions are on time frame, not on reason. You can get an abortion in the US for any reason.
 
I support the right to an abortion in the first two trimesters for any reason.
 
Do you believe a woman has a right to an abortion for any reason.

I do believe a woman has the right to an abortion for any reason since I'm quite confident the prenatal human is not a person.

Should we create any restrictions for that woman to have an abortion.

And no I don't agree with any restrictions being put in place. I've read and looked into all aspects of this debate for years and I'm going to stay pro choice no matter what.

Once I get done with my trade school and get employed in my field, trust me I'm coming back to kick some more butt. It's been long overdue. ;)
 
I do believe a woman has the right to an abortion for any reason since I'm quite confident the prenatal human is not a person.



And no I don't agree with any restrictions being put in place. I've read and looked into all aspects of this debate for years and I'm going to stay pro choice no matter what.

Once I get done with my trade school and get employed in my field, trust me I'm coming back to kick some more butt. It's been long overdue. ;)

Good luck with school!
 
You should've added -- any reason, at any moment in her pregnancy.
 
We all know. The question isn't asking you to repeat what is law, but what you personally believe should be law.

We are a nation ruled by law, are we not? I think a woman should have the right to abortion FOR ANY REASON WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LAW!

Sorry about the CAPS, Josie. I learned it from FutureIncoming. :lol:
 
I apologize if I appear repetitive or redundant. But I just want to make sure I have this correct.

This poll is for the pro-choice camp:

Do you believe a woman has a right to an abortion for any reason.

Yes or No.

Should we create any restrictions for that woman to have an abortion.

Any reason up until viability
 
I apologize if I appear repetitive or redundant. But I just want to make sure I have this correct.

This poll is for the pro-choice camp:

Do you believe a woman has a right to an abortion for any reason.

Yes or No.

Should we create any restrictions for that woman to have an abortion.

I think there should be a three-or four-month limit on when abortions can be performed for any reason. After than, mom's health or condition of the fetus.
 
I apologize if I appear repetitive or redundant. But I just want to make sure I have this correct.

This poll is for the pro-choice camp:

Do you believe a woman has a right to an abortion for any reason.

Yes.

Should we create any restrictions for that woman to have an abortion.

Yes
 
Any reason, no restrictions.

In practice, restrictions usually wind up doing nothing but putting women at risk. We have examples of nations that have no restrictions, and in general, the curve of when and why women get abortions looks exactly the same as it does in the US.

With one important difference.

Lower mortality rates for women.

Because they are able to get advised abortions WHEN they're advised, rather than being forced to wait for it to become a life-threatening emergency. Because that is the reason women get very late abortions.

Elective abortions take place earlier and earlier, as both our detection methods and abortion choices get more sophisticated (very early abortions used to be impossible before medical abortion; the surgeon couldn't see well enough to find a "week 5" embryo and thus couldn't perform the abortion until later, but this is no longer an issue with the medication route). Women want to do them sooner if they can.

So restrictions (apart from total ban) only become an issue with late abortions, which are often medical cases. And the later you go, the more true that is.

There is no evidence this would change. Very late abortions are, after all, very dangerous, very slow, and very unpleasant. And even when given the option of doing them for other reasons, women simply don't. If at all possible, they prefer to get a C-section. And that solves the issue just as well, the issue being that the woman needs to be able to preserve herself -- and a C-section gets the job done in these sorts of situations.

For me, that is the concern. Either an abortion or a C-section is a solution to the issue of a woman needing to be able to preserve herself. It just happens to be that at some points, a C-section isn't possible, or isn't as safe. And in either of those situations, abortion needs to be an accessible choice.

Of course, some women choose the more dangerous option anyway, in hope of finding better odds of preserving the fetus. That's also a choice they should have access to make.
 
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Any reason, no restrictions.

In practice, restrictions usually wind up doing nothing but putting women at risk. We have examples of nations that have no restrictions, and in general, the curve of when and why women get abortions looks exactly the same as it does in the US.

With one important difference.

Lower mortality rates for women.

Because they are able to get advised abortions WHEN they're advised, rather than being forced to wait for it to become a life-threatening emergency. Because that is the reason women get very late abortions.

Elective abortions take place earlier and earlier, as both our detection methods and abortion choices get more sophisticated (very early abortions used to be impossible before medical abortion; the surgeon couldn't see well enough to find a "week 5" embryo and thus couldn't perform the abortion until later, but this is no longer an issue with the medication route). Women want to do them sooner if they can.

So restrictions (apart from total ban) only become an issue with late abortions, which are often medical cases. And the later you go, the more true that is.

There is no evidence this would change. Very late abortions are, after all, very dangerous, very slow, and very unpleasant. And even when given the option of doing them for other reasons, women simply don't. If at all possible, they prefer to get a C-section. And that solves the issue just as well, the issue being that the woman needs to be able to preserve herself -- and a C-section gets the job done in these sorts of situations.

For me, that is the concern. Either an abortion or a C-section is a solution to the issue of a woman needing to be able to preserve herself. It just happens to be that at some points, a C-section isn't possible, or isn't as safe. And in either of those situations, abortion needs to be an accessible choice.

Of course, some women choose the more dangerous option anyway, in hope of finding better odds of preserving the fetus. That's also a choice they should have access to make.

I personally subscribe to the Canadian Abortion Laws.

Despite Roe v Wade's viability clause, there's no actual means to medically deny women of an abortion in latter stages (post viability) "if" there are physical threats to the woman or the fetus is significantly defective or a stillborn.

But the law can make medical providers make hesitant decisions. That's the danger in our current abortion laws.
 
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