As a woman I think that abortion is wrong in most cases. the only exception is rape. What other argument is there? Oh darn I got pregnant because I was careless or because I was screwing every man that came by, guess I'll go and abort this "mistake". People should live up to their choices and take responsibility. What YOU are saying is that it is ok to murder in order to convince the pregnant woman. Abortion should NOT be a choice to the thoughtless and careless.

Life begins at conception, and as such, terminating a life is murder. We must stand up to speak for those who have no voice in this.

...have any of you actually seen an abortion? while doing a research paper on abortion, i had a neutral stance until i came across a medical documentation of an abortion...it was horrifying. thats all i am gonna say.

And then told that she has to keep the infant, as doing any less would be murder. Or, if it's a he, that he'll never face the need to choose between abortion and elsewise and that he should let women do as women will do, especially if he isn't one.

good one!

I feel that life begins at conception. If this is true, then when a baby is aborted, they are murdered. It is not right to kill a defenseless human being.

if you get pregnate yo faught. dont get an abortion and take the lives of unborn babyies. three ways to prevent getting pregnat. condom, birth control, or keep yo dang legs close. if you choose not to do one of those three than you want a baby so go through labor and deal with it

Last time I checked, the difference between an unborn fetus and a 2-month-old baby is the fact that it is, uhhm, I dunno, I REAL PERSON?!?!?! It's a freaking fetus! It has barely any brain function, probably less than that of a fish. Until the baby is out of the mother and has lived and breathed, it doesn't know what it's missing if it is aborted. Would you rather be born to a crack-addicted mother with 6 other children and be fed every other day living in a dump, or be aborted when you don't even know it's happening and have a chance to be born into a good family that will love and nurture you? If the woman is not ready to have a baby, or is living in poverty and just doesn't want to put another child into suffering, she should be able to get an abortion! You bastards seem not to think so!

"Give it up for adoption!". No. Do you know how many children are waiting in homes right now, waiting for parents and a home to live in? Tons of kids will never get that because there are too many kids there already (because of dicks like you). They will grow up there, waiting, until they are 21. They will never have parents. They will be tossed out on their own with a thousand dollars to start a new life just like that. Do any of you realize how hard that is? Many of those kids will become homeless. Is that what you want? Couldn't their mothers just have gotten an abortion and then maybe that homeless man could have been born to a loving family and grown to be the head of a large corporation he's proud of? That would be nice, wouldn't it?

Also, last time I checked, this country is called AMERICA. And in America, I think we are allowed to make our own decisions. I think killing a fish in our stomach because we are too poor to take care of it well is a pretty good choice on the woman's part.

Abortion is not murder. Whoever thinks so can go f'ck themselves and then have a deformed, freak baby they won't even love. It'll wish it had been aborted.

Oh, and by the way, before you go ripping on me because I don't know what i'm talking about, take into consideration that i'm FOURTEEN. I'm 14 and I already have strong opinions about these types of subjects. doesn't that say something to you people at all?

GOBAMA

Listen, this subject is way over argued, and a lot of the time, people say insensitive, stupid things that make hardly any sense. But that's beside the point, I suppose.

As I've been in the situation where I had been sexually assaulted and had conceived from that situation, abortion is still a hard choice to make. It's hard originally for a normal woman, let alone one that has not only an unwanted child growing, but one that was conceived through pain, torment, and humiliation. Some people say "Well, it's your child, you should love it no matter what!" ... But when you didn't even make that choice to have sex in the first place, he fetus inside you becomes... almost.. hated, not because of it itself, but because of the feelings attached to how it was conceived.

Like I said, I've been in that situation, and how I felt was disgusted with myself. For the rape, for conceiving, and for wanting to abort. Which I did. I aborted.

I support abortion not because it's an easy way out, but because without it in that situation, I felt like I would have killed myself. I DO feel guilty, but... I felt I made the right choice.

Sorry if this is unorganized and choppy, but it's a sensitive subject and I tend to jump around while discussing it.

For all the women out there. Listen to yourself, and your body. But don't use abortion as birth control. It's damaging enough to make the decision for the wrong reasons, but to go through it ... can destroy you.

Take care, ladies.

Women should make the decision? How about being careful enough not to get pregnant in the first place? That is the worst argument ever. Unless you are a rape victim, you have no business talking about abortion like its just a simple medical procedure.

Some people can be really stupid and irresponsible and they decide to take the easy road by getting an abortion. Even though your not the one that is doing all that stuff that doctors do to kill unborn babies, you are still allowing it. If you dont' want your child b/c you know you can't provide anything than give it up for adoption. The child has the right to live just any other living person.

Womens rights? Hell they dont care bout their rights when their screaming in bed! Those people chose to have sexual intercourse in the first place and not being careful enough about it. I agree to gforce55x that unless you're a rape victim, you don't have anything to do with abortion. Those pregnant unexpectadely, simply asked for it.

I think that if you're going to get an abortion and kill an innocent child, you just shouldn't have sex at all or use protection. There is a thing called a condom and birth control. Some may argue that it's the same thing, but it's not. using a condom or birth control is very different. It is preventing the baby from being made in the first place. When someone says it is a woman's choice, it is indeed, but does the man have a say in anything? People know the circumstances of sex and if you don't want to get pregnant, don't have sex. It's as simple as that... I think the only reason abortion is necessary is if a woman is raped and will have severe physical problems carring the baby. Otherwise, don't they have the same rights as you or I? They're protected under the constitution. The things they do to those children is horrible. The baby's heart starts to beat at day 22. They can feel pain when the people tear them apart. I was reading for a debate for class and it said they smashed the baby's head right before its first breath. Is this how people have fun now a days? That's cruel!

I still think most of you going "They deserve a chance!" are doing nothing but project your own fears of death and your own lives being devalued onto a topic that has never in human history before the 20th century been such a topic for vainglorious 'concern'.

See, abortion isn't new. It's been used as, da da dadaaa, a form of birth control in many cultures for several thousand years, and -probably- was /sought/ before recorded history properly began.

My point is, as ever, -get over it-. That's right; let it go. Depart from the non-issue. Stop making it be an issue in the first place, 'cause it doesn't have to be.

Whereas there are plenty of issues at hand that could benefit from all this wasted attention and hand-wringing, sob-wailed faux 'net-emotion.

Go help a homeless family. Find someone in your neighborhood that can't find a job and help them find one.

Go find some kids that don't have access to good food, health care or maybe even clean water (yes, it isn't just in Darfur, folks!) and help them out.

Get the hell off the internet with your holier-than-thou "I'm entitled to my ignorant, largely misapplied opinion" crap and be useful.

And please, remember to smile.

Cheers. See you next year when I make the rounds.