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02-27-04, 09:54 PM

If you support the mother being able to abort the child she is carrying, then do you also support the right of the mother to, at any point in time in the child's life, kill that child? I mean, either way, the child is being killed, so why does it matter when it happens?

In most circumstances, the woman has become pregnant either because a) she wanted to or b) she or the father did not take the proper precautions when having sex or c) she was raped.

Since she as well as the father made the decision to have sex in the first place, they need to understand there is a chance of pregnany and that, in fact, the entire point of sex is procreation. So if it happens, they need to have the child and then either properly care for it or immediately give it up for adoption.

The ONLY exceptions I can see to this are as follows:

- If a woman is raped and as a result becomes pregnant, then a difficult situation arises. I know that if I was a woman and was raped and became pregnant, the last thing I would probably want to do is have that child.

- If a woman becomes pregnant and has a terminal disease (such as AIDS) that would be passed onto the child, then the child should probably be aborted to spare it a short life of pain and suffering for no reason.

- If the process of giving birth is determined to be more than likely fatal for the mother (due to any reason, such as a bad heart), then there is no reason to expect the woman to try and have the child anyway at the cost of her own life.

The only reason I tend to NOT be pro-choice in most situations is because I know that if abortion would soon just become a way of life and you would have the same women over and over getting abortions because its easier than dealing with consequences.

I guess what it comes to is how much you value human life. There are over 6 billion people on this Earth and most of them really don't do all that much, and soon having a child will be like ordering a pizza -- pick what you want, give them your credit card, and wait for delivery. How special does THAT make human life?

02-27-04, 09:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
zen2k Guest Posts: n/a	If you support the mother being able to abort the child she is carrying, then do you also support the right of the mother to, at any point in time in the child's life, kill that child? I mean, either way, the child is being killed, so why does it matter when it happens? In most circumstances, the woman has become pregnant either because a) she wanted to or b) she or the father did not take the proper precautions when having sex or c) she was raped. Since she as well as the father made the decision to have sex in the first place, they need to understand there is a chance of pregnany and that, in fact, the entire point of sex is procreation. So if it happens, they need to have the child and then either properly care for it or immediately give it up for adoption. The ONLY exceptions I can see to this are as follows: - If a woman is raped and as a result becomes pregnant, then a difficult situation arises. I know that if I was a woman and was raped and became pregnant, the last thing I would probably want to do is have that child. - If a woman becomes pregnant and has a terminal disease (such as AIDS) that would be passed onto the child, then the child should probably be aborted to spare it a short life of pain and suffering for no reason. - If the process of giving birth is determined to be more than likely fatal for the mother (due to any reason, such as a bad heart), then there is no reason to expect the woman to try and have the child anyway at the cost of her own life. The only reason I tend to NOT be pro-choice in most situations is because I know that if abortion would soon just become a way of life and you would have the same women over and over getting abortions because its easier than dealing with consequences. I guess what it comes to is how much you value human life. There are over 6 billion people on this Earth and most of them really don't do all that much, and soon having a child will be like ordering a pizza -- pick what you want, give them your credit card, and wait for delivery. How special does THAT make human life? Last edited by zen2k; 02-27-04 at 10:05 PM.