VGC Poll: Abortion

[Wookaroo]

In 2000, cases of rape or incest accounted for 1% of abortions.^[12] Another study, in 1998, revealed that in 1987-1988 women reported the following reasons for choosing an abortion:^[13]

• 25.5% Want to postpone childbearing
• 21.3% Cannot afford a baby
• 14.1% Has relationship problem or partner does not want pregnancy
• 12.2% Too young; parent(s) or other(s) object to pregnancy
• 10.8% Having a child will disrupt education or job
• 7.9% Want no (more) children
• 3.3% Risk to fetal health
• 2.8% Risk to maternal health
• 2.1% Other

 

While reading up a bit on abortion a while back, I found this data on wiki page, "Abortion in the United States". It's old data, but I don't think it would be too irrevelant from a poll today. Maybe this is questionable? I guess you can take that however you want.  Personally, I find the highlighted bold parts a little saddening. I'm not one who believes in a government that makes decisions for people, but I'm also not content supporting a law which allows potential humans to be trashed because of choices like the ones above.

 

I think that rape/incest and health risks to the mother or baby is grounds for abortion. After reading a bunch of these threads, I can see the arguments on both sides, however deep down in my heart I think abortion for any other reason is very questionable. At the very least, I think that a lot pf people don't take it very seriously. Abortion just seems to be a get out of jail free card.

Seems like people don't think much of it because they believe the fetus to not yet be a human? I'm thankful my mother decided not to abort me while I was a fetus then. Anyway, I know this is not the best argument ground in scientific fact and such, but it's what I believe until I'm proven otherwise somehow. 

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