| mrstickball said: I think they should be illegal. Of all the things I think that should be legalized, abortion is the only one that relates to the destruction of another human. It should only be done in very, VERY extreme measures. Outside of that, I don't think it should be legal. Women (and the husbands) should strive to keep the child to full term. If they feel that they cannot take care of the baby (which is the reason in 90% or more of abortions), then it should be given up for adoption. However, in the process, I believe adoptions should be promoted and reformed to ensure that the mother knows that the most honorable thing to do is to give the baby up to a loving family. Adoption has been destroyed since abortions became legal in the US. At one time, 10% of all children were adopted....The number has dropped 10-fold thanks to the fact that 40,000,000 babies were aborted. |
Huh. I would have had you down as pro-choice to be honest.
About your destruction of a human being point, I would state that the definition would be hazy at best on that. Many people believe that it is a human life from conception, but other believe that it is only classed as a human life at some point down the development of the fetus.
Personally I believe that abortion is acceptable only for different circumstances for each trimester...
- The first trimester or so is nothing more than belated contraceptive (although I would prefer it if contraceptive was used in the first place).
- In the second trimester it should be held for changes in decision (based on sound reasoning, perhaps with a psychological profile).
- In the third it should only really be accepted if the fetus poses some kind of serious threat to the mother or itself.
Why do I think this? Because I think that no clear definition can be determined for when it is human. In the beginning of the pregnancy I would consider it as just a bundle of cells. As it develops further, it become more human and the situation becomes more tricky. But in the third trimester it is essentially a mini baby, and the likelihood is that it can survive premature berth anyway, so only extreme situations are acceptable.
