How do you feel about abortion?

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Glinda

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How do you feel about abortion? Do you agree that it should be legal during the first trimester of pregnancy? Should the law be more restrictive? Less restrictive? Do you feel morally compelled to decide this issue for someone else? Or only for yourself? Have your views on this subject changed over the years? Are your views dictated by your religion? Are there other aspects of the issue you'd like to discuss?
 

I feel the same as I've always felt.. It's a legal procedure.. and should be only between a woman and her doctor. I also feel that it there should be no questions asked up until the time of viability. After that only to protect the life of the Mother or to alleviate the pain of carrying a nonviable or dead fetus.. Late term abortions are so incredibly rare anyway unless for that reason. To hear the Right talk, thousands of 7 and 8 month pregnant women are waddling into an abortion clinic and saying "Dang! I knew there was something I was meaning to do.. but just didn't get around to it until now".... That is ridiculous.
 
Abortion under any condition should be absolutely legal and without constraint by any local or state laws. If the patient is under 18 a parent or guardian should be a party to the decision. There are far too many unwanted and uncared for children in the world.
 
In the 1st place, it should NEVER be used as a means of birth control !
Otherwise, Advice should be given to a girl/woman who doesn't understand all the ramifications of the procedure.
If a woman with long term plans for her life has made a "mistake" and becomes pregnant it may be used to prevent those plans.
One more thing (And I may be taken to task to mention this); IF it can be determined that the fetus is not developing normally
and will be born with a SEVERE physical or mental handicap it should be aborted. Why would you bring a child into the world like that?

Under NO circumstances should it be used in LATE pregnancies. If the mother's health and survival is concerned, it should be done.
 
Falcon said:
In the 1st place, it should NEVER be used as a means of birth control !
Otherwise, Advice should be given to a girl/woman who doesn't understand all the ramifications of the procedure.
If a woman with long term plans for her life has made a "mistake" and becomes pregnant it may be used to prevent those plans.
One more thing (And I may be taken to task to mention this); IF it can be determined that the fetus is not developing normally
and will be born with a SEVERE physical or mental handicap it should be aborted. Why would you bring a child into the world like that?

Under NO circumstances should it be used in LATE pregnancies. If the mother's health and survival is concerned, it should be done.
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Ahhhhh.... poor stupid women must be schooled on what it means to be pregnant or exactly what having an abortion means. How in the world would we ever be able to function if there were no men to teach us.. Seriously...

As for using an abortion as birth control? Another Right wing mythology. Have you ever HAD an abortion? I have had to have D&C's and Uterine biopsies, and believe me those are no walk in the park... I imagine an abortion to be much the same procedure. Plus abortions are not free... nor are they cheap... they are painful... and they are expensive for most women.. But then again... most of us are to stupid to realize that.
 
What follows is the summary of an article

When Pregnancies are Unwanted
By Nancy Felipe Russo, Ph.D., Arizona State University and Henry P. David, Ph.D., Transnational Family Research Institute
3/05/02

In summary, there is a substantial literature that documents the serious health, social, psychological, and economic consequences of unintended and unwanted childbearing. These consequences can include increased maternal and infant death and illness, unstable marriages, and the restriction of educational and occupational opportunities leading to poverty and limited roles for women. These adverse effects are not shared equally by all segments of society, and in the United States fall more heavily on those who are poor, young, or members of an ethnic minority group. Further, evidence suggests that even in advantageous social and economic circumstances, when a pregnancy is unwanted and the women requests an abortion, to deny it forces her to bear a child at risk for psychological problems that are long lasting. In this context, the watchword of the family planning movement - 'Every Child a Wanted Child' has particular meaning for health professionals.
 
Oh crap. As usual, politics creeps into every thread.

And NO! I have never had an abortion; wrong gender.

Having been a medical photographer for many years, I know a lot about abortions and D&Cs.

As a nurse, you should know (As I do) how many abortions are performed in hospitals. (Daily, weekly etc.)
 
Falcon said:
Oh crap. As usual, politics creeps into every thread.

And NO! I have never had an abortion; wrong gender.

Having been a medical photographer for many years, I know a lot about abortions and D&Cs.


As a nurse, you should know (As I do) how many abortions are performed in hospitals. (Daily, weekly etc.)
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How would I know? I was a cardiac nurse... and Now, I review Medicare charts.. Not many abortions in the 65+ set.

And why do you think I brought politics into it? Is it political to take offense to the inference that women need to be taught about the ramifications of abortion? AND by who? Women are well aware what having an abortion means.. we don't need to have men tell us. I can't help it if it's predominantly the Repubican party that thinks we need guidance..
 
I am also pro choice. My sixteen year old friend in high school almost died from an illegal abortion. It left her sterile, and she was never the same. She died of alcoholism related illness at the age of forty-five.
 
Mickey of Canada said:
I have to agree with you Falcon. Many women using this as birth control, instead of using proper birth control methods.

I just read on F/B were a baby was aborted and was born alive and breathing, the nurses cleaned it up and were in the process of taking care of it, when the doctor returned and chocked the baby to death.
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That I would take with a grain of salt. Highly unbelievable.
 
Mickey of Canada said:
A smart man like you should not need any help to check it out. And I am SURE that this post was credible ..
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Thank you for the link. I'll read it. OKay. Thank you. So in the 1970's a Canadian doctor committed what would be legally a homicide in the United States.. It was a horrible thing to do. I see he was acquitted which in my mind is as bad ad the act it's self. Mickey, next time if you post the link with your post it might be a lot better for the reader to believe and become familiar with the facts.
 
From reading this article I've just read in addition to the posted one, it wasn't so cut and dry, as far as I see it. Quite terrible what happened, but, more to it than and evil doctor committing homicide, more like mercy killing, maybe, at the point of which he may have stepped in, still a horrific act, but, I'm not so sure, I would have labeled him a monster without really trying to finding out more.

http://articles.latimes.com/1993-02-02/news/vw-1024_1_orange-county

Either way as others have said, hardly a reason to use this case to show as an example to take away a woman's rights to choose what she does with her body.
 
Mickey of Canada said:
There is always a doubter. Check it out before you comment.
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If you are going to post this nonsense... then you need to provide a credible link... and not some one sided anti-abortion propaganda rag. As said.. there was much more to it.. and shouldn't have been spun the way it was.
 

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