How do you feel about abortion?

Shalimar said:
When oh when will this insulting paternalism end? Thank you so much, Jim for getting it. We appreciate you.
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You know what IMMEDIATELY makes me stop paying attention? When a MAN decides HE is going to lecture on this topic. Makes me sick.
 

Like there are not enough people on the planet? I don't care if someone gets an abortion.

Quicksilver, completely off topic but I applied for a medicare review job and just got an email stating I would not be considered. Figured I didn't qualify but I'm still a little bummed. I'll keep looking.
 
Mickey of Canada said:
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If you do not wish to have a child, than use birth control. DON'T make the rest of us pay for your pleasure.....
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Has this cost you personally Mickey? Are you simply against the idea of pregnancy termination? Remember, you are Canadian and this forum has members all over the world.
 

Mickey of Canada said:
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If you do not wish to have a child, than use birth control. DON'T make the rest of us pay for your pleasure.....
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If I? Do tell, how often have you been at my past GYN appointments to have such intell? If I did, would or wouldn't, I wouldn't share such info with you. I'm sure you have a number of life issues the rest of humanity would like not to finance l, imagine.

Long time poster with a new name I imagine, I wonder which one. OOPS! Didn't mean to say that out loud.
 
AprilT said:
If I? Do tell, how often have you been at my past GYN appointments to have such intell? If I did, would or wouldn't, I wouldn't share such info with you. I'm sure you have a number of life issues the rest of humanity would like not to finance l, imagine.

Long time poster with a new name I imagine, I wonder which one.
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I think you are on it April. No new member comes on willing to insult like this person has.
 
Abortion may be absolutely legal, but "I feel", it's morally despicable.
If you don't want or like children, take the necessary precautions or totally abstain.
But as 'Falcon' already explained, it's different if the fetus is not developing normally.
To me children will always be the most precious living beings in our world.
They are not "throw-away" items!!
 
I have my doubts this individual is Canadian, as well. In this country, abortion has been available since I was in my twenties. The majority of Canucks don't foam at the mouth like this person. I sense hostility and fanaticism. Who is behind the smoke and mirrors, I wonder?
 
Mickey of Canada said:
Thank you, I am a new member,but as such I still can have my say regarding this situation..
I see that some of you get a little grumpy when challenged by someone who does have the information needed to discuss this subject.

That said as my mom used to say (If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen)..

Also I have never osted on this forum before..But thanks for the warm welcome...
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If you are suggesting I leave this forum for MY opinions, it isn't gonna happen. Your Mom was correct however. Mickey, we have all sorts of opinions here. Yours are as welcome as anyones.
 
We women tend to get grumpy when a man attempts to tell us what to do with our bodies. Honestly, are you really a Canadian? Please say it isn't so. Lol. I assure you, my American, British, and Australian friends, this individual does not reflect the opinions held by the majority of Canucks. I suspect we may have a troll in our midst. Call out the dogs, Jim, lol.
 
This post is one, like the others that we can walk away having had our say and not harbor any animosity toward one another. I, for one shall do just that. Peace.
 
Settle down gentlemen. This is primarily an issue for women because for too long men had all the say about it.

IMO the only thing I want to hear from men is how they have felt if they have had to suffer the loss of one of their unborn children.

I contemplated having a abortion when I was 19 years old and unmarried. I am glad that at that time it was illegal and my then boyfriend and I decided to marry and face the responsibility of raising our child. She is now one of our greatest blessings and I am very glad that she was not terminated just because she was inconvenient.

That said, I make no judgement on any woman who decides to seek a termination. Women don't choose abortion IMO. Sometimes it is the only choice available in their particular circumstances. They decide to have one but would prefer to have better choices.
 
Josiah said:
How about a comment from the OPer?
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Yes, I'm happy to provide my opinion. I am pro-choice. But I tried to frame the issue with several questions because I think it's more complex than just "for" or "against".

Here are some (certainly not all) of the other issues and my opinion:

Do males have the right to dictate this policy for females? From one perspective, it is frustrating and perhaps infuriating that official U.S. policy has been formed largely by males. And yet, it was an all male Supreme Court that decided Roe v. Wade, a decision I support. There will always be some males who make a genuine effort to empathize. There will also be those who use the issue as yet another way to exercise power over women.

Should there be an assumption that women must be scolded and lectured about "using abortion for birth control"? I believe the percentage of women who will act irresponsibly in this manner is so low, it is truly insulting to make this assumption.

Should someone else's moral compulsion, perhaps motivated by their religion, be permitted to dictate my personal, private decision to obtain an abortion? Absolutely not. Those who are against abortion are free to follow their own doctrine or beliefs. Likewise, I will follow mine, not theirs.

Should a woman's decision to have an abortion be kept between herself, her doctor and, if married, her husband? Yes.

Thank you all for expressing your opinions, whether you agree with me or not. I have to confess that I looked at the various threads this morning and decided we needed a really controversial thread to liven things up today. Did I succeed?? :)
 
The choice is between the woman and her doctor. Although do I detest people who use abortion as a means of birth control.

Can't we ever shed these archaic laws? If men could get pregnant...abortion would not even be an issue.
 
QuickSilver said:
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.
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Do you remember when that woman Sherry Shepherd used to be on the View? I believe she has admitted to 'more abortions than she would like to count' and somewhere I've heard the number being seven, which would suggest that some women do use abortions as a birth control method.
 
I'm very fortunate that I have never had an unwanted pregnancy. However, several women near and dear to me have had abortions and I can assure you that none of them took the decision lightly and they certainly didn't regard it as a convenient method of birth control.
 
I also pay taxes which support our health care system, but do not feel the need to discriminate towards any group of individuals who may need care. Clearly, for some, women are still second class citizens, too weak, lustful, or stupid to control their own bodies. Fortunately, this attitude is in the minority, at least in my country. As for the uncalled comments re 'horny', that indicates a tendency toward misogyny, and a willingness to reduce this thread to a base common denominator. On behalf of my sisters, ick!
 
QuickSilver said:
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.
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I agree completely. It's a private decision and one the government has no business sticking its nose into.

I also agree that the anti-abortionists vastly inflate the number of late term abortions. Why would a woman wait so long to decide? It just makes it a bigger procedure, and I would imagine it is harder for the body to adjust afterwards. To my knowledge, most women I know who have decided on abortion have it done before anyone else even knows they are pregnant. I'm sure it is not an easy decision to make, and I'm grateful I never faced that decision. I understand it is not the most pleasant procedure, either.

As to using it as a regular form of birth control, why would a woman put herself through that when all she has to do is take pills or utilize one of the various forms of birth control on the market? Makes no sense at all.
 
Debby said:
Do you remember when that woman Sherry Shepherd used to be on the View? I believe she has admitted to 'more abortions than she would like to count' and somewhere I've heard the number being seven, which would suggest that some women do use abortions as a birth control method.
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Oh well then.... since SHERRY SHEPHERD is irresponisble.... let's take the choice away from ALL women.. makes perfect sense.. May I ask why it's anyone's business what Sherry Shepherd did? OR why you even care?
 

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