Is Abortion Morally Right Or social Wrong?? (Page 1)

I think you may be generalizing a bit. Women who have had abortions come from a variety of backgrounds, from very well off to impoverished. Also, there is no set "ethnic" group for women who have had abortions.

The same goes for those who protest abortion. There is no set ethnic or financial demographic for people who protest abortion. If you have ever seen one of those March for Life demonstrations, you will know what I am talking about.

Abortion, to me is NOT morally wrong and I don't see it as a social ill brought on by how someone was raised. Lack of access to free or low cost birth control as well as in-depth, and accurate sex education is the main reason that social abortions still exist. So, in a way, yes, it is a social ill, but not one brought on by how someone was raised. People rise above how they were raised all the time. You cannot blame your childhood on your current adult life.

For any other abortion that is NOT done for social reasons (such as failed birth control...yes it can happen and does happen, rape/incest, medical conditions that are life threatening to the woman, medical defect in the fetus, etc), there is no social wrongdoing.

Abortion is not morally or socially wrong because simply put; women have the right to deny the use of their bodies to anyone at any time-just like men. I don't know why society has such a hard time catching onto this.

A fetus should not have greater rights than born people. No born individual in any civilized society has the legal right to force anyone to donate a shred of DNA--even to keep someone else alive.

People who claim to be "prolife" complain that it is discriminatory against the unborn for women to have the right to remove them from their bodies. They always fall back on the excuse: "It's not just about her body!"

Well, when it comes to who uses her body, it IS all about her body. If you were to ask one of these people what they thought of making it legally mandatory for males to donate blood regularly, they would look at you like you were crazy--and rightly so. That would be a violation of human rights and tantamount to slavery.

Why then do "prolifers" who claim to want the government out of their medical decisions and personal choices feel that the female gender of our species should be an exception? Why is the unwilling use of another's body okay so long as the used person is female?

Fetuses DO have the same right as born people, when it comes to using someone's body against their will. The discrimination would be in pushing a law that restricted only one gender's right to refuse donation of bodily resources.

Yes it is morally wrong. It goes against what God wants for our lives. Aborting a baby is so wrong because it is murder. God doesn't allow that.

Abortion is, in many cases, much more "morally" right than it would be to carry on with an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy. Some religious zealots may think they have all the answers, but if their imaginary friend in the sky is so powerful, he's been doing a pretty crappy job asserting his opinion on the subject.

It's up to each person to decide for themselves if abortion is morally right or not. If you feel it's not morally right, the solution is simple - don't have one.

You seem to trivialize the issue.

If I say, "Vanilla ice cream is better than chocolate ice cream," that is a simple preference claim.
On the other hand, if I say "Torturing toddlers for fun is wrong," that is a moral claim, and is handled much differently.

You also employ a self-defeating theory called relativism.

Torturing toddlers is quite illegal. Huge frickin' difference. Gosh, the comparisons from anti-choicers just get more and more ridiculous.

Strange that someone comparing abortion to ice-cream complains about trivialising the issue...

How about "Not being pregnant is better than being pregnant"? Or "Not having an unwanted child is better than producing yet another one"?

Simple preference. Nothing to do with morality.

Compare this to "We will assassinate doctors who perform abortions" and "Let's force women to stay pregnant against their will by burning down abortion clinics". Oh yes, very moral.

Toddlers are people, fetuses and zygotes are not.

"toddlers are people" "we are people" "we have heartbeats" Fetus is a Latin word for baby! a baby= human(*person)a baby in the womb has a heartbeat......if i murdered another human being i would go down for murder..tell me why you all think its different for you to have a abortion? when that baby clearly is a human and has a heartbeat...I'm sorry but its wrong on all counts..and for the people who have had them and have asked for gods forgiveness..may god bless you always

proud mum of 4!

Erm.. I guess I 'fit' the demographic of the protesters then. Oh, but I had an abortion and am pro-choice so I guess I don't agree.

Also - you don't abort a baby. You abort a foetus or an embryo. It is not homicide, it is not morally wrong and it's the woman's decision

fetus (Latin word for baby) research a bit more!! its a human life, its not a choice its a child, what about the babies rights? so its okay to stop there hearts while yours still pumps away............no!!

Well, for me abortion could never be right and that's my opinion. There are lots of options for unplanned pregnancies so why opt for a sinful act? Think wise before taking actions.

I don't believe abortion is a sinful act. There are no other options for someone who *does not want to be pregnant*. It's not right for you and that's okay, don't have one. However, it *is* right for many of us, and nobody has the right to stop us.

That's your opinion that it is wrong and it is a sin. There are other options for unplanned pregnancy, but it's up to the individual woman and her conscious to choose those options. I do not think abortion is wrong before viability. I simply do not believe that fetuses are people. I do believe they are human. My finger is human, but it is not a person. I feel like if abortion was murder, the greatest minds on earth would be in agreement on that. They are not because there are different philosophical views on when personhood begins. I do know that pregnant women are persons and as such they have the right to determine what happens to their bodies.

Besides, abortions have different circumstances. I would not allow a nine year old to give birth nor would I force a woman with a chronic illness to risk a pregnancy if she doesn't want to. Not every abortion happens because a woman is "loose" or careless. Just saying.

Also, I'm more concerned with the born children who are persons who are suffering from abuse and poverty than I am about fetuses and zygotes many of whom by the natural course of things will never develop into people or be born.

Abortion is absolutely the right decision for someone with an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy, who does not wish to remain pregnant, and has no desire to add yet another unnecessary human to the oveburdened planet.

I am so pleased I live in a country which doesn't have so many busybodies telling people they are "sinful" while going around shoving their opinions into other women's bodies.

Some people who end up in deprived states mentally are people who have had a bad upbringing , Bad upbringing caused by parents who were unprepared, Parents who didn't want the child but were forced to have it. What is more morally wrong , having a child and then letting it be deprived of a real , stable , balanced upbringing for the rest of it's life or getting rid of it before you have time to give it a more slower painful death in life. My mother works with "Problem families" and she said the main problem is they just keep having children when they can't afford to

One word ; Rape . It's the only word you need to think about when you claim abortion is wrong , and if you are a man then I don't think you could truly understand the pain , even I couldn't.

rape is bad yes! its a awful thing for someone to go through..and I'm sorry if any of you have ever been raped ,i pray that you find peace and will be able to live your lives in happiness..but i need to tell you that abortion is wrong to..say a baby is conceived in rape (rape is awful) yes but..the child in the womb is innocent! so precious! you cant kill a little life with a heartbeat in the womb, they grow so rapidly! the heart beats 21 days from conception..the grow amazingly quick...i believe that adoption is the best option if you feel you cant bring up the child..but killing them thats a terrible option..tell me is a abortion going to make you feel better about your rape? you would not only have to live with the awful pain of the rape but then added pain of aborting the child in the process! god created us all to his own image he says "you shall not kill" so what gives anyone a right to go against his word? i pray for the rape victims i hope you heal in time and i pray for all the aborted babies and the parents of them to..god is very forgiving if you admit your sins, he will forgive you..he loves us all...god bless always..

the law!!! they know nothing all government is corrupt i put my trust in god only he knows whats right and whats wrong! and again fetus is a Latin word for baby and a baby is a human, a baby in the womb has a heartbeat so therefore it is a living human like you and i!

Oh, not the "definitions" thing again! Really?! That is just so feeble.

In legal terms, a corporation is a "person". Every cell in your body, including cancer cells, is "human". Please come up with a more sophisticated philosophical analysis if you can be bothered.

There is also no logical connection between "It is human, therefore it is a person with full rights."

It's just not a useful argument to tell a woman who does not want to be pregnant that the blob of human cells has more rights than she does.

from my miscarriage experience my hubby and i saw a baby at 11 weeks gestation...yes a baby! dont tell me im wrong! certainly not a blob of cells!!

it was a baby/human, i know what i saw,are you saying you shouldn't grieve if you have had a miscarriage? insulting!! you have no idea!