Should A Woman Have The Right To Have An Abortion?

[lindatucker]

 >:(A Woman should be able to do whatever she wants with their body except get an abortion. Because when a woman gets an abortion she is  destroying a chance for one life to live.

[ladycasshmere]

But what if the woman wants an abortion because she was raped.Would you really want to have to explain to a child sorry daddy couldnt be here he is in jail for being a rapist thats how you got here

[dreamyxo]

Who are you to tell anyone else what they can and can't do with their life?  If you don't want/need an abortion fine don't get one that's your business but don't tell anyone else how they should live their life.  You want to take in all those unwanted children?  You want to feed and clothe them and provide a roof over their heads?  Go right ahead you can tell women everywhere not to have abortions because you will take care of the child.

[hicaniplay]

Shouldn't this be in the "Debate" subforum?

Anyways, I'm pro-choice, a woman can have as many abortions as she wants, for any reason she wants. Don't care if it's rape or as a form of birth control, as goofy as that sounds. If they can afford it, more power to them.
It's not a choice I'd utilize for myself, but I won't look down on someone who chooses it or try to force my view on anyone else.

It's not like there's a shortage of people on the planet.

[lvstephanie]

I agree that this should be in the Debate section (along with all of the political threads that are appearing here).

As to the topic itself, I think Roe vs. Wade was a horrible case, not because I am pro-life (although I am), but because the federal government shouldn't have held the jurisdiction over abortion in the first place. There is nothing to abortion that would make it a federal case: you don't start the operation in one state and complete it in another, etc. As with most other legalities of an individual nature like this, it should be held at most by the states, and the best circumstances at county and municipal governments. The 10th Amendment to the constitution stipulates that powers not specified by the constitution are reserved to the states and its people. For example, murder is illegal, but the laws against murder are held, for the most part, by the states. Same with prostitution (which is why some states, like Nevada, has it legal). What Roe vs Wade did, however, was to pull that control out of the states hands and place it in the hands of the federal government. Now the federal government dictates that abortion clinics have to be allowed to open in every state, even if the people of that state (or even city) do not want it. I think that when the case was presented to the Supreme Court, they should have declined to rule on it, stating that the jurisdiction rightly belongs to the states. That way if Utah, for instance, wishes to prohibit abortion, they are allowed to do so, likewise California may allow it in much the same way that prostitution is legal in Nevada but not in New York. Ideally it should be left to the cities / counties that determine whether they want to allow abortion. That way if a town / county has people of the same mindset that believe abortion is wrong, they can make a law prohibiting abortion in that city, much like dry counties that prohibit alcohol.

[BLACKMON96]

I'm up in the air about this subject. On one hand it is a woman's body and she has a right to do as she pleases with her body. And on the other hand I feel that abortion is not birth control and people need to realize that.

[jamieknupp]

as a woman, i feel like there shouldnt be any rights taken away. as a mother who is angered every time she sees someone beating their kids or too drugged up to take care of them, i wonder why they didnt abort.
I've joked about it several times, but maybe there should be a mandatory birth control for all people of child-bearing age until they can be sure they want a child.

[Areefamohamed]

i think they should because some women is not ready for it and sometimes it can just be a mistaken. and sometimes it's not good because that a child they are killing

[dreamongirl]

yes a woman should be able to have an abortion if she want to

[bowrunner]

When a woman has an abortion she doesn't give the baby any say in the matter.  Maybe the baby would like to live.

[Tresbn00]

I believe that a woman should have a choice to do whatever she wants with her body until she reaches her third tri-mester.  During the third tri-mester you are carrying a fullly formed fetus and have had one hundred and eighty days with which to decide what to do with it.  I, myself, couldn't extinguish a life at any point during a pregnancy but I don't believe a woman should be forced to conceive under any circumstance up until her 181st day.  I also believe that abortion shouldn't be used as birth control.  A person should be outlawed from having more than three abortions.

[PMZ908]

who has the right to tell a women she cant have an abortion?

[mtmailey]

really no one has that right but women should not have babies if they are going to kill them.

[marciaenglish]

I believe it is a woman's right of CHOICE.  Personally; I could not.  But; I would never presume to tell another woman.  She is the one that has to live with the choice!

[eman27]

This is a very touchy subject.  I think that ultimately one should be responsible and have the choice to do what they want.  At the end of the day each of us will have to answer to God!