BellaOnline Forums News and Politics Pro-Choice Question about pro-choice?

Pro-choice doesn't mean you're not pro-life. It means that you're respectful of another persons rights and supportive of their medical and emotional needs--even if you disagree with their perspective. It means I have the right to make the decisions I need to make regarding procreation (or not procreating); but I don't have the right to make your decisions for you (and vice versa).

If you opt for the religious argument, "God" has given us free will to make decisions. Whether, as a believer, you feel that is "good" or "evil" is rather immaterial in the grand scheme of things as its not up to mankind to judge. The creator will judge our actions at the end of days; and the merits of what we do in life will be weighed between him/her and the individual.

Please, you need to ask yourself this very question.
Why should a one inch long being, unable to think and breathe on it's own be able to override the rights to health and happiness of a grown woman who has memories and goals, has people whom she loves and that love her?

Or as I was trying to say, why should the potential for human life be more important than the life that is already existing?

It really is an OPINION that human life begins at conception, not fact. I really think that seems to be the major hang up here, that pro-lifers are saying "You believe that this is a small version of a human and you're o.k. with killing it!" while I don't know of any pro-choice people who believe that the moment sperm hits egg, it's a baby.

True, there are currently only opinions about when life truly begins. Those opinions are often strongly kept, and can lead to people not telling the absolute truth to women. One of the worst cases of this is in crisis pregnancy centers -BellaOnline ALERT: Raw URLs are not allowed in these forums for security reasons. Please use UBB code. If you don't know how to do UBB code just post here for help - we will help out!

Liz,

It's coincidental that you brought up crisis pg centers (CPC). This past Sunday, we had a guest sermon, and it was really a push for financial support to a local CPC. I spoke with our board president last night about my displeasure and will be speaking with our pastor tomorrow. Some of my complaint is theological (we specifically joined a denomination that doesn't push political values), but I have other serious moral opposition to CPC.

Here are 2 of the first and obvious problems with ours locally (and many nationally) - They contend having an abortion increases a woman's chance of breast cancer. A major NIH study in 2003 disproved this claim. They also claim many women suffer from Post-Abortion Syndrome or Post-Abortion Stress. The APA has numerous times studied this phenomenon and concluded there's not a statistically significant group of women who face the symptoms.

I feel for you on this one. In case you're looking for more ammunition, take a look here:
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So true! Very well said, Kristina!

Sikpiksie

Dave, do you really believe all this drivel you spew on here in these forums? Pro-choice has nothing to do with wanting the right to murder unborn babies. Pro-choice means that women want the right, if they so choose, to terminate a pregnancy without the government saying they cannot. Married women have abortions also so where are their immoral sexual behaviors?

Is it an immoral sexual behavior for a woman if she is raped? Should she carry the reminder of the horrific event for her whole life? Should she carry the reminder of the horrific event for nine months and put it up for adoption?

What if carrying a baby to full term will cause harm or death to the woman for whatever reason? Should she still carry it or should she abort it?

I am a Christian and I do not believe in abortion but I fully believe in the right for the woman to be able to choose without the government's approval or interference.