Comments on: Should it be a women’s choice?

By: Martillo

Martillo — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:19:15 +0000

People are missing the biggest point of all, if you have sex, a baby can be concieved. If you can’t handle that responsiblity then don’t have sex! Its that simple. I mean, come on, the obivous immaturity of people who seem to think that sex is nothing more than hedonistic mutual maturbation. If you can’t handle the responsibility, men get a hustler mag, and women get a vibrator. If you take risks, have the maturity to take responsiblity for your actions. And here’s a basic biological fact, if somethings growing, it’s alive. If all femininism has done to the beauty of life is turn it into to pest that needs to be dealt with like you do any pesky bug/weed in your home, well thats just LOW!
Maybe its time that people just start rejecting the notion that our over-sexed society isn’t very good after all. There’s more to life than sex, and it seems that life is being discarded with no more thought than some teen would throw out a used tissue. So I guess in the end, morally since a woman and man made a decision to have sex, fully well knowing the possible outcomes, the decision to abort is not hers alone to make. Ask yourself if you wanted to be in that threeway conversation if your parents decided that they were going to terminate you.

By: ?

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:25:27 +0000

If the woman concerned is in a stable relationship with a man, then I would hope that she would consult with him about it. After all, it’s his child too, and I think he should have a say in the matter. His opinion should matter to her. If it doesn’t, then they do not have a good relationship.

if it was the result of a one-night stand or something then I don’t think she should necessarily have to consult the man concerned, whether she does or not is up to her.

By: karkhash

karkhash — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:31:31 +0000

Yes. It’s her body and, no matter how she came to be pregnant, nobody else gets to tell her she has to be a life-support system for months if she doesn’t want to.

By: Hank L

Hank L — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:26:44 +0000

(I am not a woman, but I am answering you anyway)

Women definitely should have the right to choose. Abortion should be legal. It’s not fair if women cannot choose—-what if she was raped or something like that? What if she just couldn’t handle the responsbility as a mother and unable to give the baby the maternal love the baby needed? A quick death or a cruel life without love even from one’s own mother—-which one would you choose?

Pro-lifers might argue that abortion is murder, since the fetus can grow into a full human being. But a single human cell can grow into a full human being, too, and we are killing individual cells all the time (such as in some mechanical body washing process)! Does that make us murderers then? If we are not, then abortion is not murder. If we are, then there is no need being hypocrites about protecting the life of fetus—-sine we are already “murderers”.

By: Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:33:57 +0000

I think it should be the woman’s choice to keep her baby or not.
That said, if I were asked by a sad young pregnant girl what she should do, I would do everything in my power to encourage her to carry to term and give the child over for adoption.

By: Plum

Plum — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:54:51 +0000

I agree with you in every aspect.
I wouldn’t personally do it, but its each woman’s body and her life.

An added note of interest, as outlined in Levitt’s Freakonomics’s book:

The controversial theory that legal abortion reduces crime. Proponents of the theory generally argue that “unwanted children” are more likely to become criminals and that an inverse correlation is observed between the availability of abortion and subsequent crime.

By: Bubbles

Bubbles — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:35:42 +0000

I’m really not sure about that. I’m with you in the fact that Abortions are wrong. And I applaud you for keeping your son! I think that it may not be a good idea for women to decide because their emotions are so crazy while pregnant, and they can be easily swayed by outside opinions etc. However, I guess it’s still their choice. Whether I approve of it or not. If I had my way though, abortions wouldn’t exist. Just think of all the infertile couples out there who really want a baby and can’t have one!! Think of the good that could come of someone elses sad situation! Even if they don’t want the baby, you can be sure that someone else does.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:13:40 +0000

Yes, she and she alone should (and can, in most Western countries) choose whether to continue a pregnancy. No one else.