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The reason is simple: although I am pro-choice, I still believe that abortion is the taking of incipient life. Not a religious viewpoint but just a moral one. While I would not deny a woman the right to abort, I still think it is not something that a woman should do unless there is a compelling reason not to have the child. A compelling reason does not include the inconvenience of having a baby.

Different PP, and I have a similar moral code. But what I'm puzzled by is your insistence, based on anecdote per your own posts, that a large number (maybe majority) of abortions are due to women using it as their primary form of birth control. That's a pretty bold statement.

Yes, my information is anecdotal - but it is "informed anecdotes" - because none of the individuals I cited are opposed to choice but they do feel that it is a choice that is not always responsibly used.

There are other examples I can cite but it would also be anecdotal.

It is a convenient alibi to use for some women to say that their birth control failed - and I am sure it happens just as there are pregnancies that are caused by rape and incest - but seriously, the millions of abortions that occur cannot be attributed to failed contraceptives.

And again the question must be asked - if you oppose these abortions particularly on the ground that the woman (and it's always the woman's fault, right?) is irresponsible for not using birth control - then you must support free birth control, excellent sex education in school, and aggressive marketing and handing out of free birth control so that every woman has an easy way to keep herself from getting pregnant, right?

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The reason is simple: although I am pro-choice, I still believe that abortion is the taking of incipient life. Not a religious viewpoint but just a moral one. While I would not deny a woman the right to abort, I still think it is not something that a woman should do unless there is a compelling reason not to have the child. A compelling reason does not include the inconvenience of having a baby.

Different PP, and I have a similar moral code. But what I'm puzzled by is your insistence, based on anecdote per your own posts, that a large number (maybe majority) of abortions are due to women using it as their primary form of birth control. That's a pretty bold statement.

Yes, my information is anecdotal - but it is "informed anecdotes" - because none of the individuals I cited are opposed to choice but they do feel that it is a choice that is not always responsibly used.

There are other examples I can cite but it would also be anecdotal.

It is a convenient alibi to use for some women to say that their birth control failed - and I am sure it happens just as there are pregnancies that are caused by rape and incest - but seriously, the millions of abortions that occur cannot be attributed to failed contraceptives.

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Actually, I'm not going to pussyfoot around it.

Fine. It's murder. The mother gets to decide because it's HER body. (Stark contrast to an attack on her as a pregnant woman: because then a criminal has chosen to injure or murder her or her baby).

Let's just stop pretending it isn't what it is.

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The reason is simple: although I am pro-choice, I still believe that abortion is the taking of incipient life. Not a religious viewpoint but just a moral one. While I would not deny a woman the right to abort, I still think it is not something that a woman should do unless there is a compelling reason not to have the child. A compelling reason does not include the inconvenience of having a baby.

Different PP, and I have a similar moral code. But what I'm puzzled by is your insistence, based on anecdote per your own posts, that a large number (maybe majority) of abortions are due to women using it as their primary form of birth control. That's a pretty bold statement.

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I know this because there are several family members - including immediate family - who are physicians and they have repeatedly stated this based on their knowledge of what happens. One is OB/GYN ..... they are all pro-choice but they would tell you that the vast majority of abortions are not the failure of birth control or rape or incest or concerns about the health of a mother.

It happens because no precautions are taken to avoid pregnancy since there is a fallback - namely an abortion.

First off, no contraceptive is 100% effective. Thus, even if precautions are taken, there is no guarantee that a pregnancy won't result.

Second, what's wrong with letting the woman choose what to do regardless of how she got pregnant? If, as under your theory, that she is irresponsible due to inability to use contraception or plan ahead, what makes you think she should keep the baby to term and raise it? She is now magically responsible enough to be a good parent and to raise the child properly?

The reason is simple: although I am pro-choice, I still believe that abortion is the taking of incipient life. Not a religious viewpoint but just a moral one. While I would not deny a woman the right to abort, I still think it is not something that a woman should do unless there is a compelling reason not to have the child. A compelling reason does not include the inconvenience of having a baby.

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I know this because there are several family members - including immediate family - who are physicians and they have repeatedly stated this based on their knowledge of what happens. One is OB/GYN ..... they are all pro-choice but they would tell you that the vast majority of abortions are not the failure of birth control or rape or incest or concerns about the health of a mother.

It happens because no precautions are taken to avoid pregnancy since there is a fallback - namely an abortion.

First off, no contraceptive is 100% effective. Thus, even if precautions are taken, there is no guarantee that a pregnancy won't result.

Second, what's wrong with letting the woman choose what to do regardless of how she got pregnant? If, as under your theory, that she is irresponsible due to inability to use contraception or plan ahead, what makes you think she should keep the baby to term and raise it? She is now magically responsible enough to be a good parent and to raise the child properly?

The reason is simple: although I am pro-choice, I still believe that abortion is the taking of incipient life. Not a religious viewpoint but just a moral one. While I would not deny a woman the right to abort, I still think it is not something that a woman should do unless there is a compelling reason not to have the child. A compelling reason does not include the inconvenience of having a baby.

Or perhaps allow adoption.

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Actually, I am pro-choice but I can tell you categorically that many abortions are the result of outright irresponsibility and the attitude that if pregnancy results then abortion is a ready remedy. It is downright immoral to abort just because a couple were not willing to take steps to prevent pregnancy. It has nothing to do with controlling a woman's sex life - it has to do with being responsible before having sex.

And you know this because you are a researcher or because you work at a women's clinic?

I know this because there are several family members - including immediate family - who are physicians and they have repeatedly stated this based on their knowledge of what happens. One is OB/GYN ..... they are all pro-choice but they would tell you that the vast majority of abortions are not the failure of birth control or rape or incest or concerns about the health of a mother.

It happens because no precautions are taken to avoid pregnancy since there is a fallback - namely an abortion.

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I know this because there are several family members - including immediate family - who are physicians and they have repeatedly stated this based on their knowledge of what happens. One is OB/GYN ..... they are all pro-choice but they would tell you that the vast majority of abortions are not the failure of birth control or rape or incest or concerns about the health of a mother.

It happens because no precautions are taken to avoid pregnancy since there is a fallback - namely an abortion.

First off, no contraceptive is 100% effective. Thus, even if precautions are taken, there is no guarantee that a pregnancy won't result.

Second, what's wrong with letting the woman choose what to do regardless of how she got pregnant? If, as under your theory, that she is irresponsible due to inability to use contraception or plan ahead, what makes you think she should keep the baby to term and raise it? She is now magically responsible enough to be a good parent and to raise the child properly?

The reason is simple: although I am pro-choice, I still believe that abortion is the taking of incipient life. Not a religious viewpoint but just a moral one. While I would not deny a woman the right to abort, I still think it is not something that a woman should do unless there is a compelling reason not to have the child. A compelling reason does not include the inconvenience of having a baby.

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The reason is simple: although I am pro-choice, I still believe that abortion is the taking of incipient life. Not a religious viewpoint but just a moral one. While I would not deny a woman the right to abort, I still think it is not something that a woman should do unless there is a compelling reason not to have the child. A compelling reason does not include the inconvenience of having a baby.

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I know this because there are several family members - including immediate family - who are physicians and they have repeatedly stated this based on their knowledge of what happens. One is OB/GYN ..... they are all pro-choice but they would tell you that the vast majority of abortions are not the failure of birth control or rape or incest or concerns about the health of a mother.

It happens because no precautions are taken to avoid pregnancy since there is a fallback - namely an abortion.

First off, no contraceptive is 100% effective. Thus, even if precautions are taken, there is no guarantee that a pregnancy won't result.

Second, what's wrong with letting the woman choose what to do regardless of how she got pregnant? If, as under your theory, that she is irresponsible due to inability to use contraception or plan ahead, what makes you think she should keep the baby to term and raise it? She is now magically responsible enough to be a good parent and to raise the child properly?

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Anonymous wrote:How about a premature baby who requires life support? Should parent be able to Murder them too?

Now you're grabbing at straws with just plain stupid arguments.

I'll flip your tired reasoning around. What would have happened to that baby before modern technology created life support and it was left to the "will of god".

Okay you hack, I'll play. I'll flip YOUR tired reasoning around.

What would have happened to a child with a diagnosis of Diabetes before modern technology mastered the synthesis of insulin?

(I'll help you, it was a death sentence.) Now we have medical science that can change the course of a person's life. Is it right? Is it wrong? Is it the "will of God"?

Murdering a viable human being at 24/25 weeks gestation (the window keeps getting smaller) is still murder. It's the reason that if you commit a crime against a pregnant woman and she loses her baby, you are going on trial for murder.

OWN THAT.

Sweetheart - seriously, you and the other anti-choice rubes need to stop consuming all the propaganda that tells you this is happening frequently. Less than 2% of all abortions occur 21 weeks and after. No woman is changing her mind about having a baby in their late second and third tr and getting an abortion. There's nothing to own here. I know women who have had late term abortions for health reasons and quite honestly you people who think they did this for fun or to solve an "inconvenience," (your side's words!) are scum.

Sweetheart,

I was attacked by a violent drug addict in my 34th week of pregnancy. He kept saying "Give me your money or I'll kill you. Give me your money or I'll kill you. Give me your money or I'll kill you."

What was going through my head was "You can't kill me yet! Kill me in 3 weeks, but not yet!"

So... I don't need a lesson from you about viability, you stupid supposedly superior f*ckwit. I screamed in the face of that would-be murderer in real life, don't think I'm afraid your invisibleness and ineffectuality online. You jack*ass.

The fact is that once a woman decides she wants a child, we have now culturally agreed that it is a baby.

We have to square the circle of the valued unborn child. You're the worst sort of pretended defender of women if you think this is easy.

You rube, you scum.

Your little story has absolutely Z E R O to do with the discussion around ABORTION.