What's your stance on abortion?

If abortion should be legal, then why is it wrong to have one?

 

Opinion vs. law.

 

He hasn't been since his return... He's far more biased and one sided in certain arguments, particularly those he now believes strongly in.

 

Opinions change laws.

 

JR,

Within privacy, I am presuming choice, but I'll make that more clear.

21,

I imagine they are not perfect, no - so, yes, flawed - but I wasn't intending "bias" at all. I am aiming for a pretty broad range of ideas and views, but I'm sure I'm missing some of the more sublime positions (or even major ones). I tried to give 10 options. I will redo when I get to a computer that will allow the first page to be displayed (for some reason can't get it on this one) and include an option that says "none of these options are suitable/fair."

Pastor,

Eh, I did this same thing last year. I'm looking for viewpoints, not people to agree with me. Regardless of one's position, most people I know on here take this issue pretty seriously and have considered it, which is all you can ask for.

The result has been some good answers for and against so far.

 

That might be a decent way to put it. As most of the pro-choicers on here have stated, they are personally repulsed by abortion, but don't believe the law has a right to infringe on a woman's right to choose.

 

I didn't say it's wrong to have one. I said I wouldn't want the women in my life to have one; I've seen the emotional toll it can take.

 

Here's why they're flawed: Because I am pro-abortion rights (as worded in the poll), I believe a woman has a right to privacy and I have defended that with political activism, AND I am against third-trimester abortions AND I believe an involved father should have a say AND I think some women abuse those rights.

My opinion isn't so simplistic as to have one answer; I picked the one that I felt most represented my beliefs as Alma chose to outline them.

 

21,

I better understand your questions reading them again.

I put "activism" at the top and bottom of each scale (both pro and anti abortion rights) to provide the opportunity for those to share their level of committment to the issue. To me it's interesting to separate those who are "against" it with those who are against, and politically/socially active.

It's the second option (pro, but couldn't tell you a lot) that is poorly worded. You're right. Obviously people could know a lot about it yet choose not to get involved.

The extreme cases are found under an anti-abortion option because some people are generally against abortions, but strongly believe certain cases demand that option be on the table.

 

The belief that abortion is murder is an opinion -- you can debate that all day and night but it is. Technically and medically speaking there are different views you can take. That was my point.

You can be against abortion because you think it's the wrong choice AND believe it's not murder.

I would agree, though, that if you believe it's murder it's intellectually dishonest to be for it.

 

So if the woman had no problem with having an abortion, would that be acceptable with no strings attached? Fair enough; my beef is with people who are, as Beaker said, "personally repulsed" by abortion but still think it should be legal. That's your right as an free-thinking human being to hold that position, but my question is this: what forms the basis of your personal opposition to abortion?