Abortion: wrong in my book
I'm not writing this to annoy people, but to educate them about the extremely touchy topic of abortion.
I'm pretty much pro-life. I believe abortions should be done within the first 10 weeks, and that if the baby has already suffered massive brain damage or is deformed, that it's okay to abort it.
Anyone who gets their period knows that when they miss one and that they've had sex recently, something isn't right. So they take a pregnancy test. Anyone who thinks nothing of a missed period needs to take an I.Q. test, no offense.
There are several reasons people are pro-choice, and I intend to take them on.
1. It's my body, I can do what I want with it
Feminists beware. This is the only time the law gives you that right. And if you do it yourself because you don't have the money to pay a doctor? Prison for you.
Think about it: if we can do what we want to our bodies, how come we can't do drugs?
You could say "Drugs destroy families and communities."
But if they were legal and regulated, like they are in the Netherlands, we wouldn't have drug kingpins and that whole can of worms. And one of the worst drugs out there is legal. Alcohol. Now that tears apart families and communities. More people die due to drunk driving than to O.D.'s and drug-fueled fights.
How come were not allowed to kill ourselves if we're in horrible pain? People who are ravaged by diseases such as Huntingson's aren't allowed to ask a hospital to put them out of their misery. One woman watched as her sons fell prey to the disease. When she shot them so they wouldn't have to suffer anymore, the state charged her with murder. Luckily, she wasn't in prison for long.
But we ARE allowed to slowly kill ourselves by smoking cancer-causing cigarettes. How fucked up is that?
How come prostitution is illegal? It's their bodies. Shouldn't they have the right? And a smart prostitute always carries condoms in case her "customer" isn't. The only exception is Nevada. As long as you're in a brothel, it's all right by them. And don't tell me I'm full of shit, because I know all about this; I live in the fucking state.
2. I don't want the hassle of a kid/ not ready yet
If pregnant by consensual sex: why didn't you think of that before you spread your legs, dimwit? Condoms are available to anyone that wants them! As for those of you who aren't pregnant; please...wait until you're completely ready to have sex. It just complicates things. Don't let anyone pressure you, including yourself. You are not missing out on anything. I advocate waiting until marriage. Most guys won't go chasing tail for that long.
If pregnant by rape or incest: girls/women should report it right away. Doctors give them a morning-after pill that causes the body to shed the lining of the uterus, preventing the baby from forming. Extremists consider this abortion, but I don't. When the baby has been there long enough for it's heart to start beating, it's then that doctors have to do an abortion. But a morning-after pill is only given to women who aren't that far along. If you can provide legitimate info that says otherwise, I will read it.
And adoption is an option. Remember Juno? You don't have to kill your baby.
3. To save my life
Name one medical case where you have to abort the baby or you'll die.
There are women who get a medical condition called preeclampsia that can endanger both the baby and the mother. It doesn't occur until the second or third trimester. My sister got it when she became pregnant with my nephew. She had to have an emergency c-section, and Kai was born a month early.
Babies can survive out of the womb (as long as medical assistance is provided) as young as 5 months. So any woman who gets preeclampsia can just have her baby early. Duh.
The law doesn't recognize a fetus as a real baby if the mom wants to kill it while it's in utero.
But if you kill a pregnant woman, suddenly it is a baby. They charge you with a double homicide. That double standard needs to be fixed, wouldn't you say?
I agree with Barack Obama on most things except abortion past the first trimester. But I also disagree with Sarah Palin's stance. She believes abortion shouldn't be an option. PERIOD.
I do, however, applaud her decision to keep a Downs-syndrome baby.
In conclusion, I'm not a religious nut. I am a buddhist, though, and I don't believe in killing anything. You don't have to be religious to know right from wrong.
Murder: the premeditated killing of a human being by another.
Kill: cause the death of a person, animal, or other living thing; to bring an end to the growth of a living thing
Clarification: birth control= abortion. Contraceptive=pills, condoms, etc.
Those were the original meanings, before they were misconstrued and rearranged by society.
I'm pretty much pro-life. I believe abortions should be done within the first 10 weeks, and that if the baby has already suffered massive brain damage or is deformed, that it's okay to abort it.
Anyone who gets their period knows that when they miss one and that they've had sex recently, something isn't right. So they take a pregnancy test. Anyone who thinks nothing of a missed period needs to take an I.Q. test, no offense.
There are several reasons people are pro-choice, and I intend to take them on.
1. It's my body, I can do what I want with it
Feminists beware. This is the only time the law gives you that right. And if you do it yourself because you don't have the money to pay a doctor? Prison for you.
Think about it: if we can do what we want to our bodies, how come we can't do drugs?
You could say "Drugs destroy families and communities."
But if they were legal and regulated, like they are in the Netherlands, we wouldn't have drug kingpins and that whole can of worms. And one of the worst drugs out there is legal. Alcohol. Now that tears apart families and communities. More people die due to drunk driving than to O.D.'s and drug-fueled fights.
How come were not allowed to kill ourselves if we're in horrible pain? People who are ravaged by diseases such as Huntingson's aren't allowed to ask a hospital to put them out of their misery. One woman watched as her sons fell prey to the disease. When she shot them so they wouldn't have to suffer anymore, the state charged her with murder. Luckily, she wasn't in prison for long.
But we ARE allowed to slowly kill ourselves by smoking cancer-causing cigarettes. How fucked up is that?
How come prostitution is illegal? It's their bodies. Shouldn't they have the right? And a smart prostitute always carries condoms in case her "customer" isn't. The only exception is Nevada. As long as you're in a brothel, it's all right by them. And don't tell me I'm full of shit, because I know all about this; I live in the fucking state.
2. I don't want the hassle of a kid/ not ready yet
If pregnant by consensual sex: why didn't you think of that before you spread your legs, dimwit? Condoms are available to anyone that wants them! As for those of you who aren't pregnant; please...wait until you're completely ready to have sex. It just complicates things. Don't let anyone pressure you, including yourself. You are not missing out on anything. I advocate waiting until marriage. Most guys won't go chasing tail for that long.
If pregnant by rape or incest: girls/women should report it right away. Doctors give them a morning-after pill that causes the body to shed the lining of the uterus, preventing the baby from forming. Extremists consider this abortion, but I don't. When the baby has been there long enough for it's heart to start beating, it's then that doctors have to do an abortion. But a morning-after pill is only given to women who aren't that far along. If you can provide legitimate info that says otherwise, I will read it.
And adoption is an option. Remember Juno? You don't have to kill your baby.
3. To save my life
Name one medical case where you have to abort the baby or you'll die.
There are women who get a medical condition called preeclampsia that can endanger both the baby and the mother. It doesn't occur until the second or third trimester. My sister got it when she became pregnant with my nephew. She had to have an emergency c-section, and Kai was born a month early.
Babies can survive out of the womb (as long as medical assistance is provided) as young as 5 months. So any woman who gets preeclampsia can just have her baby early. Duh.
The law doesn't recognize a fetus as a real baby if the mom wants to kill it while it's in utero.
But if you kill a pregnant woman, suddenly it is a baby. They charge you with a double homicide. That double standard needs to be fixed, wouldn't you say?
I agree with Barack Obama on most things except abortion past the first trimester. But I also disagree with Sarah Palin's stance. She believes abortion shouldn't be an option. PERIOD.
I do, however, applaud her decision to keep a Downs-syndrome baby.
In conclusion, I'm not a religious nut. I am a buddhist, though, and I don't believe in killing anything. You don't have to be religious to know right from wrong.
Murder: the premeditated killing of a human being by another.
Kill: cause the death of a person, animal, or other living thing; to bring an end to the growth of a living thing
Clarification: birth control= abortion. Contraceptive=pills, condoms, etc.
Those were the original meanings, before they were misconstrued and rearranged by society.
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haha. srsly, not about maturity. some people just dont want children. is that so hard to understand? it's like saying... "dont drive a car if you're not prepared to crash and to be paralyzed"
and also...
why is it not a murder when you kill an animal.
princess consuela, October 7th, 2008 at 03:12:38pm
Yeah, cause overpopulation is the only reason we adopt. [/sarcasm] There are people out there who would kill to get their own child, but they can't. Adoption is such a great way to save a child; And if you have sex, you have to face the fact that there's a chance you will get pregnant. Not that you can't have sex anyway, but just be prepared and face the consequences like the mature person you should be. If you aren't mature, you shouldn't be having sex. Pretty much this: if you're mature enough to have sex, you should be mature enough to face the consequences, and this includes being pregnant.
In My Insanity, October 7th, 2008 at 02:40:06pm
if you're so in love with a person and want to have sex, yeah, that's fine. but don't put yourself in that situation if you might not like the results. there are so many ways you can not have children, so you don't have to take it's life away. be responsible and don't just screw someone, kill a kid, and repeat the process. and who said anything about looking down on people who did have abortions? that's stupid. you might not agree with them, but that doesn't make you better than them. everyone is just as good or bad as the next guy.
get famous, October 7th, 2008 at 02:31:09pm
ok this is bullsh*t.
not all people wanna have children. are you saying these people shouldn't have sex at all? kinda ridiculous dont you think?
CONDOMS ARE NOT ALWAYS EFFECTIVE.
and it's not illegal to kill yourself if you're in pain, it's just illeagal to kill someone else for that, which sure is f*cked but hey, it's not a perfect world.
i believe people should use protection and be careful, but accidents happen.
it's your body. no one can make you to carry some parasite inside of you if that's not what you want. and look at it this way: if the child is not wanted why not save it from an unhappy life.
and sure there's adoption, but isnt there enough people in the world already??? i find it repulsive that were over populating our prechious planet.
also find a thought of carrying a child repulsive.
i wanna have sex some day (the sooner the better) but im scared of the thought accidentally getting pregnant.. i dont know if could go trhough with an abortion but i sure as hell couldnt go through with a pregnancy, not to mention raising a child.
princess consuela, October 7th, 2008 at 11:45:41am
I've got mixed opinions on this.
It's ok to have an abortion as long as both the father and the mother gets a say.
If it's rape or anything like that.
I got my girlfriend pregnant and I proposed, I tried to do the right thing and I admit I was so excited about helping create something so amazing. She went and aborted it behind my back. i got no say even though I was prepared to raise the kid on my own, I think a lot of young girls make the choice of getting a termination then regret it after the panic is over they wonder why they did it.
schooldropout, October 7th, 2008 at 11:37:15am
This is a great blog. I am really against abortion, maily because I was adopted as an infant. To Rage, there is no such thing as finding nobody to adopt a child; there are thousands of couples looking to adopt every day. You just have to look. But yes, I agree with this blog. It might be your body, but it's NOT your life.
In My Insanity, October 7th, 2008 at 08:49:00am
Ok yes, sex was first used to reproduce, populate blah blah..
But hey, how about sex feeling good? How about doing it because you're so in-love with a person?
I do not agree with people saying 'if you're not ready to have a baby, then you're not ready to have sex'. I believe sex is more a loving act than an act used simply for reproduction.
A woman has a right to an abortion. Personally, I wouldn't have one (mainly because when the time comes I'd use a condom, use the morning after pill.. so on) but I will not look down on anyone who does chose to have one.
germma margaret!, October 7th, 2008 at 03:54:35am
as a mum and a christian, and someone whos adopted, I really disagree with abortion aside from an extreme situation (ex: being pregnant could endanger the mothers life. there is a heart condition that can cause this I believe.). I dont see why you should take away a baby's life just because you dont want it. its not the baby's fault, so why take away its chance at life?
Woodrow Derenberger, October 7th, 2008 at 01:57:39am
I sorta have to disagree
it is the person's choice. and a lot of people freak out if they find out their pregnant. On the prostitute part; prostitution is illegal because the people are on the street, usually being abused and sold like sex slaves.
one of my best friends had an abortion. she was considering adoption, but she couldn't find anyone to adopt to. she didn't even know she was pregnant until she went to the hospital for stomach problems and they did an ultrasound.
this is a very touchy subject. but I'm all for pro-choice.
not that I would ever get an abortion, but there are a lot more circumstances then what you have described.
Rage, October 6th, 2008 at 11:38:32pm
hmmmmmmm..abortion is such a hard topic to talk about espicially the 'i'll do what i want with my body' thing. Though, some of the points you gave were truee i guess. Though i'm not exactly against it, i'm still confused about it :|
icegirl., October 6th, 2008 at 11:23:49pm
You don't have to be religious to know right from wrong. i think those words alone could've made this blog, but that couldn't happen, because you would've been banned. i do agree with you though. i think if you have an abortion because you aren't ready for a baby, then you aren't ready for sex. simple as that.
get famous, October 6th, 2008 at 10:58:45pm