Pro-life

that women should have the right to do what they want with their bodies because it's their bodies and it effects them

There are many reasons why a women would want to get an abortion. The baby’s life may be harming her own life, she is unable to support a baby at the moment, or she may have gotten pregnant from a traumatic situation. For any reason a women should have the option to do what she wants with her body, whether its an abortion, adoption or having the baby that is completely the women's choice. No one should be able to tell anyone what they can and cannot do with their own body.

The government has no place in mandating a woman's control over her own body, it is out of their jurisdiction.

Pro-choice has so many more opportunities for healthier or safer babies and protecting women from any hardships that a baby would put on their mental health, financial situation, education, and even physical health. It also provides the option to terminate the embryo due to forced SA. The women/men/those who are ready and prepared to have a child will make the decision to keep and those who are not for any reason will decide what is best for THEM and THEIR bodies. There are already medical restrictions in place to protect babies who are past the stage of abortion. If they can choose to safely abort it should be their own decision with guidance from a medical profession who supports them.

Women should have the right to make choices for their OWN bodies; we never know what the circumstances are. It could either be dangerous for women to give birth, they could not afford to have a child, or someone could be raped and have to deal with the remainder of a child and perhaps not treat that child properly because of it.

The truth is we must ask god, is it our right to kill that baby because it's inconvenient? If we say yes for rape victims it's just going to progress to all women. Do I think it's wrong that the woman got raped? yes but two wrongs don't make a right. If the mother really dose not want a child she can adopt it out but murder is out of the question.

Pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion. Pro-choice is allowing the woman to choose what to do if she is pregnant. There are multiple factors why a woman might not be ready or able to have a baby. These can include; being very young, complications with the fetus, being raped, incest, etc. No woman should be forced to do something with her body, it should be up to her and her only.

The "My body my choice" argument is a very strong one. No one should be able to control what someone else chooses to do with their body.

Forcing women to have a baby when they are either too young or they could die is awful. People have the right to health care and to make decisions about their own bodies.

Women should be allowed to choose what they do with their bodies, no body should be making the decision for them.

If it is not your body you should not have the chocie on what they should do with theirs. Many people that do get pregnant are not capable or in the position to take care of a child. Rape victims should not have to go through with something so traumatic and life threatning. In some cases the mother and the baby will die if they are not aborted. With in the first weeks of a mother being pregnant the "baby"is a bunch of cells forming, it is not a human life yet.

Pro Choice is not pro abortion, it is just giving the woman her own choice for her own body. pro life cant be said when the life hasnt even been created/formed

Any position that isn't letting the woman carring the fetus make her own decision and have the services to enact that decision is opresssion.

It is your body. Not anyone else's. It doesn't matter what anyone else thing or wants all that matters if what you do. This is a major step back for women rights. What about the men? Why aren't we taking away their rights? If we cared as much about guns as we do about abortion then maybe just maybe people might actually get to feel safe in this world.

My body, my choice. The decision for people that have a uterus is not affecting you, so why do you care?

There is a 3 month old baby and 3 growing fetuses and small jars in a burning house. You can either choose to save the baby or the fetuses, which do you choose to save?

The men who preach pro-life, do not actually care about the children they claim to save, they only care about oppressing women and taking away their right to do what they want with their bodies.

What happens to all of the unwanted children that would be a result of abortions are banned? Are the pro-life people trying to get more funding for orphanages, and places that will provide a safe place for unwanted children? Ultimately, there will be an increase of children in foster care.

There is no child that is being killed, it is simply a fertilized egg that has the potential to turn into a child. As well, if the child cannot be cared for, it will end up in fostering. If the concerns are about childrens lives, start by helping the millions of kids in the foster system. As well, men who have a significant stance just want more control over women and their bodies. Women should not be forced to have children.

People need to be more aware of their sex life, and be more cautious and think more that with an always chance of having a kid, if it is necessary to take the risk.

Everybody should get the chance to live their best life and make the world a better place even if they weren't planned. the fact that people would take these poor people and just throw them out like garbage is also disgusting.

Women should be allowed to choose what to do with their own bodies. There are women that are raped, accidental pregnancies, teenage pregnancies, addicts, etc that end up getting pregnant and to force them to have a baby is setting that child up for trauma. Yes there is options like adoption but it still comes back to the woman having control of their own choices and bodies. That woman will have to deal with the trauma of giving a child up , have to go through a full pregnancy, potentially have to stop school or work due to the pregnancy, and deal with the stigma of giving a child up because of choices she has made.

eople should be able to choose for themselves. If you don't like abortions don't get one, but don't prevent those who want or need it from getting them.

Those seeking abortion will do so regardless if it is legal, therefore leading to unsafe measures. A woman's reproductive rights are untouchable.

A woman should have the right to choose what happens to her body. It is her own, and no one other than her should be able to tell her what to do with it

it's your body and your choice. No one else should make the decision on what you do to your body but you.

My best counter argument to the Pro-Life position on Abortion is what if a girl is Sexually assault and gets pregnant. She should be alound to get an abortion.

I agree with pro choice, I don't think any male should have an opinion on this because its not their body, if a woman was too young or couldn't afford getting protection they should still have the right to have an abortion, pro life doesn't even make sense because people say you cant "kill" a baby, there's not even a live baby in there when you get an abortion there's a very tiny cell like thing but there's nothing developed enough to be hurt or know what is happening

You should be able to choose, if you don’t want one don’t get one but if you want or need one you should be able too

The same people who will complain about people having an abortion will complain that said person cannot support their child. If someone does not feel ready to have a child they shouldn't have to have one. Birth control isn't 100% effective.

before you decide to care about children before they're born, look at what happens after they're born and fix that. (also it's the mothers choice and the fetus could cause the mother to die and that doesn't sound like LIFE to me hmmm???)

Abortion should be a decision made by the woman for her own body, so that there is not a risk for infections from the baby if it is deceased, etc., and women shouldn't be forced to go through with the pregnancy. It is not a choice of someone in the office across the country, and should be solely made by the person that is directly affected.

Every woman should have the right to make choices that affect their body. There are many situations where a woman may get an abortion. They may not be able to support a child. The baby may have been the product of rape or sexual assault, mo matter what happened, the woman should always be able to make that decision

You do not know the circumstances impacting someone seeking an abortion, and it is not the government's decision to decide this. Many people are struggling to make ends meet, there could be a medical or mental health reason, or they are just not ready to be a parent.

A women should have control over her own body and be able to decide what is best considering her own circumstances. The law should not dictate her life for her.

It should be the mothers choice on if they want to get an abortion or not, because someone could get pregnant and it could be from the result of rape, or something out of their control. I don't think abortion is murder because you'd just be aborting a clump of cells and not an actual human.

I think it should absolutely be someone’s choice as to whether they would like to abort their own child. It should be up to them not the government.

everyone deserves the right over theri own body no body lse shoudl have the right to say something about someone elses body

Womens bodies are the ones that are ones carrying the baby, and makes the biggest sacrifice so the woman should have the choice on their bodies

a woman should have every right to do as they wish with their own body and should not be held the right to a safe and legal abortion. if they do not have a safe option then they will find a way to access it illegally and in a way that may harm them, so instead when legalizing the procedure it will be safer and easier for women to make the choice they wanted to in the first place.

Take religion out of it. its not your body, its not your choice. if you dont want one, dont get one. you have no right to decide what other women want t do with THEIR body.

If you propagate rights for the unborn, you should equally propagate for the living, meaning you cannot be homophobic and transphobic and pro-life

I think it should absolutely be someone’s choice as to whether they would like to abort their own child. It should be up to them not the government

The counter argument to the Pro Life position is that abortion is a complex and deeply personal and emotional choice. Women weigh many factors like their health, their age, financial stability and how they got pregnant. (like rape or incest) The pro choice argument says that it is not the government or society's place to dictate these deeply personal decisions for women.

if its not your body you dont have a right to tell someone what to do with theirs: my body my choice

It is a woman's choice what she wants to do with HER baby, especially people who have no way to have on should not have an opinion. What if the woman was raped? What if the woman doesn't have enough money to support herself and the baby?

pro life will increase ptsd in humans along with child abuse, neglect, or more homeless families and people may resort to unsafe ways to self abort that can harm themselves

Social analysis argues forcibly for the need for safe, legal and affordable abortions. Approximately 1 million women had abortions annually until the 1973 decision legalizing abortion, and abortion had become the leading cause of maternal death and mutilation (40 deaths/100,000 abortions compared to 40 deaths/100,000 live births according to National Abortion Rights Action league.) An estimated 9000 rape victims become pregnant each year (FBI 1973); 100,000 cases of incest occur yearly (National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, 1978). Two-thirds of teenage pregnancies are not planned, beca…  Read moreuse many do not have adequate access to contraceptives (NARAL). And the taxpayer price of supporting a child on welfare is far greater than that of a Medicaid abortion. But the issue that provokes such anger surrounds the fetus's right to life--its status as a potential human being. Anti-abortionist proponents usually take the position that conception is life and therefore abortion is murder and violates the rights of the unborn, or that there is an inherent value in life and abortion is murder because it destroys that value.

If the dad wants to leave the mom then the mom should be able to abort it. If the mom was raped, she should be able to abort a child that would only be a hassle and traumatic for her causing some sort of neglect or abuse.

no law should be able to govern a women’s body as that takes away their humans rights, and thus you give more rights to an unborn blob of cells more then an actual human being.

Anti-abortion is an inhumane measure. There are many situations that may lead to the need for abortion, and anti-abortion policies are largely measures dictated by men and do not adequately take women into account.

A child is alive. Being woven together in its mothers womb as said in ps 139. Also find me a single person who was born from someone who didn’t bring something to this world and make some degree of impact.

The protection of women and young girls. In cases where there is a rape, health risks for the mother or child, and not being emotionally or financially able to give the child the best possible outcome there needs to be a safe way for women to have a legal abortion.

It is important to consider the wishes of the person who is having the baby. It is not appropriate for someone else to make decisions on their behalf.

Every person should have autonomy over their own body and a right to choose as their choice affects the entirely of their life. They also could have conceived under traumatic circumstances such as sexual assault and should not be forced to go through with such a pregnancy.

what another person does with their body is none of your buisness. what happens to the baby of the 14 year old that your brother raped, your forcing her too give birth to this baby but you dont care what ahppens to if after. the foster care system is horrendous and your not doing anything to change it, not to mention the affect birth has on the body and the mind. your beliefs mean jack **** to everyone else so shut your mouth and mind your buisness. nobody asked you anyways. - a 14 year old

Parents unable or unsuitable to raise a baby will only make the baby/child suffer throughout their life.

Just like the government and individuals have no right to limit people’s religious choices they should also not be allowed to limit a woman’s right to choose.

A baby is, at one point, essentially a parasite and is not obligated the use of its host any more than people are required to donate organs - this is a choice.

If someone found out they were pregnant but the child had multiple medical issues and the mother and baby were not going to survive the birth then how is that pro-life if you're ending two lives.

It’s the women’s body, they have to carry that baby and should be able to decide for themselves what they do

it's the woman's choice mostly, a 20 year old shouldn't be having a kid unless the kid has a guaranteed safe and stable upbringing. remember the woman is the one who has to go through with raising the child for 9 months and abortion needs to be available. especially in cases like rape. But the woman should have the most say and final verdict. remember, not everyone should be a parent. My own father is a good example as he ran away when I was 2 years old and had 2 more kids the same year with another woman. And he was much older than my mother. My mother was not ready to be a mother with her conditions.

It is the woman’s body, and her choice. No one has the right to tell the woman what to do with her own body.

It’s the person body if they want it keep it if they don’t then don’t, it’s technically not a baby but a few cells combined. Also if they aren’t ready adoption might now be the answer cause it can ruin their body with all the symptoms and is painful

Hold a baby in one hand and an embryo in the other... now you have to drop one. Why did you choose the embryo?

If you had a child who got raped, and if they had the child they would die. 100% confirmed, that they'd pass during the birth of this child. Would you rather save your own child? Or the product of a rape?

women being to young or unfit to raise a child, a woman being raped, not being ready to raise a child, illness, many more

pro-life is not giving someone the freedom or opportunity of choosing what they want to do with their body. sure its killing something incredible but you would need to see it through their eyes they wouldn't want to keep the child of someone who r worded them or sexually abused them and if they don't want the child that is their choice. it's their body so they get to do what they feel to need to do to it.

yes, pro-lifers are trying to do the right thing for the baby but what about the mother and her choices? if the mother was raped and she got pregnant would she have to keep the baby? No, she should not have to keep a baby of on of the worst moments of her life, and that baby may remind her of that. That situation is not good for the baby or the mother.

IF a woman has a that baby she doesn't want, She could experience a range of emotional and psychological challenges, including depression, anxiety, feelings of guilt, and difficulty bonding with the child; however, she can choose to parent the child, place the baby for adoption, or consider abortion.

A high-risk pregnancy means that the pregnant person or fetus has an increased chance of developing health problems. This can lead to complications during pregnancy, delivery, or after birth. This has nothing to do with Pro-life, It does. About 6–8% of pregnancies in the United States…  Read more are high-risk pregnancies.

Why would you let a young woman’s life be ruined and her future goals and dreams be traded for a non sentient fertilized egg that resulted from careless sexual behaviour

Most sexual abuse victims are women, the only gender that can give birth. Why should they be more susceptible to caring for a child compared to men?

The danger to the women's life is more important. Of she dies, the baby dies with her so you loose both lives; if it's from a sexual assault, they shouldn't have to carry said child.

if there are specific scenarios where you would be pro abortion just make it legal, no one should do a dangerous procedure not in a safe environment

if you think a clump of cells is worth saving over someone being allowed to choose what they want to do with their body then you are not really caring about the people or their health

It is unethical for the state to regulate individual bodies. It threatens more harm than good to regulate when, or if a woman wants to exercise her medical rights. If the state steps in, there is no way to stop at a certain point. It either has to be all the way, which is oppressive or none at all allowing women to choose in individual cases.

No person should have control over women’s bodily autonomy. There’s enough kids in homes where parents don’t want them. Kids deserve to be born to parents who want them, not who are forced to have them.

Being Pro-choice is pro-life. You are focusing on the life of the woman and not a clump of cells if you are pro-choice. You have every right to be pro-life, but that doesn’t mean you have to take away access to abortions for everyone else. It is healthcare. Not murder. One can argue that pro-lifers are murderers, because preventing a woman with an ectopic pregnancy from getting an abortion can lead to death of her and the baby (if I’m not mistaken). If you are pro-life, are you ready to help that mother raise the child and pay for some of the expenses? What if she was assaulted?…  Read more Are you going to pay for her therapy? If you’re pro-life BE PRO-LIFE. Sending babies into the adoption system isn’t always the best option, they can end up in horrible situations that will affect them forever, so why don’t you care about the lives that are currently screaming and begging for help instead of a fetus that can’t even speak? Keep abortion legal. Keep the options there for everyone’s safety and well being. You don’t have to get an abortion if you don’t want to!!

That all people, those we like and dislike, those we work with, those we see on the street and bever see again, those who commit crimes, those who save people, those who hurt people, from the old, to young, to even the unborn, are all deserving of life.

It could seriously harm the mother and baby. Some people cant give the babies the best life and in cases of rape i think it would be extremely cruel to force the mother to carry and take care of the baby especially if the mother herself is a child.

What would happen in the situation of sexual assault or if someone needs a medical treatment to save their life. Even if it means the fetus will not make it.

There are many circumstances where women become pregnant when they are unable to have a baby. The birth may kill them or the baby, it was a product of sexual violence, or the mother can not financially support a baby. Contraceptives are never 100% preventing of pregnancy, therefore a woman who was trying to be careful may accidentally become pregnant. A fetus is not a baby, it BECOMES a baby through the 9 month period. If it is really a baby, shouldn’t there be life insurance on it? Shouldn’t men start paying child support as soon as conceived? No, therefore a woman should be able…  Read more to choose whether she keeps the child or not. I would also like to reiterate how accidents can occur even with the use of contraception, sometimes the man is also not ready for a child. Also, simply if a woman does not want a child, but still engages in sexual relations, that is 100% her choice and there is nothing wrong with it. There is no stopping teenagers and adults from having sexual relations, it happens. The choice should be there if the woman does not want a child.

Forcing a woman to have a child she doesn't want or is unprepared for is problematic not just for them two, but for the system as well.

Pro life is selfish, you can have your own beliefs but never is it ok to force your beliefs on another person. It’s always been this way and it should never change. It’s a violation of woman’s rights to be pro life.

The argument that foster care abd adoption exists is a moot point, as even with abortion, there are still too many children in the system without homes. Instead of worrying about what a woman does with her body, their should be a better, safer system that should be implemented than the foster care system that fails children again and again. The reality is, pro-lifers do not care about the children, they only care about policing what women should and ahould not do with their own bodies. Anything after that is none of their business, apparently. They act as if they are on morally high ground while ignoring everything else. This debate should not even be a thing.

You're letting the government take away a person's right to choose, which opens up more opportunity for the government to control us, and lose more freedoms.

Her body her choice. cases of rape, incest, health issues, addiction issues in people that know they would not be able to wean off drugs/alcohol and would use while pregnant, over crowded foster and group homes, abandoned and unwanted children

Pro-choice is not just pro-abortion as there are a plethora of reasons that women may get an abortion ranging from SA to high-risk pregnancies to just not wanting one. However, I disagree with ending the life of a child. I have the empathy to understand that not everyone will view this the same way I do. All I care about is that they are fully informed and supported in their decision ever it is.

if a child was going to ave an unwanted child they should have the option that they can have an adoration so the rest of their life still has a chance.

Fetuses don’t gain sentience until around 30-35 weeks, meaning they can’t feel pain like humans do (therefore, abortion isn’t cruel). Also, if a woman has a medical emergency and requires an abortion to preserve her own life, being denied that would kill not only her, but her child, too (so it’s not really “pro-life”).

Women should be able to choose what they want to do with THEIR body. No one should have an opinion on a body other than their own. If you want to get an abortion, get one. If you don't, then don't. Simple.

If a fetus is a baby then the father should start paying child support as soon as the pregnancy is confirmed. If a fetus is a baby then it should be insured by the family’s health insurance had soon as the pregnancy is confirmed. If you value a fetus more than the life and wellbeing of a pregnant person so much you want to take away their right to bodily autonomy, than you need to know that by definition a fetus is a parasite and it will do anything to survive, and sometimes the pregnant individual will not survive pregnancy. Also the right to abortion does not take away your right to not have an abortion.

If I was in kidney failure, no one could legally force my mother to give me her organ, alive or dead