No, I think Jesus wants me to be on Teen Mom, I can't wait to meet Dr. Drew!! I plan to have 9 kids just like my mom. My Pa is adding on to the trailer for my twins.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I'm actually pro-choice, but I used to be pro-life and yes this was the reason.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

People who are pro-life for this reason are very shortsighted. Where's the moral justification in forcing a child to be born into poverty or forcing a scared teenage girl who has no means of supporting a baby into supporting one? People who are against abortion for the above reason aren't pro-life. They're just pro-birth. The suffering and hardship after birth is not their problem.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

In general, I agree. But on an individual scale I can't. A lot of prolife people tend to also be against things like welfare and for capital punishment, but this post is asking the individual what they think purely on abortion being murder. They can't just be lumped into a category based on correlation.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Giving a child a chance is much better than assuming the worst and killing the kid off.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Where's the moral justification in forcing them to DIE? You can overcome poverty, you can put the baby up for adoption, you can give them a chance to live and fight for a good life.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Many many women who are NOT poor or teenagers have abortions for personal reasons of their own, failed birth control, careers, husbands not wanting a baby, or they may have children already, and other reasons as well. Women in these situations could hardly carry a baby to term and then give it for adoption.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yes, I agree adoption isn't for everyone, but it's still an option for some that needs to be recognized. Intention doesn't excuse responsibility, if you kill someone by accident you still get charged, so even if you make a baby by accident you're still responsible. Taking away that baby's future is just as much homicide as killing anyone else.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

For me, I consider that bunch of cells that you're aborting life. I also think that people shouldn't be having sex at such a young age if they know they would be unable to raise a child. Yes, there's contraception, but everyone knows the risks and everyone knows that it's not 100% effective. I'm just really anti-abortion, unless it's under the circumstance of something such as rape, because that person has not willingly subjected to sex. My point: if you're going to have sex, then understand the possibilities, and if you don't think you could handle a baby, then don't have sex.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

A 23 year old is most likely not ready to have a baby, should they still not have sex?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

If they have no means of contraception, then yes.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Pull out. And like you said, yes there's contraception but it's not %100 reliable, so if you're not ready for a baby don't have sex. Should they still not have sex even with contraception?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Pulling out makes you a PARENT !

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Not if you do it right. No semen inside= no baby

by Anonymous 11 years ago

there is semen leaked in the fluid(precum) during intercourse before ejaculation occurs

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Then semen got inside...? You're not supposed to wait until right before you ejaculate.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The fluid (precum) it starts to be emitted from the penis anytime after an erection is obtained, in some cases the amount is so minute it cannot be detected, but it does contain semen. Use a microscope and see!

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Precum its self doesn't get you pregnant, only when the urethra has sperm in it from last time he ejaculated, and the only way it stays there is if the guy doesn't pee between ejaculations . AND most girls know when they're ovulating. Some studies* have even shown coitus interruptus is almost as effective as the condom. * http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/reprints/Contraception79-407-410.pdf

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yes it does have sperm in it. put some on a slide a and stick it under a microscope!! It just takes one. good luck raising those rhythm method kids !! Did you ever wonder why catholics have so many babies.....have fun with your family.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I had 4 children at age 23. I am an excellent mother.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

....Unless the circumstance is rape? So you're saying if the woman doesn't want to keep the baby, SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO KEEP THE BABY? I dont understand this logic. Either you're pro-life or pro-choice. By your standards, that baby caused by rape is still life, and you support killing it. So what makes this rape baby any less of a baby than a baby caused by consensual sex? You've just admitted that a woman shouldn't have to carry the baby if she doesn't want to carry the baby.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

This argument is probably the one that bugs me the most from the pro-life side of things. You are aware that it's widely accepted that the frontal lobe, which deals with consequences and related stuff, is not fully developed until someone's mid-to-late 20's? This argument basically punishes teenagers purely for being biologically teenagers, entirely out of their control and *cough* WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT *cough*.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Many many women who are over 19 have abortions, for various reasons. Many women over 40 have abortions after Amniocentesis determines that the fetus is defective.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

i didn't say 19 anywhere, i said mid-to-late 20's. that means 25-29. people under 30 account for a large portion of abortions because they can't fully comprehend consequences and can't support a child. Also, are you saying hopelessly deformed children shouldn't be aborted and the pregnancy should be carried to term at risk of the adult, and make them have a child who has very little hope for an independent, successful, and happy future? seems legit.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I stated 19, in reference to your term (teenagers) I am not judging why women choose to have abortions . I am simply stating there are multitude of reasons beyond TEEN pregnancy, and that many women of all ages obtain abortions.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Why would you think that abortion is murder unless yopu though of fetuses from conception to 20 weeks to be a perso? Why would you consider a collection of pluripotent and differentiated cells to be a person unless you were taught to think that way? Why would you be taught to think that way unless it was for religious reasons? You may not have consciously formed you pro-life stance based on your religion or the lack thereof, but religion definitely played a role in the formation of a pro-life front. Also, most people from non-abrahimic backgrounds don't have any qualms abortions.

by Anonymous 11 years ago