Topic: What's your view on abortion? (Read 978 times)

Abortion generally is a bad practice by our women of which it poses some health risk and life threatening conditions for those who take path in abortion because contraceptives drugs damages the womb and also reduces the fertility rate of a woman so it is dangerous to do abortions. If people more especially couples are not ready to have children, they should make sure they use the basic methods that will make the woman not to conceive.

Then couples should also learn birth control by applying the various birth control methods so that they will not find themselves in a situation that will require abortion. Abortion should be discouraged entirely because I believe if our parents got involved in too many abortion just like people do now, a lot of us wouldn't have been Born so let it be that fertilizing the eggs of the woman should be in agreement between the two parties involved in sexual intercourse

The problems you indicated can also be related to abortion being taboo in many countries. These can be avoided if people can go to legitimate clinics with actual doctors to perform the abortion without the risk of the mother being judged. This way, proper tools can be used and proper procedures can be applied to avoid these risks to the mother. I know people would say it's like depriving a human a chance to be born, but it's always a case-to-case basis. Some can be born without any chance of having a decent life. Some can be born to be really sick. I think the mothers should be given a chance to decide on what to do. We can't be in other people's shoes so we can't judge if they somehow decide that their pregnancy is not worth pursuing considering the risks and the possible outcomes. It's not always about one aspect of morality.

Abortion is not just a sin to humanity but also a sin to God,  no child deserves an abortion, because I don't think if our parents had done abortion none of us would have been on this forum,  Abortion is murder,  killing another person is not acceptable in any society and religion at large, so I will advise if you are not ready to have a baby then don't have it, if you happen to find yourself in a situation like rape thereby getting you pregnant then for the sake of the child and his future please keep the baby, that child might go on and and become a great personality in our society.

Abortion is a problem for the mother, and causes extraordinary pain that can cause death. This is controversial in society and is prohibited religiously. Another reason why people are determined to have an abortion is due to promiscuity and the man's irresponsibility, so there are medicines or concoctions such as herbal medicine to dilute the fetus in the womb, there are even massage shamans who want to do things that are prohibited by that religion. What can be prevented is that families continue to monitor their children and also that community leaders must make these regulations stricter so that they can be more controlled when there are people who have bad habits.

Governments should not be able to make you have one nor prevent you from having one.

Murder of innocent lives will be always murder of innocent lives, doesn't matter how society names it in the present time, or how they claim it's a good thing, through the logic that 'the end justifies the means'. Abortion is part of Eugenics practice, which aims eliminating undesirable groups from society by not letting them born, what also includes disabled individuals which can have their disability identified during the gestation.

The current socities ignore and neglect the misteries of life which still go beyond the comprehension of science. They think to be able to mould the world as they wish, through their moral relativisms, bypassing the 'law of causality' where everything has a cause and effect, as if it was possible to do so... In a world where each person believes to be possible and feasible to create their own truths, everyone ends living a mutual lie, where everything seems fake, graceless, boring and not satisfacting at all. These are results of the choices made by human beings, which inevitably have to be harvested.

I think that abortion should be illegal and that the use of protective measures should be promoted. Some people do not know to use protective measures or are reluctant or maybe shy. But if we promote it better, people would really have it in their head to use it rather than have babies they never wanted. I know someone may say that it’ll then mean that they are encouraging sex, etc. well, it’s the government, they don’t have religious views in such context, and even if they did, what’s worse? Killing a baby or using protective measures?

I don't like when women engage in tok amny abortions cause it can destroy their womb and yeah why should you even have too any abortion when preventive measures exit, women should be more careful about sex than men cause they are the once that end up beign responsible for caring that baby.

Abortion is frowned upon in my area and seen as high level of irresponsibility, such girls are seen as harlots and so many girls hide they pregnancy from parents and it results in them meeting quacks to cary out this stuff and sometimes it leads to death and other difficulties later in future.

I don't see any crime in it.. As they say, my body.. my choice but I'll also fault the carriers because what were you expecting when you were having unprotected sex with the opposite sex, a ballor d'or?
Some of us might look at it from a religious/conservative view.. Abortion happen every single day all over the world even in countries where it is illegal and sorry to say I haven't actually a lady been punished for Aborting her child before probably in the Arab speaking countries

Abortion is not a something any government will encourage in the land because, it can bring calamity that will affect many women that make such thing a habit and, before government will pronounce such a thing in the land, there must be some drugs the government will introduce that will make women not to allow them to be  pregnant even though they have sex with guy.

The one that is 20 weeks is the same with the one that is 24 to abortion which is what some government stand against abortion and, many government are preparing to also make the law in their countries too.

When will come to technology, many things that were considered evil by some people and some certain organization or religion as letter on becomes something of necessity to them. You remember the early days of television that a certain Christian church even called television the art of witch craft whereby no member of their church has television. But today that same church conduct their Sunday services and other activities online while the members stream and watch them. This is so applicable in some certain beliefs and that is why some persons do not make their laws so rigid such that it can never be changed.

So many countries which have believed that abortion is punishable in the past have changed their laws to accommodate abortion in a legal way. When a pregnancy is totally unwanted it could be nice to terminate such pregnancy in the early stage where it is  blood rather than to allow it develop into a baby who will turn to a full grown adult to terrorize the society one day because of lack good parental upbringing. Every country has their laws and it is best to abide by the law of your own country.

This matter is another challenging issue that has trail allot of controversy which is very hard to control, as it involves religion and cultural beliefs etc.

Abortion can be best explained by them that practice it, and those woman who carry the pregnancy because most abortion is done within 2-4 months of conceiving some that goes beyond that which I can't account.
Killing is killing, if as some religion beliefs that thou shall not kill weather matured or premature all the same.

The danger of abortions is two things is involved either it's safe or unsafe for the person who practice, many has loss their life on the process why those who survived the process tag it freedom, it's a matter of choice but I don't advice any to practice as it goes against my believe and my people way of life.

Yes of a truth taking some ones life consciously is more like a natural law that even without being told you should know is offensive let alone ending the life that is yet to experience, in the society today different people have different thinking about this wired situation just as you have said that while some see it as something bad the other don't that is freedom hence you must choice the one that you stand for because you cant be on the both sides, as for me am of the opinion that it is a bad practice.

It's not very true to say that, there can be several reasons for it. But It provokes hypergamy which is very unhealty for the society.

For women it's about freedom of choice. They think if someone tells them not to do it they try to limit their natural rights, mainly because in the past women would drink a tea and dispose of the problem.
This is a very hard topic because we either live in an authoritarian or libertarian society and IMO most countries are more authoritarian, meaning that the government restricts your freedoms because it thinks it knows better.

So, if I have a dog and someone enters my property and gets killed by that dog, chances are they'll take away my dog and take me to court over that. If unarmed burglars enter my home and I kill them, I'll probably go to jail. If I refuse to take my child to school, they will try to make me do it. It's possible they'll enter my property to take my child and if I protect myself they'll lock me up. This means that I've already lost my basic rights and live in an authoritarian society. Therefore, why is it so difficult for women to accept that? The government can lock you up in quarantine because they think you've contracted some virus, they can take your children away, but it's a big deal when they refuse to abort your fetus? I don't get it.

It's not only dangerous for someone who hasn't done it before alone, it's dangerous for all. The more abortion you do, the more you are endangering your life. There are a lot of measures out there that can help to prevent pregnancy but people won't go by it. They keep looking for cure when there are preventions all around them.

Abortion is very dangerous for those who haven't done it before and is not advisable for someone to do it
And the reason why people abort is because of hardship and some other challenges in the home

This is a complex matter and thoughts will be verious from one person to another cause rules, laws, environment aren't same everywhere. I think couple should be careful about this matter. Afterwards, if a mother feel something worng, then she should have right to take her own decision whatever she want to do with her upcoming child. She shouldn't be punished cause a mother who carrying baby inside her body, will never agree for abortion without solid reason. But decision should be taken earlier, otherwise it'll be hard for her and after 24 weeks later, baby start breathing. So after that time, abortion means killing a life. And I don't support that

You truly are correct. Certain individuals believe that a woman's right to choose what happens to her body is an inherent human right, and that the authorities or anyone else should not tell her what to do with her body. They also argue that leading a woman to keep a pregnancy contrary to her will is an act of captivity that disregards her fundamental rights as a human being. The fight for life frequently focuses on the rights of the unborn, but appears to have no concern as much about the liberties of people who are already born, because they appear to be more involved with handling female bodies than actually preserving life, and those who are contrary to abortion are also against offering social assistance and helping families in need. So, I believe it is not only about life, but also regarding ideas and mindset.

Abortion is not supposed to be allowed because it might lead to death if care is not taken, birth control pills should be encouraged because of the number of unwanted pregnancies that we see in society today, these unwanted pregnancies are due to the avoidance of birth control pills by the sexual partners, but I must say it if the government wants to control childbirth their many ways to do it to avoid it from occuring, this thing needs to be done with utmost carefulness, some contraceptives can work to this effect but it every woman that they want to administer it to should be tested thoroughly.

Personally I see nothing wrong with abortion cause it better to take them off than to bring them into a world that you are not ready to take responsibility for them, and in all cases of abortion one party or the other wasn't ready to take full responsibility of the child except when it was forced on the woman or given pills that she didn't know.

I think the reason why abortion is viewed as a bad thign is cause of religion and of cause the side effect of doing it too much, it could result to destruction of womb or early miscarriage in women.

Your opinion is similar to the opinion of the majority in the debate, that accepting or rejecting the death penalty is permissible. There is an ethical dilemma facing the issue of abortion, because if it is permitted, there is nothing to determine when an abortion can be performed, that is, at what period of the fetus’s life. There is a fundamental question about the difference between an abortion and a murder. Resolving the issue is a very complicated matter for everyone, meaning that all intellectual trends differ on the matter. I personally cannot take a position on the issue.

For me, abortion is a terrible thing and an act of murder, but sometimes people don't have an option but to have a kid because they are either not ready or incapable to care for one.  This is especially true for women who are immature or already have other children and do not wish to have any more, possibly due to financial reasons. While some claim that abortions have some consequences, as we all know in this world, anything that has an advantage has a drawback. Even if they are to use contraception, it still has a disadvantage because it may harm the woman's womb or cause illness, among other things. So I suggest that everyone should or the government should provide where women could go and learn sex education, and all that.

There are many ways of controlling the birth rate in society, it must not be abortion.

Abortion is dangerous act that has killed many young ladies , married and unmarried.

Abortion is simply the termination of unwanted pregnancy, firstly there are ways to stop a lady from getting pregnant as a way of controlling birth.

Due to the expensive nature of professional abortion procedures , many young people resort to personal  alternatives. Even the professional procedures most times destroys the womb or leads to death.

It is not the best way of controlling birth.

Some people thinks preventing abortion is a role played by just one person,  some people don't even think what will be the result after sexual intercourse , if it will lead to pregnancy or not. Some men thinks it is the role of a woman to prevent pregnancy from taking place, some woman can be forgetful and do nothing serious to prevent pregnancy after sexual intercourse, men need to also play a role of preventing pregnancy by taking good preventing measures.

Seems you afraid of taking the stand in choosing one over the other but deep down you can tell if abortion is bad or good.
I still don't see any thing good about aborting a child despite the Incapability of the person not being able to care for the child.

Abortion is literally mudering in disguise, for God's sake we do not need someone to first persuade us to believing that killing is bad and should be punishable by the law.

Abortion bis view from different perspective, in most cases Religion play a major rule in the case of abortion. Religion frown on abortion and most Christian which is my religion so that know that one because it a against the Biblical Principles of Go and multiple the world and the law of Moses, they shall not Killed. And also some traditions against abortion. But seeing things changes these days that abortion is not a forbidden thing again, even though pregnant women are not going bro the hospital btondo the abortion they bought the drugs from the hospital or pharmacies and use the abort the early pregnancies.

Well to some abortion is good because instead of bringing the child to the world to suffer let them just terminate the child and live. While the others against the abortion because the child might be a president in his generation. But in normal sense, abortion is bad because if they abort you before then you would not make it to this great man you are so you don't have to abort another person life.

After reading through almost all the replies, I have found it so difficult to draw a conclusion on this topic. Is abortion good or bad? I think this thread should have been a pool for me to actually get the winners of the debate because, right now, it's hard to know which is better.

Anyway, from my perspective, everything that has good advantages also has bad disadvantages. Abortion might be considered good to some people and bad to others too, the reason being that we are humans and we don't have a single idea; everyone has his or her own point of view on every issue, so I wouldn't choose if abortion is good or bad here. Maybe this is a result of me still being a kid compared to this conversation.

Well, all I can say is that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so it should be the decision of the woman whether to abort or keep.

I totally agree with the first and second points raised by Shield123, in the cases of rape, early detection of child defect in the womb can be morally accepted reasons for abortion, because they're not the choice of the mother. Like you, I don't quite agree with number 3, because if a woman has a consensual sex with a man, without protection and it later results in pregnancy, I think that it'll be morally right to accept the outcome of the act, since it's a life that is involved. I also think that the unborn child has a right of existence and should be given birth to, so the mother or parents will face their responsibility of raising the child. But I must confess that this is not easy because there is possibilities that such a child might be born into suffering and neglect where he or she can never experience the joy of proper upbringing, because the mother or parents were not emotionally or financially ready to carter for a child. So in the end whether abortion is morally or religiously not right or acceptable, it should come down to the choice of the mother, because she carries the pregnancy.

Most of the things you think are preventive measures when having sexual intercourse are there to protect you against sexually transmitted diseases. I don't think there is anything wrong with abortion, let's not be too religious in everything and face reality. There are situations where abortion is necessary.

In addition to this, taking abortion is as dangerous as trying to commit two suicide, one for yourself and the other for the foetus, you will discover some situations that some people are making abortions while some were there praying for the fruit of the womb, we shouldn't make our present affect the future we have through the actions on what we are taking from now henceforth, abortion is against the law.

It is best to use contraceptives to avoid not only unwanted pregnancy, but also infection with sexual infections. Abortion can be treated in different ways, but banning abortions will only lead to an increase in criminal abortions and maternal mortality. Among the consequences of clandestine abortions, which can often be carried out even by non-doctors, are inflammation of the uterus and appendages, obstruction of the fallopian tubes and infertility, sepsis, and the formation of purulent tumors in the ovaries. Such termination of pregnancy can result in the death of a woman.
Therefore, calls for a ban on abortion at the state level will not lead to anything good.

Abortion should also count as a murder since they are killing an innocent baby, if they doesn't want to conceive there are so many ways to avoid it but they didn't do it so the poor soul would suffer.
Practice safe sex if you aren't ready to be a parent, use contraceptive pills, condoms or any method that would prevent you from having a baby.

We all have different mindset on abortion and since our region is different from each other, there are some regions where abortion normal like when we go to China or some Asia countries. Abortion is also normal in the United States and some European countries.
No matter our opinion on abortion, we need to make sure that we don't have the mindset of killing children. It is better to use contraceptives and pills to prevent pregnancy than for us to have it in mind of abortion.

Honestly, I don't like abortion either but I think it's legal in other countries. Because there are really reasonable situations that they can do that and I'm sure it's not easy for the person carrying the child, it's not a joke for the parents to abort the child.

I don't like abortion and I'm not in the place to say anything because I'm not in the situation, the only thing I'm sure of is that those who end up in this situation have a big problem they're going through and the choice to abort the child is the hardest decision a mother can make.

The buttom line is to be careful while having fun with some people because sometimes you don't like the person and then you won't allow the person to keep the baby and then to opt for abortion. It destroy the chances of someone getting pregnant when they actually want it. Having an abortion is risky.

Abortion is not a welcome idea!... That's why they're are preventive measures when engaging with intercourse

The reasons for the increasing number of abortions are complex and multifaceted, and cannot be attributed solely to a woman's relationship with a man. Factors such as lack of access to contraception, social and economic pressures, inadequate sex education, and personal health problems also lead to the decision to have an abortion. The social impact of abortion in many countries is complex. In many societies, abortion is still highly stigmatized, and women who seek abortion face social exclusion and discrimination. In some Asian countries, particularly China and India, the practice of sex-selective abortion has resulted in an imbalanced sex ratio and gender distribution, with a disproportionate number of male births. In some countries, government policies and programs have used abortion as a means of population control and family planning. This can have long-term social and economic impacts, including affecting population size and composition.

Birth control can only be controlled by those who carry the child into the womb. Every couple should give birth to 1/2 child. Because of the massive population growth in the world and the number of pregnant mothers is also increasing at a massive rate. So if everyone controls birth rate then absolutely population rate will be controlled. So this method should be remembered by people all over the world.

It sounds rather like a very science fictional scenario, in my opinion. I have read there have been some efforts already to build artiricial wombs for babies to grow in them until they are ready to be born, though. Even though it was possible to transplant the fetus from a healthy woman to a machine for it to continue to grow and breathe, I am afraid some additional moral question would arise if women were given that option. For example, what would happen once the child is born? Where would it love and who would take care of getting food and education for it?
Also, since it was not born from a woman, who would be their legal parents? Because, in most of the countries, parents are legally responsible for their children and since this children would have no parents then there would be a vacum of resoonsability for them.

It would be easy to say they state would do all of this things, but one must consider that in many cases, it is in developing countries where women would be more encouraged not to have children, so there would be certainly a weight on the budget of that country/republic. Unless religious organizations or the Vatican intervened with their own financing.

Let not not focus on women alone when it comes to abortion because not only the woman who is involved in the act that brought in the pregnant in the first place and for that we must also bring in the man into the picture and try also to relate,  apportion the blames to both of them the woman and man in the act,.

Abortion has no moral justification to it,  and unless in some medical cases,  it is not legal to indulge in Abortion, it happens and we have to accept the fact that the rate of illegal abortions is higher than the legal ones,  and most young people who have no business with getting pregnant are doing so out of wedlock which is the reason why they involve in illegal abortions and that is totally evil.

Sex is for married people or those in contractual agreement to have children,  but anything outside that is already an abuse of purpose and should be seen as an illegal act because the careless involvement of young ones in sex is what has resulted in so many of those cases and abortion is gradually becoming a global problem that there should be some international laws that prevent it at least in the most illegal ways.

Since every regions have there law regarding abortion then we can see it as a legal activity in a region but illegal in other regions where abortion is never supported. In regarding to abortion, I think everyone has there own opinion about it and here everyone will where there views about it. I could remember one certain time that Trump aspire to ban abortion but it was not effective because the law was against it. If we go to the middle east where they see abortion as a sin, we will see that most time the reason to for the to have a quick increase in population density.

Inasmuch as a woman have conceived, it means that something has been implanted in her womb that will later turn into human so I see no reason why a woman should take a life that is trying to come out to the world. If they are not ready to have kids then they can be using protection while having sexual intercourse or they do family planning that's for the married ones. And again, there should be birth control is the society but abortion isn't a solution to birth control as there are other means of a woman not conceiving rather than conceiving and getting involved in abortion.

Abortion is not bad in some extreme cases for instance , If a married Woman after giving birth To 3 or 4 children And probably the Woman’s womb get weak And can not carrry a fetus And unfortunately for her she gets pregnant again , At this point the only alternativetive To save her life medicallly is By Abortion .

In addition , in as much as I admire some doctors that save married Women with weakened womb from dieing , I also condemn young Girls who have seen abortion as something common each time that they are pregnant And not knowing that they are causing serious demage To their System because most times they Dont go To the hospital for proper abortion rather they go To Chemist shop for abortion pills without them knowing The effect on their body . I have seen a scenerio where some Lady will go To the hospital To enquire why their womb cannot carry a child ? And the doctor after some medical examination will tell them that their womb is weak To carry a baby as a result of series abortion .

However, abortion does more harm than good To female genders especially for young girls .

woman body are naturally made to be ready to bear child every menstrual cycle, but if we were to abort child for every menstrual cycle, it would be damn massive, imagine having to clean up all the gore after abortion. A typical woman can go through hundreds to half a thousand of menstrual in a lifetime imagine 12yo to 55yo, that sum up to 513 menstrual cycle in a lifetime, any woman can go through 513 abortions? idk what would be impact to her well being, but it certainly wont be positive, but there is also drug to delay mentrual cycle typically birth control drug, which can help to delay the bloody cycle, but due to high cost and affordability and rising cost of living, we end up to having to afford only one child at most, btw it is very difficult topic to discuss, no matter how much concession is made, there is no answer to this very nature problem

It should be the decision of the person who is carrying the child. It can be done in the very early stages of the pregnancy. It is a tough decision until and unless there is a clear genetic abnormality or developmental issue. How can a person take a life which is about to come to this World. No one should have the right to do so and this should be punishable by law if there are no apparent issues with the pregnancy. Religiously, ethically and morally, abortion is not right. If a person don't wants a baby, he should practice protected sex or consult a doctor for a procedure.   

The reason for deciding to do an abortion is what we should be concerned about. I know many people will say abortion is a sin and it means killing innocent children. Is it not rather better to taminate the pregnancy than bringing children you obviously cannot take care of into the world to suffer? In most cases abortion can actually be an option. There are still other birth control methods/plans one can actually adopt .

A woman with a life threatening illness can be advised to do an obortion if she wants to stay alive. In this case, religious beliefs and moral upbringing have to be kept aside first. The aim here is to save a life and the mother should be given the most priority.

The reason most persons lose their lives or get permanent disabilities during the process is because abortion has been tagged 'illegal' in most of these countries they belong to. Because of this, they seek the services of unprofessional doctors who put the lives of these women at risk. The reason for wanting an abortion should be valid and where it is not valid, the permission to carryout an abortion should not be granted.

Honestly, some religions don't permit abortion, and even in some societies, abortion is not allowed. As a matter of fact, I came across one African history. It's about a community in one African country, and in that community, if any lady does abortion, she will die. Well, that sounds like a myth, but who knows if it was actually real and still happening to this day?

In the country where I live, abortion is highly frowned upon. According to people's knowledge here, it's better to avoid getting pregnant by using some preventive measure, such as avoiding unprotected sex and taking some after-sex pills, but when someone is not careful and allows themselves to get pregnant, then it should not be aborted.

This is not the first place I am engaging in this topic; I've discussed it offline and even on some social media sites online, and my views have always remained the same.

My view on this is that normally some people mistakenly get pregnant despite using some of the pregnancy prevention precautions, but some people too don't use any measures because they believe they are still on their safe period.

Some people get pregnant when they don't actually have any financial capability, emotional strength, or phycological ability to handle the stress of motherhood, or when they are not in a better environment that suits the upbringing of the baby. There are other things to consider, and after all the consideration, I think it's better to have the abortion than to give birth to a baby who will come into the world and start facing difficulties from a tender age, grow up and start begging on the street.

Legal abortion and illegal abortion are both there to act as a guide to what is legally acceptable as abortion and which could become a jailable offence,  and at most of make more sense that we view this discussion from both side so as not to confuse some readers of what is acceptable or not within the legal framework.

Although in my country there is no anti-abortion law just like we have in the US but then also all form of Abortion is seen as a crime in my country unless it is done in a government hospital and under the strangest circumstances.

I agree to abortion for special reasons, for example babies with rare syndromes and disorders. it would be more of a pity if he was born into the world with a condition like that, it would be difficult or even impossible to enter society at all in a condition like that, for example babies with no cranium syndrome and other genetic disorders. but if the abortion is due to economic conditions, not wanting to care for the baby, an unplanned baby, embarrassment, and other unreasonable reasons, I somewhat disagree with abortion. If it's a medical emergency, go ahead. Just a personal view, don't take it seriously.

That is it. The traditions, religion,  ethnic groups that is against abortin have never done anything to support homeless mothers, if mothers choose to keep every pregnancy the society has nothing to do with this women or children,  so I think mothers should make decisions on what they feel if it is something they have the strength to handle or not. The society is very quick to judge people but when it is time for them to help to support nobody will be find.

How is it anyone’s business what another person decides to do with her body and her pregnancy? A woman having an abortion doesn’t negatively affect nor does it take away the rights of the next person so why clamor over something that we have no business with and it literally doesn’t affect us.
I believe we should let people with recommendations from their their doctors of course fully decide what’s best for their own medical health. It shouldn’t be up to a bunch of politicians to decide for a woman on issues relating to childbirth.

 The topic of abortion is highly complex and multifaceted, often involving ethical, religious, cultural, and personal considerations. People hold a wide range of perspectives on abortion, and these views are shaped by individual beliefs, values, and experiences. I think the woman carrying the baby is the one to make the decision

My opinion is that we have to decide on what age of the fetus qualifies as a child. Some people think it's 3 months, some that it's not a child but simply a zygote up until it can function alone outside the womb... So, when does it turn from a simple cell into a child?
I support the group that thinks that it becomes a human being from the moment it has all the organs and is able to function independently, so around 7th month it becomes a child for sure, but what about earlier months? It's really a difficult question.

I'm generally against abortion, unless it's a rape, incest, or the child is genetically damaged, like when it has partially functioning organs, or lack some of it and will not be able to survive anyway.
I also think that it should be woman's choice if she wants to give birth in cases when that birth would endanger her own life. She should be able to choose between her own life and the life of her child.

This is just the truth, the people who have baby in them have the right to take decisions of what they want. If owners of baby's think it will be difficult for them to take care of baby they have right to keep pregnancy or not . It is not easy, people who complain about abortion won't give any support when tge baby is delivered,  so if they think life will be difficult for then to raise a child it is left for them to keep the the pregnancy or not, after all they are adult to make the decision they want.

I am not against abortion, if the parent(s) decide to abort it then it should be allowed but after a certain period its becomes a half-grown baby so abortion is nothing but cutting the living baby into pieces which I don't see as good so the decision should be made as soon as possible when they find pregnant or it should be grown because they have no right to kill a life because they don't want it.

Even if we are not directly involved in doing what is not right, we should be able to give our own opinion towards it in other to know what's our take on such, i can state this that most men were responsible for having abortion because when they unlawful lay with a woman they are not married to, all they could have resulted is to go for an abortion even though the woman go against it or not, but a reasonable woman should know that she's risking her life for such.

I can't say a thing on it because I'm a man and I don't know the feels inside carrying a baby. It's sad and hard for sure to the mothers that had to give it up.

While there are people that don't feel any empathy on them and tells bad against these women that had to do it. There are good and bad reasons for doing it, well as for me, I'd leave it there and won't know anything the reasons behind why they do that although some are obvious.

Abortion to me is killing an innocent child, unless the fetus is transferred to a machine that can make the fetus to continue to grow and live. It should be priority of the scientist to create artificial wombs so that it would not be burden to the females.

I think the topic of abortion is a very sensitive one because everyone shares different view on this topic.
To me, what I believe is that it is far better to prevent being pregnant than eventually trying to get rid of the pregnancy. I know people do it for different reasons: probably because they are not ready to have the child or for population control. Either way, I do not subscribe to having an abortion.

really?
Where then does the choice of the unborn child comes in? The  fact that you even bring up the matter regarding the safety of the mother should also let you know that the primary bearer of the brunt is the child that would be killed before ever knowing a thing about the world.

Have you considered the safety of the child?

 I know the sympathy doesn't make much sense to some people since the child's face and presence is yet to be seen and felt by the society but that doesn't close up the fact that someone has to end his life before it even started because two people had fun and enjoyed themselves during the process that led to the conception of the child and another is to receive the punishment for the carelessness of other people.

About the married people and being responsible to their action of unprotected sex regards to creating foetus and try to remove it through abortion, I have heard that majority of the time that the men don't want protected sex or they don't want to be responsible to safe sex or meeting the wife during her free time or unfertile period. However, I believe that couples should be responsible to their decision if they can't manage themselves.

Exactly,  to me I don't see the reason why a couple will not be able to practice safe sex in their marriage and have to have for abortion at some point this is pour negligence of responsibility,  and the only time abortion should be allowed is when the futus is unhealthy and can't survive,  only then should legal abortion be allowed,  because as a family both partners need to agree that they want to have children before they start coming and when the pregnancy will arrive it should be at the expectations of both parties.

Anything outside that is a total violation of the child's right to live,  and any unmarried person who becomes pregnant must be forced to take responsibility, for the child,  so abortion should become a highly jailable offence

abortion is the stupidest act that should always be illegal, abortion is killing, if you don't want the child to be born then just leave them in an orphanage, because there are many people out there who really miss having a child in their family

If I were a government official, I would issue strict punishments for abortion perpetrators, because the country really needs a new generation of figures to keep the country's system running

I have seen children's cemeteries, where mostly the intact remains of fetuses are left, and it is sad to know the truth that abortions are performed every day.

Regarding the mother's health, it will certainly be affected, as well as in cases of unwanted pregnancies. They understand that they cannot bring a good life to the children born, and they do not decide for themselves without the consent of the fetuses, because this is still life, so they need to have all the rights they need.

Before, I thought that the fetus would not be conscious, but when I learned more about medicine as well as important religious perspectives, I realized that conception is not simply a union between ovary + sperm, and there must be a biological energy element (similar to the soul) to form a complete fetus.

And I understand that this knowledge may need verification and recognition from those who value logic in science, but please understand that when it is a truth, proving anyone's doubts is difficult and unnecessary. Ignorance leads us to make wrong decisions, and abortion, whether we want it or not, is an immoral act. I understand that there are many things in life that are difficult to express, when not everyone is aware of them, so not appreciating life is truly sad.

in countries were it isn't legal, people still throw there children in the dumpster and I feel at this point that it is not just on the legality or illegality part of abortion that will stop people from indulging in it, as long as your conscience doesn't condemn you, most people will do it as easy as possible without having a second thought on it.

I also understands some peoples reason regarding the notion that it his better to abort a child than  to kill people during wars because the rate of killing going on in the world at the moment is becoming seriously alarming but even with this high rate of killing, I still feel that it isn't a moral justification to support those normalizing abortion as a normal way of life.

My view is that abortion is not good and should not be tolerated by anyone in the society. There are many other ways to control population rate and that shouldn’t be related to having abortion when the woman has already taken in. Like you said, it should be considered as murderer and the culprit should be arrested for killing a fellow human. I am strongly against abortion and the law should not take it lenient on any individual that takes the life of another because they don’t want to have a baby.

I feel at this point in time let's see red and call it red, see blue and call it blue. In this aspect of abortion, no matter how you want to fantasize on it still won't change it from being called. Killing, either already as a foestu it doesn't matter I still still it as a case of murder and should be legally punishable

There are so many countries that legalize abortion even with that, things are still going in the wrong way seeing children flooding the street that have no parents to take good care of them. I think the major reason why the government legalize abortion is to help control child birth but evne with that we are still seeing large number of children that have no parent(father or mother) that would tend for them. If the country say no to abortion, then it will be illegal for us to do or support abortion. Although many countries have not yet make it official that abortion is a sin.

exactly

making it illegal doesn’t stop women from doing abortion it just prevents them from getting the proper care
if anything, it might even be riskier because the ones performing the procedure aren’t licensed

i personally wouldn’t get one if it came down to it but i also wouldn’t force other women to keep children they didn’t want and have a life that both the mother and the child don’t deserve i think we should leave the choice to the owner of the body

It has to be legal otherwise you will find dead children in the dumpster 

Abortion is an abomination in the sight of God and a big sin, because you can't give life, so why should you take one's life. It is just like a poor man that can't even mould a block and he decided to go to a rich man house to demolish his castle to dust, how do you expect the rich man to feel, you will pay with your dear life.This is the same with abortion. Abortion has been a tools for the devil to use in luring people into commiting murder knowingly and unknowingly to them.

This is because is some abortion cases, both the person aborting the baby and the baby dies. So many people have lost their lives through abortion and anything that will make anyone to go into abortion should be avoided. Stay away from having sex outside your marriage or have self-control on your sexual appetite. And for this that have not married should decease from having sex before marriage, to save the eggs in your womb.

They should encourage people to use protection before having sex because person am not that comfortable with abortion, I will be guilty of that act, if you look at it i know is a measure to reduce or rather control birth to reduce the population of the earth, I still prefer evangelism for safe sex is better, because if you even look at our society a lot of children on the street without proper care just because of their parents carelessness.

Not all people that give birth to children can take care of them, and that is what is even contributing to the crime rate because a lot of children out side with no home training. Definitely they will be a treat to the society so been smart about the whole things is the best. You want to have sex because not to pregnant your girlfriend if you not read.

Inasmuch as I don't support abortion, there are circumstances that lead to that. People don't choose to abort their baby with a clear conscience that they are happy about it or prove a point to the world that they don't want babies.

Anyone caught doing that shouldn't be judged wrongly, but rather tell her what to do or pills to take to prevent having an unwanted pregnancy that may result in aborting the baby.

I support abortion if this happens to a young girl or woman as the situation may be

As much as I want to take sides on this one, I'm looking at the midst of it. While there's so much poverty feeding and growing up a child can be tough. A couple, if they don't have a means of doing that then at least practice safe sex. If they can't take the responsibility of giving a good life for the child/ren that they're going to have then at least put that protection on and enjoy. But in some cases, it's true that it's life, a form, that soon will walk on Earth just as we do. Given the fact that the baby is already there, we'd say give the kid a chance to live and let things work on their own while you work hard to provide for them. So, it's case to case basis and hard to pinpoint or direct someone when I'm not even a woman and I don't even know how they feel when they're about to make choice of their lifetime, either to pity themselves, what they are carrying and or a regret forever.

If someone carrying a child in her feels she won't be able to take care of a child right now or she feels she's not ready or doesn't want to have a baby right now, she should have the right the abort.
I see a lot of kids who are born into very unfavorable circumstances, and when I mean unfavorable, I don't just mean money. Some are absent fathers, a not-so-ready mother, etc. These kinds of conditions are bad for a child.

Raising a child requires a lot. A child needs a lot of love and if that child won't get the amount of love he/she deserves then there's no point in giving birth to that child.
A lot of people believe the purpose of life is to procreate,  which is very false. This belief has made people who ordinarily shouldn't have children give birth to children.

I'm of the school of thought that if every child is raised right and loved right, the world be a much better place.

Contrarily life is funny where once it has to do with a physical life, no life is a monopoly of its life not even do you have all right to decisions by yourself because your life is in existence associated with the public and it is a general concerned to everyone.
Even to your own born child(s) you don't have all right decision for them without considering a general factor that is associated with public.

In some developed humanitarian countries, there is absolutely limitations associated with rights.
E.g. It is against the law verbally bullying your child (s) because it is accompanied with the effects of wildly nurture or brings about mental breakdown of the child. Etc.
This is just a tender on how life(s) is mattered.

Talking more about abortion, this is a murdering and a suicidal practition which is at my point not to be tolerated because both parties between the mother of the unborn and the unborn to be eliminated is liable to lost its lives on the process.
It is better of pregnant preventative measures is adhered that  indulging on pregnant elimination as a point of preventing giving to birth or more births otherwise such child elimination as abortion should be a disasterous occurrences to mankind.

If anyone think he/she has right to abort a child from the womb, same right should be applicable to decide if you keep your child or getting eliminated even after birth without despites child's age too.

Conclusion... Life is a civil right but not an individual decision if to live or to eliminate life (s) unless it is a jurisdictional judgement by the law otherwise no life is worth eliminating/aborting and if caught both the child bearer (mother) and the doctor (executor) should be penalized. You can't want to keep an innocent child away from the world and at the same time staking your life on the process of abortions.

Abortion is something that's very risky so someone cannot just jump to make some decision like aborting a baby, but sometimes it depends.
I don't see abortion as a thing of joke, if one can produce a baby with one night stand or not, the person must also take responsibilities, aborting the baby is not the right decision, why? Abortion is a sin!!
  Most hospital doesn't support abortion, or probably if the condition is critical and the baby needs to be terminated that's when the doctors can conduct an abortion, but in a case where nothing is wrong the baby is fine I see no reason for aborting the baby.
And sometimes in the process of abortion something wrong might happen, maybe death or damage to the womb.that's why most girls/women can't give birth.
  Have you not heard of this saying prevention is better than cure, instead of adopting abortion as a way of reducing population why not make a family planning, family planning is the best way to reduce population why? Because it's recommended by doctors and nurses

Of a truth the world population is drastically increasing day by day and most countries are trying their possible best to control the rate at which their population is increasing and as such most countries passed into law bills that permits the abortion act while some do not subscribe to it and as such is punishable by law.

Abortion is a personal decision if it happens to be a single involved but if couples then it is a joint decision but in as much as abortion is in various countries everyone be it born and unborn has right to life so in that case it is nice the life of unborn child is allowed to live. What I think should be done is both parties involved should be able to discuss before doing anything so as to prevent any unwanted circumstances because abortion deprives a right to life.

This is not really the question of who should perform it, whether the doctor or the person or couple but the contention is whether it is good or not to do it, the pros and cons of abortion. Then the views to it. Well it is such a completed issue, back in the days it was not really considered by some homes but with different challenges and needs, the discuss and views about it is shifting.

I believe that abortion before the 15th week of pregnancy should be a girl’s choice, since it has a very low probability of harming the girl. After week 15, I would give the choice to the doctor.

Have you heard the heartbeat after a week? I bet after a week the sperms reach the shores of safety, they are not in the mood to get working, besides they have a battle to win.

After a month it starts showing because embryo is attached by then, though I'm not a doctor, it's just that I know that the heart starts beating after 5-6 weeks. Maybe mice start beating after a week but not humans.

Another thing is, God says if you are afraid of poverty, don't be, for that I am the one providing for the child, you just have to believe that.  But nowadays most of the abortion cases are either bastards or it happens out of fear that they can't afford to raise a child.

To some extent we should start looking at abortion with the same eye we look at family planning for couples,  this is because a lot of time married couple visit the hospital to get family planning don't to help to moderate they child bearing process,  so same should also goes to abortion,  because if the government can regulate and limits abortion to only legally married couple and given time stage for the abortion to be approved this will help in population regulations.

But then morally and religiously it may be seen as sin before God to take another ones life but then we have some circumstances and limit,  let say when a couple discovered that the woman is just 1 week in,  that stage it still blood and not human although the heartbeat will be present,  but at that stage if the government approve such case,  it still within the acceptable for limits.

I am always very careful about discussing this topic, so I do not go endorse something that is not scriptural. If you know that you are not ready for a child, abstain from sexual intercourse if you have not yet started having sex, but if you have, then always try to play it safe with your partner. You both should have a discussion about your plans so you can have an understanding that pregnancy at that stage can ruin the plans that you both have for yourself. If you are a lady having unprotected sex with a person that you know you cannot allow be the father of your child, or will not be ready to father a child, you should stop being sexually involved with them unprotected. And as a female if you know you are not ready to be a mother and you understand that it can ruin your plans for your future, do not let yourself get pregnant, so that the though of abortion does not come up.

Condom, but when it's in, let the poor child be born, God will provide. God is enough.

Apart from this point that you have made, what about the instance where it has been discovered that the child will be deformed and instead of allowing it to be born and cause the baby to suffer because of the deformity or bring stress for the parents in the course of taking care of the baby such abortion was suggested, what will be your opinion in that kind of situation.

There are always going to be some extenuating circumstances. These might include rape cases, and cases where the mother's life is in danger. But in general...

If there was sex outside of marriage, and if there is going to be an abortion, don't wait for the abortion. Rather, execute the mother and father for having sex outside of marriage.

The major alternative to this would be that the mother and father get married and raise the child right. Other alternatives might be:
1. That there is a man willing to marry the woman, and raise the child in the absence of the father;
2. That the parents of the woman (or any other responsible married couple) agree to support the woman.and the child until the child is 18;
3. Other points would be similar to these.

But if there is going to be an abortion, take the mother's and father's lives right along with the baby/fetus/embryo... especially in the case of sex outside of marriage.

You just said my mind. Why bring a child into the world to suffer  when you know you are not capable financially,  morally and otherwise to raise a child? In as much as we know that most people abort their babies due to some selfish reasons,  abortion cannot be wrong in all cases. Sometimes it is necessary to abort when the life of the mother is at stake.

In some countries where abortion is illegal, people tend to drink all form of concoctions or visit quacks who know little or nothing about the abortion process. This can result in complications for the woman or even death. Most times, if the foetus is not terminated successfully,  it can can lead to some defects in the baby if the child is finally born.

In my view,  abortion should be legalised for special cases like you listed above. You don't force a rape victim to keep a child simply because abortion is a sin. Having a child should be a matter of personal decision. And consenting adults should as much as possible protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy. This will save you the stress of going through the abortion process.

Pregnancy is a private medical condition. Only the person who has this condition should be deciding how to handle it.

Limiting access to abortion is criminal IMHO.

Why should someone abort for God sake. She should check the disadvantages that comes after abortion. And it's a sin because the person has killed a soul, after abortion there are complications that occur which will be detrimental to the persons health like haemorrhage ( excessive loss of blood) and you know what happen when there is too much loss of blood, it will lead to lack of circulation of sufficient oxygen because what assist in oxygen ( haemoglobin) transportation is lost through haemorrhage. Lack of oxygen in the body lead to many cases such as organ (heart, lungs and others) damage and eventually may lead to death. Individual should not or never choose abortion as an option, it's hazardous.

It is not right and inhuman, it doesn’t make sense to have your child aborted because this child is helpless and don’t have a say of their own if they want to come into the world or not. A situation where abortion is somewhat deliberated is when a woman is raped and she conceived. In this situation, I don’t still think it is the best thing to do but if the woman insists and wants to get rid of it with her life at risk, then no one can stop that from happening. Abortion is same as committing suicide, anyone caught doing that knowingly should be arrested and prosecuted and jailed.

I think it should be the choice of the Mother, the person carrying the child. I don’t like abortion but there are situations where it is justifiable. There should be a limit on the gestation age of the unborn child though. You should not be able to abort a child that is over 20 weeks gestation. I think a child is a viable birth at 24 weeks so anything over 20 weeks is inhumane. 

For me, if abortion is only made for the sake of having fun without any particular reason like saving the mother from possible death if she still carries the baby inside her womb, then this is not right because babies are human beings and they have their own life and as if you kill them when you wanted to extract them without any valid reason. That's why prevention is better than cure and people should not just freely impregnate women if they don't have the right to do so and they don't have any means to becoming a parent.

Overpopulation is a problem in developing nations but developed nations are battling underpopulation.

Many nations that came up with policies to reduce their population are regretting their actions. Majority of the makeup of the population is aging and most youths are not interested in raising children. This has led to labor shortages which has affected many sectors negatively. I don't know any developed country that encourages abortion to reduce population in recent times.


Abortion can be justified if the health of the mother or baby is at stake. In cases of rape and other moral issues,  abortion can also be recommended. But anyone that is not ready to have a baby knows what to do. Use protection or take action immediately after sex. Regardless of how we see it,  abortion is causing more harm to our society than the problem we think it solves.

Yeah amidst all the valid points and very brilliant indeed, this happens to be debatable just like you also agreed on that. For me if couple mistakenly get pregnant when they are not planning it or one party tricked the other to get it or it is just honest accident, I don't believe that they will transfer hate or agression to the baby so long the baby is not physically challenged what so ever. I have seen couples who end up loving their "mistaken" child more than the rest. Like I don't know about couple that will hate a child that is physically okay and mentally sound just because the child is "mistakenly " conceived or couldn't eventually aborted when they tried to remove it.

Now, listen to me, this is the topic that I have seriously discussed many times in real life.
According to religions, abortion is a sin but life is farm from paradise.

1. If woman was raped and got pragnanted that way, it's definitely up to mother whether she wants to give a birth of do an abortion, no one can blame her because she was impregnated forcefully, without her will.
2. If Doctor tells couples that their child will have birth defect, then it's up to couple to decide whether they want to dedicate their life to that kid or do an abortion. Personally, I think that no one can blame mother for abortion in this case because child with birth defect usually makes life pure hell for parents and child also suffers from defect, some of them include pain, disabilities and etc.
3. If mother got pregnant accidently via one night stand and she doesn't want baby, then abortion is probably okay, probably, because child will suffer from growing up without loving parents and most likely she will be abused by a mother or stepfather. But this part is very debatable and I don't have fixed opinion about that. There are cases when mother doesn't want baby but grandparents take it as their responsibility to grow them, so, it's very debatable.

Well the discuss about abortion is really taking a center stage especially with the freedom enshrined in almost all countries constitution.

Morality was taking a center stage, that it bad to take a life and in some countries, it is a crime to abort but such countries also go to war and bomb even hospitals where the sick and helpless is recuperating. It is really a wide topic and I will just say it is a choice.

Some people have purpose to avert a new life to be added to the family, whether health wise or not, whether logical or not is left for couples.

About reducing the number of population like we have some Asian countries having that as policy, I think with the reality of economic hardship, homes in Africa and new couples are already having the mind not to procreate more than what they can take care of.

People who is carrying the child inside their body can make a decision about that. And i haven't heard any case it would be easy decision for them. Abortion is done in very early stages anyway. Fetus is not aware of anything and haven't experienced anything.

And the irony is just too much when i see people who are so pro life when it comes to unborn, but seem to despice baby's life after it has is born. Then it's suddenly baby's fault that it was born to conditions that it couldn't handle and ended up in jail later on. Pro-life people aren't so pro life when it comes death sentence, war, free health care, or decent living conditions for poor people.

Then they seem to be ok by letting people die.

As the society grows and the need to control the population of people becomes an important topic of discussion, what was looked at by the majority of the society as taboo has gradually turned to a normal occurrence.

Countries now do so many things to control the number of children a couple is allowed to have and the rate of abortion is increasing by the day.

Although some society and religion strictly kicks against it and victims are punishable by the laws of some societies, that hasn't stopped people from taking part in it

While Some don't even see it as anything bad, some feel undergoing abortion is same as taking a life and the culprit should be subject to punishment.

With so many thought process regarding this topic, whats your take on abortion?