CoD and Women's Freedom

I completely agree with you, felicity. there are many different situations that you have to consider when discussing legalizing abortion. theres a big difference between a13 year old getting raped and being pregnant and a 22 year old have unprotected sex and getting pregnant. the 22 year old would most likely get an abortion because shes afraid of having a baby at 22, even though she did it to herself. this is what most anti-abortion people want to avoid, but then what about the 13 year that got raped? why should she have to have the baby? she doesnt deserve it !

I agree with javier because a 13 year old would not be capable of raising a child and if she was raped, she would not deserve the burden of having the baby. It is unfair for anyone to tell a woman that they have to have a baby, even when it will be highly difficult for them to be in charge of that responsibility. The effect on the mother would most likely destroy her life and make it nearly impossible to be successful while having the burden of raising a baby at a young age.

yeahhhhh people say that the woman should just set the baby up for adoption but still like pete and joey said the woman still has to carry the burden of carrying the baby for 9 months. she shouldnt have to do that.

Frank, I disagree.
And I must ask because I am highly curious.. Why is rape different? Why is it okay to kill the potential life in this situation? It would still seem as if it has the potential to life, wouldnt it? and the potential life did not choose who its father is. the potential life did not ask for its father to be a rapist. I don't see your logic here.
I think that the woman should have a right to terminate the pregnancy in this case... but i don't understand why somebody seemingly as prolife as you would agree with me, prochoice.

Same with what felicity is saying, even though a fetus should have own rights, and the right to live like every human, but if an abortion is prevented with a pill before, than its not even killing the fetus, its preventing from sperm and egg cells to join into a zygote, so its not even practicly a living thing, i think that people if could and have the ability to use pills expecially woman should ingage in them. Also if their choice is abortions should choose it if its the best resolution to the problem

I think that whether your religion teaches you that abortion is wrong or if you are pro-choice, that there are always going to be exceptions and loop holes to what we may believe. I am a strict believer that men should not have an opinion on this topic, simply because they will never be able to experience the hardships or endure the other feelings, while deciding to have an abortion. And I am aware that that sounds hipocritical, seeing as I am expressing my opinion about the topic, however this is a graded assignment. Although men do play a part in this topic, I do not believe that their part is big enough to count, however they should still be held responsible for their actions that led to the pregnancy. I also believe that religion should have no part in a womans decision on whether to have an abortion or not, and this is because I dont believe that a 3000 year old book can tell a person whether having an abortion or going through with the pregnancy is right or not. The same goes for the magesterium. I dont think that a group of men who probably have never had a personal encounter with someone who is deciding to have an abortion, has any right to tell a woman what she should do. Although its highly controversial, like I said before there are always exceptions to rules, and in such a circumstance as rape, a woman must make a decision that will be best for her future.

Ok, apparently someone (^Nick:) thinks this issue is black and white. That's fine. Funny how much killing there is in the Bible to go along with the 10 Commandments. I have a lot more to say on these topics...maybe later hopefully. But at the end of the day, I think it should be left up to each woman to make this morality-related decision. We women don't want the Republican party, who claims to be against big government, probing around in our vaginas with invasive ultrasounds.