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Pro life. I believe abortion is just as much as murder whether its inside a bitch's womb or not. That's why when you kill a pregnant bitch you get charged for double murder. Fact is it's not "your body" anymore when ur pregnant. Get over yourselves dumb cunts.

I'm not a woman, so I've never been in the situation, but I don't understand why women say that abortion is their right because it's their body. The baby is not part of your body. That said, I think there are situations where it could be reluctantly permitted.

Pro-Choice. Honestly, the baby is in the woman's body. It's her choice whether or not to go through with it. Besides, this planet is on the verge of overpopulation as it is, which is why I'm okay with women going through with abortions. Do you want your country to be limited to one child being born per family, just like in some Asian countries?

Pro Life, but it's far more complicated than anything else I know of. That said, I don't think i'm entitled enough to enforce my opinion of what a woman should do with her body or family.

The one-child policy is a strictly Chinese thing, to the best of my understanding.

Regarding my question, my personal opinion is that abortion is only circumstantially okay. If the mother was raped, I don't mind it being aborted because of the additional trauma that would accompany giving birth to the child. I have very little respect for teenage mothers who try to get pregnant, chat up with their friends about how great of a mother they would be despite having no financial means to support their kid, etc. I feel like underaged teenage mothers should be forced to give their child up for adoption if they lack the means to support the baby but deliberately attempt to conceive anyway. 

If an older woman unexpectedly gets pregnant and the child is at risk of having severe birth defects, I consider it acceptable to abort. I just don't approve of irresponsible people intentionally trying to conceive children without the finances to support a kid. You should know the risks of pregnancy and prepare cautiously with only yourself to blame in the event that it occurs, generally speaking.

Pro Life, but it's far more complicated than anything else I know of. That said, I don't think i'm entitled enough to enforce my opinion of what a woman should do with her body or family.

Depends on the stage, if it's alive I'm  pro life. When I am pro-choice I believe that if the woman can decide to kill or not kill the baby, in fairness the man should have a choice if he will pay child support for the kid.

I'd strongly prefer if people don't copy and paste articles/posts on this subject from other websites and pass them off as their own organic opinions, plagiarism and whatnot.

Y2Impact wrote:

I'd strongly prefer if people don't copy and paste articles/posts on this subject from other websites and pass them off as their own organic opinions, plagiarism and whatnot.

I never said it was my own. Obviously it wasn't. I could not have typed all that out in the time this thread has been open.

Stop being a salty misogynist.

Starshine wrote:

I am pro-choice because I believe women’s lives matter. I am pro-choice because I think women themselves are the best people to decide when and if they get pregnant, give birth, and raise children. I am pro-choice because I believe that the right to control your own reproduction is a fundamental right, and is protected both under our Constitution and basic human rights ideals — and I believe that fundamental right includes the right to prevent pregnancy, the right to get pregnant, the right to carry a pregnancy to term, and the right to terminate a pregnancy. I am pro-choice because I believe that if we outlaw a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy, there is no legal argument against forcing a woman to terminate a pregnancy, or disallowing certain people from reproducing. I am pro-choice because I do not believe that anyone should be subject totalitarian laws which impose unwanted occupations on certain classes of people. I am pro-choice because I don’t believe that women should be legally compelled to maintain another life at the expense of her own wishes, her body, her health, or even her life. I am pro-choice because I don’t believe that women’s bodies should be used against our will. I am pro-choice because I believe that compulsory pregnancy and childbirth is immoral, cruel, and flies in the face of basic notions of freedom, liberty, and human rights. I am pro-choice because I believe that forcing women to carry pregnancies against their will is involuntary servitude. I am pro-choice because I believe that children should be wanted, their entrances into the world joyous occasions — that they should never be considered punishment. I am pro-choice because I want women to be physically and emotionally healthy. I am pro-choice because I don’t believe that pregnancy should be a punishment (or, as anti-choicers say, a “consequence”) of sex. I am pro-choice because I realize that my rights to birth control, to have children, to make my own decisions, to be a fully autonomous human being all hinge on my very basic ability to decide when and if I reproduce.
I am pro-choice because I trust women.
I am pro-choice because reproductive rights are far more than abortion, and because I want to see us live in a true culture of life — one where men, women and children are truly valued, and where pregnancy doesn’t turn a woman into a second-class citizen.
I am pro-choice because those who attack abortion rights don’t plan on stopping there — they’re also going after contraception, science and even sex itself. And they’ve got a whole lot of political capital.
I am pro-choice because I see what places look like when “pro-life” policies are the rule of law. I see it again and again and again.
I am pro-choice because I see what places look like when abortion is safe, legal and available, contraception is accessible, and sex is considered natural, normal, and something we should take responsibility for, not be ashamed of.
I am pro-choice because “pro-life” policies kill and maim women. I am pro-choice because abortion rates are no higher in countries where abortion is legal than in countries where it is outlawed — but countries where abortion is legal see lower maternal mortality rates, lower infant mortality rates, greater economic prosperity, and greater gender equality.
I am pro-choice because women who live in the developing world account for 95 percent of the world’s illegal abortions, and I believe that access to safe health care should not be contingent on where you happened to be born. I am pro-choice because the countries with the lowest abortion rates — Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland — have liberal abortion laws, good health care, comprehensive sex education, and accessible and affordable contraception.
I am pro-choice because many countries where abortion is illegal or highly restricted have significantly higher abortion rates than we have in the United States, and astronomically higher rates than we see in Western Europe. Some of those countries include Brazil, Chile, Bangladesh, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, and the Philippines.
I am pro-choice because of the number of women hospitalized after unsafe illegal abortions in these countries:
Bangladesh: 71,800
Brazil: 288,700
Chile: 31,900
Colombia: 57,700
Dominican Republic: 16,500
Egypt: 216,000
Mexico: 106,500
Nigeria: 142,200
Peru: 54,200
The Philippines: 80,100
I am pro-choice because 80,000 women die every year from complications from illegal abortion, and hundreds of thousands more are injured.
I am pro-choice because the risk of dying from abortion is far higher in countries where abortion is illegal than where it’s legal.
I am pro-choice because illegal abortion is the cause of 25% of all maternal deaths in Latin America, 12% in Asia, and 13% in sub-Saharan Africa.
I am pro-choice because I will not go back.
I am pro-choice because if Roe is overturned, abortion will be illegal in many states. Even with Roe in place, states like Georgia are considering legislation which would impose life in prison or the death penalty as punishment for women who have abortions and doctors who perform the procedures.
I am pro-choice because I don’t believe we should criminalize women and doctors for exercising reproductive freedom.
I am pro-choice because seeing the impact of abortion rights on a country’s prosperity, gender equality and overall well-being is apparent simply by looking at a map.
I am pro-choice because it’s the pro-choice movement that has advocated for policies which actually decrease the need for abortion, and which make it easier for women to have children: comprehensive sexual health education, affordable and accessible contraception (including emergency contraception), pre-natal and well-baby care, social support for pregnant women and women with children, affordable child care, fair pay for working women, supporting pregnant girls, and gender equality. Comparatively, the “pro-life” movement* has no interest in actually lowering the abortion rate; their ultimate goal is sexual control of women, evidenced by their opposition to contraception and their belief that there is only one singular way to live: abstain from sex until heterosexual marriage, and then have as many children as God gives you.
I am pro-choice because I see the positive impact that the pro-choice movement has had in the United States. Women go to college at the same rates as men. We can define ourselves as something other than mothers, or as mothers and something else. Poverty has been cut in half since Roe gave women the right to control their own reproduction. Men can be nurturing too, and are expected to take part in raising their children. Families can be planned. Men have greater choices in their occupations since they aren’t required to be the sole bread-winner. More people have access to education. Women have more power to escape abusive relationships or bad jobs. Parents of both sexes spend more time with their kids than ever before.
I am pro-choice because I care about children — and according to the Children’s Defense Fund, 100% of the worst legislators for children in this country are pro-life.
I am pro-choice because I believe that my body is mine. I want women, girls, men, and children to be healthy, valued, and cared for. I want families to be healthy.
I want to live in a country that values the lives and well-being of all of its citizens.
I am pro-choice because it is life-affirming. I am pro-choice because it is fundamentally just. I am pro-choice because to be anything else is to devalue and harm women, children, families, and my country.
I am pro-choice because my life is worth something.

This may be the most emphatic, vigorous and statistically accurate defense of abortion i've ever seen. 

Bravo for posting, even if it wasn't yours.

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

I'd strongly prefer if people don't copy and paste articles/posts on this subject from other websites and pass them off as their own organic opinions, plagiarism and whatnot.

I never said it was my own. Obviously it wasn't. I could not have typed all that out in the time this thread has been open.

Stop being a salty misogynist.

You didn't claim it was your own, but I would have preferred if you articulated it in your own words rather than use another website's material. There's no need to personally insult me or make outlandish claims about my supposed misogyny. Nice try, though.

Y2Impact wrote:

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

I'd strongly prefer if people don't copy and paste articles/posts on this subject from other websites and pass them off as their own organic opinions, plagiarism and whatnot.

I never said it was my own. Obviously it wasn't. I could not have typed all that out in the time this thread has been open.

Stop being a salty misogynist.

You didn't claim it was your own, but I would have preferred if you articulated it in your own words rather than use another website's material. There's no need to personally insult me or make outlandish claims about my supposed misogyny. Nice try, though

Now now..you two play nice.

Y2Impact wrote:

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

I'd strongly prefer if people don't copy and paste articles/posts on this subject from other websites and pass them off as their own organic opinions, plagiarism and whatnot.

I never said it was my own. Obviously it wasn't. I could not have typed all that out in the time this thread has been open.

Stop being a salty misogynist.

You didn't claim it was your own, but I would have preferred if you articulated it in your own words rather than use another website's material. There's no need to personally insult me or make outlandish claims about my supposed misogyny. Nice try, though.

It was obvious it's not mine. Stop nit-picking. Why not actually respond to the content? The reason I used it was because of its good use of external data, etc.

I had a feeling this topic was gonna salt some folks.

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

I'd strongly prefer if people don't copy and paste articles/posts on this subject from other websites and pass them off as their own organic opinions, plagiarism and whatnot.

I never said it was my own. Obviously it wasn't. I could not have typed all that out in the time this thread has been open.

Stop being a salty misogynist.

You didn't claim it was your own, but I would have preferred if you articulated it in your own words rather than use another website's material. There's no need to personally insult me or make outlandish claims about my supposed misogyny. Nice try, though.

It was obvious it's not mine. Stop nit-picking. Why not actually respond to the content? The reason I used it was because of it's good use of external data, etc.

As I said, I would have preferred if you articulated it in your own words rather than cite something from another website. I have no issue with you using other material as a reference, but posting articles from other websites completely defeats the purpose of my thread. Imagine if everyone posted nothing but articles/verbatim thoughts from third party websites on these threads. That's not how it works, I'm afraid.

As for why I'm not replying to the actual content, it's because I don't necessarily disagree with what was stated. I'm open to everyone's opinion and am not firm in my ideas on this subject, hence why I asked.

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

I'd strongly prefer if people don't copy and paste articles/posts on this subject from other websites and pass them off as their own organic opinions, plagiarism and whatnot.

I never said it was my own. Obviously it wasn't. I could not have typed all that out in the time this thread has been open.

Stop being a salty misogynist.

So asking to give your own organic opinion is being a misogynist? lolwat

If a woman can decide to kill a child, than the man should have the right to decide if he will pay for said child for any length of time that she can decide to kill it. I'm lenient on her being able to kill the child, due to it being her body, but if you're like 7 months in, it'd be pretty crazy to finally decide to kill the baby. That's all I'm saying.

J Dynasty wrote:

If a woman can decide to kill a child, than the man should have the right to decide if he will pay for said child for any length of time that she can decide to kill it. I'm lenient on her being able to kill the child, due to it being her body, but if you're like 7 months in, it'd be pretty crazy to finally decide to kill the baby. That's all I'm saying.

Personally speaking, anything after the first trimester or so is a bit troublesome for me to see happen.

Yeah, I don't think having a belief about abortion has to do with being a misogynist. Yes, women have the right to do what they want to with their own bodies, but how is a baby part of you? That's like saying I'm actually a body part from my mom that fell out and started wearing clothes.

Y2Impact wrote:

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

I'd strongly prefer if people don't copy and paste articles/posts on this subject from other websites and pass them off as their own organic opinions, plagiarism and whatnot.

I never said it was my own. Obviously it wasn't. I could not have typed all that out in the time this thread has been open.

Stop being a salty misogynist.

You didn't claim it was your own, but I would have preferred if you articulated it in your own words rather than use another website's material. There's no need to personally insult me or make outlandish claims about my supposed misogyny. Nice try, though.

It was obvious it's not mine. Stop nit-picking. Why not actually respond to the content? The reason I used it was because of it's good use of external data, etc.

As I said, I would have preferred if you articulated it in your own words rather than cite something from another website. I have no issue with you using other material as a reference, but posting articles from other websites completely defeats the purpose of my thread. Imagine if everyone posted nothing but articles/verbatim thoughts from third party websites on these threads. That's not how it works, I'm afraid.

As for why I'm not replying to the actual content, it's because I don't necessarily disagree with what was stated. I'm open to everyone's opinion and am not firm in my ideas on this subject, hence why I asked.

The article articulated everything I would have said, just much more eloquently and with references to statistics. This thread is an opportunity to change opinions and consequently improve women's rights.

With all do respect, that's a lot more important than your feelings about me pasting a single article.

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

Starshine wrote:

Y2Impact wrote:

I'd strongly prefer if people don't copy and paste articles/posts on this subject from other websites and pass them off as their own organic opinions, plagiarism and whatnot.

I never said it was my own. Obviously it wasn't. I could not have typed all that out in the time this thread has been open.

Stop being a salty misogynist.

You didn't claim it was your own, but I would have preferred if you articulated it in your own words rather than use another website's material. There's no need to personally insult me or make outlandish claims about my supposed misogyny. Nice try, though.

It was obvious it's not mine. Stop nit-picking. Why not actually respond to the content? The reason I used it was because of it's good use of external data, etc.

As I said, I would have preferred if you articulated it in your own words rather than cite something from another website. I have no issue with you using other material as a reference, but posting articles from other websites completely defeats the purpose of my thread. Imagine if everyone posted nothing but articles/verbatim thoughts from third party websites on these threads. That's not how it works, I'm afraid.

As for why I'm not replying to the actual content, it's because I don't necessarily disagree with what was stated. I'm open to everyone's opinion and am not firm in my ideas on this subject, hence why I asked.

The article articulated everything I would have said, just much more eloquently and with references to statistics. This thread is an opportunity to change opinions and consequently improve women's rights.

With all do respect, that's a lot more important than your feelings about me pasting a single article.

In all seriousness, I get what both of yall are saying. Imp just wanted to see people articulate on the topic on their own; you just wanted to post something that you felt was a more articulate and informed opinion than one you would have compiled on your own so quickly.

Let's just debate the topic, yall.

Fair enough, although I wish you'd retract your accusation that I'm a misogynist. I respect your opinion on the matter and appreciate your insights.

I wonder if you know what the term ''Misogynist' actually means if you're gonna call Impact one for saying don't copy/paste stuff that isn't yours and passed it of as your own.