Abortion is Wrong

That sounds like a conspiracy theory more than anything else. It seems far more likely that they're attempting to follow principles they believe in.

I am not against people having abortions, but personally it's not a choice I would take - if it was my choice, and that's just a principle I believe in and would follow.

I don't find it that far fetched that many religious people of different faiths would feel that they're following that same underlying principle. It's not a religious one (though one might believe it was), but I suppose you could describe it as a moral one.

It's just not in me to choose to destroy a potential life that I was part of. On the other hand I'm also pro choice, so I would have a problem with religion that tried to coerce people to be 'pro life' in principle and 'anti choice' or anti abortion. I think there's quite a large group of people that fall into that category, who are 'pro life' in principle but are not anti abortion in practice.
 
I believe that life began at some point way back in time, where ever and how ever it began. Since then life has been a continuation. There is no new life created at conception or birth, it is just the remixing and evolution of what has existed already.

It's still pretty amazing when you consider that you are part of an unbroken chain going back billions of years and that your original ancestor was a single celled organism.
 
My knowledge in this topic regarding islam is limited, but as i'v experienced in my years in medicine, in Islam its legal to Abort a child up until around 4-5 months.

I may look up evidence in my books if you guys want, but that will be tomorrow, i have a gyne/obs exam tomorrow.

Also rather than calling one side Pro-Life, it should be referred to as Against-Choice.

I say this because certain religions/communities completely ban abortions while other individuals force abortions upon their wives.
 
That is an interesting philosophy, although I am one of those crazy Christians that truly believe that God created man and woman with his own hands.

Even if I am wrong It feels better than going through life thinking I came from the primordial ooze
 
I think that describes the vast majority of people.
People that aren't represented by the "all life sacred" brigade OR the "unborn baby's are parasites and women can do with them what they want" squad.

I'm pro-abortion in the same way I'm pro-seatbelts, pro-parachutes and pro-police.
In an ideal world people would live their lives so as to avoid having to use the things listed above but I'm glad they are available for those that need them.
 
How many people agree with me that if someone isn't smart enough to use protection, society shouldn't allow them to breed anyway.
 
I'm happy to use protection but no one seems willing to let me breed anyway. So I'd say society disagrees
 
Why?

If God created us as is then what's the big deal. Here we are just another piece of a pretty static and dull universe.

Where mans ascent out of the primordial ooze, humble beginning as a one celled creature, becoming multi-celled, the development of sex, conquering the sea, invading the land, struggling onward and upward against large and dangerous predators. Developing tools.

We built a wall, we built the pyramids. Math, science, history, unraveling the mystery that all started with a big bang!

Bang!

Now isn't that more exciting and interesting?
 
Can of worms: reopened.



Prochoicers, we have the Catholics on our side now!

Rejoice.
 
They'll argue that their legal liabilities are contingent on the legal definition, not the moral one.
 
I am very much Prolife. That said what kills me is the legal system dose not seem to know themselves when a human earns rights. example a man kills a preg woman he is charged with two counts of murder. Or a woman kills her newborn when the baby was just seconds prior a fetus. These are sick examples sorry just trying to look at the whole picture also woman are told not to smoke or drink when preg well who cares it is just a fetus.

The thing is when a woman becomes pregnant she is no longer one person but two carrying a precious life. Woman should be honored with this ability and hold sacred the life that is within them. Society needs to hold sacred all human life starting at conception.
 
The problem is we have no strict scientific definition for when 'life' begins, but we do know that it isn't at conception (which I will consider to be the beginning of gestation).

Fertilisation doesn't even occur until 3 weeks after conception. So at that point we are literally talking about a single celled zygote. That's not some previous life. The mould on the out of date cheese in my refrigerator has a better claim to being a sentient being than a single celled zygote.

Brain development doesn't start until week 5 and I refuse to consider anything without at least a partially functioning nervous system to be a living thing worthy of legal protection.

I think a reasonable threshold is somewhere between week 6 and week 12. I think that any abortion after week 12 should only be carried out for medical purposes. Looking at some stats, 80-90% of abortions in the UK or US are carried out at
 
All human life?

So, for you, the SEAL who shot Osama Bin Laden is just as morally repugnant as a doctor who performs abortions?

Well done, it's refreshing to hear religious people actually living up to their espoused values.
 
Perhaps abortion is a neccesary evil to keep population down. Perhaps thats why God allows it. I'm not sure.
 
haha great post!
I will make it my sig it with your permission..
 
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