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@9GRM8JGNew Democratic 1yr1Y
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A woman has the right to choose what she wants to do with her body. There shouldn't have to be a counterargument because this topic should not be debated. Any reason that a woman does not want to have a child is a valid reason. People who use the excuse of adoption being an option don't understand that many pregnancies are complicated and some women just don't want to be pregnant, and that is COMPLETELY FINE!
@9GRYFMC1yr1Y
I agree. It's their right. If you don't want the pregnancy, just get rid of it. It's not like making abortions illegal will stop people from trying.
@9GZGLCV 1yr1Y
A woman has the right to choose what she wants to do with her body. There shouldn't have to be a counterargument because this topic should not be debated. Any reason that a woman does not want to have a child is a valid reason. People who use the excuse of adoption being an option don't understand that many pregnancies are complicated and some women just don't want to be pregnant, and that is completely fine
@9GHQ345 2yrs2Y
What if the mother is not ready to take on the care of the child? Will we bring another unloved thing into this world? As a victim of child abuse, growing up being unloved and scorned for the simple feat of existing was something that has scarred me for the rest of my life. I don't want that to happen to anyone else - and plus, if the abortion happens early on, the child has never opened their eyes or experienced life. I think the people who are going to give birth to a child have full right to decide if they want it or not. Sometimes, the circumstances just aren't right. Also, you have to take into account the idea of rape - should a woman be forced to carry the child of a man who raped her? There's a lot of situations and overall, in general, the person who gives birth should be allowed to make the final call.
@9GJ299H 2yrs2Y
ADOPTION. THERE ARE PEOPLE WANTING CHILDREN WHO CAN'T HAVE THEM. FIND SOMEONE. There will always be women in the church who will want another child to take care of. People can give that human life a chance to have a good life.
The adoption process itself can be lengthy, costly, and emotionally draining. Furthermore, not all children who are put up for adoption find homes. According to the AFCARS Report, there were over 122,000 children waiting to be adopted in the United States in 2019. These children spend an average of 3 years in foster care, often moving multiple times.
@ReformViolet2yrs2Y
No child should ever grow up feeling unloved or unwanted. However, I believe there are alternatives to abortion such as adoption and foster care systems. These options can provide the child a chance to experience love and care in a different family setting.
@9GLSHPR2yrs2Y
that women should have the right to do what they want with their bodies because it's their bodies and it effects them
@9GXV9V31yr1Y
There are many reasons why a women would want to get an abortion. The baby’s life may be harming her own life, she is unable to support a baby at the moment, or she may have gotten pregnant from a traumatic situation. For any reason a women should have the option to do what she wants with her body, whether its an abortion, adoption or having the baby that is completely the women's choice. No one should be able to tell anyone what they can and cannot do with their own body.
@9H4MYZZ1yr1Y
The government has no place in mandating a woman's control over her own body, it is out of their jurisdiction.
@9FT75VT2yrs2Y
Pro-choice has so many more opportunities for healthier or safer babies and protecting women from any hardships that a baby would put on their mental health, financial situation, education, and even physical health. It also provides the option to terminate the embryo due to forced SA. The women/men/those who are ready and prepared to have a child will make the decision to keep and those who are not for any reason will decide what is best for THEM and THEIR bodies. There are already medical restrictions in place to protect babies who are past the stage of abortion. If they can choose to safely abort it should be their own decision with guidance from a medical profession who supports them.
@9GNQ4VM1yr1Y
Women should have the right to make choices for their OWN bodies; we never know what the circumstances are. It could either be dangerous for women to give birth, they could not afford to have a child, or someone could be raped and have to deal with the remainder of a child and perhaps not treat that child properly because of it.
@9G5Z93S2yrs2Y
The truth is we must ask god, is it our right to kill that baby because it's inconvenient? If we say yes for rape victims it's just going to progress to all women. Do I think it's wrong that the woman got raped? yes but two wrongs don't make a right. If the mother really dose not want a child she can adopt it out but murder is out of the question.
@9G379F62yrs2Y
Pro-choice does not mean pro-abortion. Pro-choice is allowing the woman to choose what to do if she is pregnant. There are multiple factors why a woman might not be ready or able to have a baby. These can include; being very young, complications with the fetus, being raped, incest, etc. No woman should be forced to do something with her body, it should be up to her and her only.
@9GHK7JK2yrs2Y
The "My body my choice" argument is a very strong one. No one should be able to control what someone else chooses to do with their body.
Women should be allowed to choose what they do with their bodies, no body should be making the decision for them.
Forcing women to have a baby when they are either too young or they could die is awful. People have the right to health care and to make decisions about their own bodies.
@9GDZL5YNew Democratic2yrs2Y
If it is not your body you should not have the chocie on what they should do with theirs. Many people that do get pregnant are not capable or in the position to take care of a child. Rape victims should not have to go through with something so traumatic and life threatning. In some cases the mother and the baby will die if they are not aborted. With in the first weeks of a mother being pregnant the "baby"is a bunch of cells forming, it is not a human life yet.
@9GCQ9D82yrs2Y
Pro Choice is not pro abortion, it is just giving the woman her own choice for her own body. pro life cant be said when the life hasnt even been created/formed
The woman has to carry the baby, and the effects of pregnancy are long lasting. Especially in cases when the baby is conceived without consent, abortion should be a ready option.
@B4KKSM23wks3W
A pregnant woman is not morally obligated to sacrifice her well-being to sustain life, particularly of an unwanted clump of cells
@9FTWLZJ2yrs2Y
People need to be more aware of their sex life, and be more cautious and think more that with an always chance of having a kid, if it is necessary to take the risk.
@9FRY4CS2yrs2Y
Everybody should get the chance to live their best life and make the world a better place even if they weren't planned. the fact that people would take these poor people and just throw them out like garbage is also disgusting.
@9GTKJ4S1yr1Y
My body, my choice. The decision for people that have a uterus is not affecting you, so why do you care?
There is a 3 month old baby and 3 growing fetuses and small jars in a burning house. You can either choose to save the baby or the fetuses, which do you choose to save?
The men who preach pro-life, do not actually care about the children they claim to save, they only care about oppressing women and taking away their right to do what they want with their bodies.
What happens to all of the unwanted children that would be a result of abortions are banned? Are the pro-life people trying to get more funding for orphanages, and places that will provide a safe place for unwanted children? Ultimately, there will be an increase of children in foster care.
@9HCMTP61yr1Y
Any position that isn't letting the woman carring the fetus make her own decision and have the services to enact that decision is opresssion.
@9H65N471yr1Y
It is your body. Not anyone else's. It doesn't matter what anyone else thing or wants all that matters if what you do. This is a major step back for women rights. What about the men? Why aren't we taking away their rights? If we cared as much about guns as we do about abortion then maybe just maybe people might actually get to feel safe in this world.
@9GQZD4Y1yr1Y
There is no child that is being killed, it is simply a fertilized egg that has the potential to turn into a child. As well, if the child cannot be cared for, it will end up in fostering. If the concerns are about childrens lives, start by helping the millions of kids in the foster system. As well, men who have a significant stance just want more control over women and their bodies. Women should not be forced to have children.
@9GPV8ZP1yr1Y
Women should be allowed to choose what to do with their own bodies. There are women that are raped, accidental pregnancies, teenage pregnancies, addicts, etc that end up getting pregnant and to force them to have a baby is setting that child up for trauma. Yes there is options like adoption but it still comes back to the woman having control of their own choices and bodies. That woman will have to deal with the trauma of giving a child up , have to go through a full pregnancy, potentially have to stop school or work due to the pregnancy, and deal with the stigma of giving a child up because of choices she has made.
@9FTTL8C2yrs2Y
it's your body and your choice. No one else should make the decision on what you do to your body but you.
@9FSNDYS2yrs2Y
I agree with pro choice, I don't think any male should have an opinion on this because its not their body, if a woman was too young or couldn't afford getting protection they should still have the right to have an abortion, pro life doesn't even make sense because people say you cant "kill" a baby, there's not even a live baby in there when you get an abortion there's a very tiny cell like thing but there's nothing developed enough to be hurt or know what is happening
@9FRQQ9Y2yrs2Y
eople should be able to choose for themselves. If you don't like abortions don't get one, but don't prevent those who want or need it from getting them.
@9GPTSB91yr1Y
Those seeking abortion will do so regardless if it is legal, therefore leading to unsafe measures. A woman's reproductive rights are untouchable.
@9FTV83J2yrs2Y
A woman should have the right to choose what happens to her body. It is her own, and no one other than her should be able to tell her what to do with it
@9FSVTL92yrs2Y
My best counter argument to the Pro-Life position on Abortion is what if a girl is Sexually assault and gets pregnant. She should be alound to get an abortion.
@9FTSZXD2yrs2Y
You should be able to choose, if you don’t want one don’t get one but if you want or need one you should be able too
@9GZ6DF41yr1Y
before you decide to care about children before they're born, look at what happens after they're born and fix that. (also it's the mothers choice and the fetus could cause the mother to die and that doesn't sound like LIFE to me hmmm???)
@9GWF8MH1yr1Y
The same people who will complain about people having an abortion will complain that said person cannot support their child. If someone does not feel ready to have a child they shouldn't have to have one. Birth control isn't 100% effective.
Telling women what they have to do with their bodies is absolutely ridiculous. Your body, your choice!
@9LTPJYJ1yr1Y
Does the baby get a choice for HIS body? Does he get a say, before they either starve him to death via the cursed abortion pill, or tear him limb from limb and crush his skull?
Abortion should be a decision made by the woman for her own body, so that there is not a risk for infections from the baby if it is deceased, etc., and women shouldn't be forced to go through with the pregnancy. It is not a choice of someone in the office across the country, and should be solely made by the person that is directly affected.
@9GFRJZV2yrs2Y
You do not know the circumstances impacting someone seeking an abortion, and it is not the government's decision to decide this. Many people are struggling to make ends meet, there could be a medical or mental health reason, or they are just not ready to be a parent.
@9GDRYXC2yrs2Y
Womens bodies are the ones that are ones carrying the baby, and makes the biggest sacrifice so the woman should have the choice on their bodies
@9GCDLS32yrs2Y
a woman should have every right to do as they wish with their own body and should not be held the right to a safe and legal abortion. if they do not have a safe option then they will find a way to access it illegally and in a way that may harm them, so instead when legalizing the procedure it will be safer and easier for women to make the choice they wanted to in the first place.
@9GBXFWF2yrs2Y
Take religion out of it. its not your body, its not your choice. if you dont want one, dont get one. you have no right to decide what other women want t do with THEIR body.
@9G95H9V2yrs2Y
Every woman should have the right to make choices that affect their body. There are many situations where a woman may get an abortion. They may not be able to support a child. The baby may have been the product of rape or sexual assault, mo matter what happened, the woman should always be able to make that decision
@9GBSQFYNew Democratic2yrs2Y
A women should have control over her own body and be able to decide what is best considering her own circumstances. The law should not dictate her life for her.
@9GBCTKSNew Democratic2yrs2Y
It should be the mothers choice on if they want to get an abortion or not, because someone could get pregnant and it could be from the result of rape, or something out of their control. I don't think abortion is murder because you'd just be aborting a clump of cells and not an actual human.
@9G9JPLT2yrs2Y
I think it should absolutely be someone’s choice as to whether they would like to abort their own child. It should be up to them not the government
@9G7DMZ72yrs2Y
I think it should absolutely be someone’s choice as to whether they would like to abort their own child. It should be up to them not the government.
@9GF9YPD2yrs2Y
everyone deserves the right over theri own body no body lse shoudl have the right to say something about someone elses body
if its not your body you dont have a right to tell someone what to do with theirs: my body my choice
@9GBD2J62yrs2Y
pro life will increase ptsd in humans along with child abuse, neglect, or more homeless families and people may resort to unsafe ways to self abort that can harm themselves
@9FZMWVS2yrs2Y
Social analysis argues forcibly for the need for safe, legal and affordable abortions. Approximately 1 million women had abortions annually until the 1973 decision legalizing abortion, and abortion had become the leading cause of maternal death and mutilation (40 deaths/100,000 abortions compared to 40 deaths/100,000 live births according to National Abortion Rights Action league.) An estimated 9000 rape victims become pregnant each year (FBI 1973); 100,000 cases of incest occur yearly (National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, 1978). Two-thirds of teenage pregnancies are not planned, beca… Read more
If you propagate rights for the unborn, you should equally propagate for the living, meaning you cannot be homophobic and transphobic and pro-life
@9G5CV942yrs2Y
If the dad wants to leave the mom then the mom should be able to abort it. If the mom was raped, she should be able to abort a child that would only be a hassle and traumatic for her causing some sort of neglect or abuse.
@9G4CQ252yrs2Y
no law should be able to govern a women’s body as that takes away their humans rights, and thus you give more rights to an unborn blob of cells more then an actual human being.
@9G2XYSC2yrs2Y
It is a woman's choice what she wants to do with HER baby, especially people who have no way to have on should not have an opinion. What if the woman was raped? What if the woman doesn't have enough money to support herself and the baby?
@9GCF23B2yrs2Y
The counter argument to the Pro Life position is that abortion is a complex and deeply personal and emotional choice. Women weigh many factors like their health, their age, financial stability and how they got pregnant. (like rape or incest) The pro choice argument says that it is not the government or society's place to dictate these deeply personal decisions for women.
@9G2S65Q2yrs2Y
Anti-abortion is an inhumane measure. There are many situations that may lead to the need for abortion, and anti-abortion policies are largely measures dictated by men and do not adequately take women into account.
@B4GYDC94wks4W
It’s not a debate. Everyone has bodily autonomy and that can’t be restricted by someone else’s opinions/morality.
@B46JGVZ1mo1MO
Women have a right to decide what to do with their own bodies; criminalizing abortion doesn’t stop it from happening and just makes it less safe
@9FWQXNG2yrs2Y
A child is alive. Being woven together in its mothers womb as said in ps 139. Also find me a single person who was born from someone who didn’t bring something to this world and make some degree of impact.
@9FWQGNF2yrs2Y
The protection of women and young girls. In cases where there is a rape, health risks for the mother or child, and not being emotionally or financially able to give the child the best possible outcome there needs to be a safe way for women to have a legal abortion.
@9FWJBMSNew Democratic2yrs2Y
It is important to consider the wishes of the person who is having the baby. It is not appropriate for someone else to make decisions on their behalf.
@9FY2MJHNew Democratic2yrs2Y
Every person should have autonomy over their own body and a right to choose as their choice affects the entirely of their life. They also could have conceived under traumatic circumstances such as sexual assault and should not be forced to go through with such a pregnancy.
@9G8CHKB2yrs2Y
what another person does with their body is none of your buisness. what happens to the baby of the 14 year old that your brother raped, your forcing her too give birth to this baby but you dont care what ahppens to if after. the foster care system is horrendous and your not doing anything to change it, not to mention the affect birth has on the body and the mind. your beliefs mean jack **** to everyone else so shut your mouth and mind your buisness. nobody asked you anyways. - a 14 year old
@9FYBCXP2yrs2Y
A baby is, at one point, essentially a parasite and is not obligated the use of its host any more than people are required to donate organs - this is a choice.
@9FXWFP22yrs2Y
Parents unable or unsuitable to raise a baby will only make the baby/child suffer throughout their life.
If someone found out they were pregnant but the child had multiple medical issues and the mother and baby were not going to survive the birth then how is that pro-life if you're ending two lives.
@9G99JHM2yrs2Y
It’s the women’s body, they have to carry that baby and should be able to decide for themselves what they do
@9G8H2Y52yrs2Y
it's the woman's choice mostly, a 20 year old shouldn't be having a kid unless the kid has a guaranteed safe and stable upbringing. remember the woman is the one who has to go through with raising the child for 9 months and abortion needs to be available. especially in cases like rape. But the woman should have the most say and final verdict. remember, not everyone should be a parent. My own father is a good example as he ran away when I was 2 years old and had 2 more kids the same year with another woman. And he was much older than my mother. My mother was not ready to be a mother with her conditions.
@9G8H2KH2yrs2Y
Just like the government and individuals have no right to limit people’s religious choices they should also not be allowed to limit a woman’s right to choose.
@9G7N3Y62yrs2Y
It is the woman’s body, and her choice. No one has the right to tell the woman what to do with her own body.
@9G69WZC2yrs2Y
It’s the person body if they want it keep it if they don’t then don’t, it’s technically not a baby but a few cells combined. Also if they aren’t ready adoption might now be the answer cause it can ruin their body with all the symptoms and is painful
@9FWLWNV2yrs2Y
Hold a baby in one hand and an embryo in the other... now you have to drop one. Why did you choose the embryo?
@9G9S74P2yrs2Y
If you had a child who got raped, and if they had the child they would die. 100% confirmed, that they'd pass during the birth of this child. Would you rather save your own child? Or the product of a rape?
@9GN988J1yr1Y
yes, pro-lifers are trying to do the right thing for the baby but what about the mother and her choices? if the mother was raped and she got pregnant would she have to keep the baby? No, she should not have to keep a baby of on of the worst moments of her life, and that baby may remind her of that. That situation is not good for the baby or the mother.
@9GFY9RN2yrs2Y
women being to young or unfit to raise a child, a woman being raped, not being ready to raise a child, illness, many more
@9G95MVW2yrs2Y
pro-life is not giving someone the freedom or opportunity of choosing what they want to do with their body. sure its killing something incredible but you would need to see it through their eyes they wouldn't want to keep the child of someone who r worded them or sexually abused them and if they don't want the child that is their choice. it's their body so they get to do what they feel to need to do to it.
@B53QVLS3 days3D
Unless you are in the position of having to make the decision to become a mother or not, why do you feel the right to choose the rights on their body.
@B53N28M3 days3D
We do not force people to give blood or a kidney to anyone, even if it means that person will die. We also allow people to decide what happens to their organs after death. How is abortion any different?
@B52KP454 days4D
Rape/incest/ and/or if the pregnancy were to harm the mother’s life. I’m only pro-choice if it’s less than 16weeks
@B52JM2KConservative4 days4D
Currently under law men have no say on if the child is to be born because its technically not thiers. But as soon as it is born then it is their responsibility.
@B522JQD4 days4D
Multiple reasons, rape victims should not have to raise their offenders child.
Underage women should have a chance to experience their own life before caring for another.The child and youth care system is already over burdened, without adequate support to provide the proper living conditions for children.
@B4ZZL6B5 days5D
No one puts laws or forces things on men and their bodies, so no one but the woman has a say on what she does with her own body!
@B4ZCMJ46 days6D
If we can't force corpses to medically sustain another person without consent, we cannot force women to, either.
@B4XL8M81wk1W
At conception that individuals eye colour height, skin tone, personality what makes that person unique is there at conception?
@B4XHJ7F1wk1W
making abortion illegal doesn’t stop abortion it stops safe abortions. The system is already full of kids who need families why would you force a woman to wreck her body just to add another kid into that mess? Are you going to force her to stop drinking/doing drugs just because she’s being forced to carry a child? you can try but its up to her and now you have another sick child being put into the system, a child who wasn’t wanted. Look what’s happening in the USA, real living breathing women are dying because their fetus died and never fully passed but they can’… Read more
If a woman is going to die if she continues with a pregnancy then whos life do you choose? You cant be pro-life but tell that woman. "no, you cant have an abortion because that's a life," and then let her die because of it. its hypocritical.
Because birth control is not 100% effective, women should not be forced to be pregnant for nine months and give birth. Pregnancy can have several negative effects on the body, adoption should not be the only option. Because rape culture is so prevalent in media, I have no doubt that several pregnancies happen under traumatic conditions. A woman should have the right to her own bodily autonomy, therefore, this debate should not exist. If you believe that a fetus is a person at conception, great, that is your choice, but why should you control another woman’s uterus.
@B4VFHYN1wk1W
It doesn’t make sense. Life does not begin at conception. And most importantly, the choice should be of the person who is carrying the pregnancy, point blank period.
It’s a woman’s body. It has nothing to do with the government. The individuals body and what they do with it or what they create within it, is up to them. Once that baby is born then other people can have their say on giving that child protections.
@B4TKQ741wk1W
Nobody should ever be forced to have their body used without their consent. Every woman has autonomy and should be allowed to make choices about her own body. Whether it’s consent to sexual relations, or consent to growing a fetus. Access to abortion is healthcare.
Its a women's body and the church nor the government should have any right to tell them what to do with their body.This is a discussion between the woman and her doctor.
Everyone’s situation is unique, and people who are pregnant should have autonomy of their own choices about their bodies.
@B4TGW6N2wks2W
Is bringing a child into this world when you dont have the means to care for it really pro life if it doesnt give the bundle of cells yet to develop into a being much of a life?
@B4SXKQ92wks2W
A woman should have a right to choice period. If people are really concerned about the rate of accidental / unwanted pregnancy then they should be advocating for treating resources in reproductive rights & public health. As well as making birth control options more accessible & fund research into birth control options that don’t have horrific side affects for those taking them.
@B4SRF8BNew Democratic2wks2W
We need to recognize that every individual has the right to a reproductive choice. It is far easier to reverse vasectomy than it is to recover from a caesarean section. We need to make birth control more affordable and more accessible to everyone. We need to better educate all students about reproduction. If men were as regulated with their reproductive rights as women are becoming in the states, and were held to higher standards than they currently are we might be able to have The best reproductive rights in North America
@B4SPC342wks2W
People who can’t afford to raise children should not have to have them and people who don’t want children will end up abusing or neglecting them. It costs us all money and will over burden the foster care system. My body my choice.
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