Curious about your stance on abortion (clicky)

goodheartedmommy · April 2010

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BubblyToes · April 2010

Do I think abortion is right? No, I don't. However I will defend another woman's right to do with her body as she feels necessary until my last breath. This is an instance where what I think/feel applies only to me. I am in no position to every make that decision for someone else.

DandelionMom · April 2010

SS, I feel strongly that abortion needs to be legal but am personally pro-life.

J+R · April 2010

I've always been pro-choice but not to be used as a form of birth control. Unfortunately, my DH and I were faced with this last year. I was given the option: keep the baby and I would most likely have passed within a month or so after giving birth OR terminate the pregnancy, get healthy, and then try again.

I could not fathom bringing a baby into the world and then it not having it's mommy... Abortion was the right answer for me.

goodheartedmommy · April 2010

J+R, I wish you the best. ((hugs))

J+R · April 2010

thank you

Goose51504 · April 2010

I voted SS, as I 100% agree with Bubbs and Dande. Abortion is not something I think I could personally do, but I completely support a woman's right to choose.

J + R - I cannot even begin to imagine what that was like for you and wish you the best in your treatment!!

jettagurl · April 2010

I think a little of both. IMO, when there is severe risk to mother or baby's life by carrying the baby to term, it should be an option. If a girl is just out whoring around, and that's her form of BC, no. Maybe a few other situations where it's ok in my book to abort (cuz MY book is the one that matters, right?) but not many.

jettagurl · April 2010

J+R:
I've always been pro-choice but not to be used as a form of birth control. Unfortunately, my DH and I were faced with this last year. I was given the option: keep the baby and I would most likely have passed within a month or so after giving birth OR terminate the pregnancy, get healthy, and then try again.
I could not fathom bringing a baby into the world and then it not having it's mommy... Abortion was the right answer for me.

My thoughts are with you....I wish you the best, keep fighting!

Halo79RN · April 2010

J+R:
I've always been pro-choice but not to be used as a form of birth control. Unfortunately, my DH and I were faced with this last year. I was given the option: keep the baby and I would most likely have passed within a month or so after giving birth OR terminate the pregnancy, get healthy, and then try again.
I could not fathom bringing a baby into the world and then it not having it's mommy... Abortion was the right answer for me.

this is why I'm pro choice. I worked as a recovery room nurse in a hospital for a handful of years and have seen similar stories. It is heart wrenching for these women. W/ my first experience with this , a colleague was unsure if she could recover the patient b/c of her religious beliefs... so I did even though we were of the same religion. it is the reason my views have changed. It was a very emotional experience. Trust me. it wasn't BC. it's not that she wanted to abort the baby. it was a necessity so she could get the treatment she needed. She has the right to choose life for herself.

sorry you had to experience this, J+R >

goodheartedmommy · April 2010

jettagurl:
I think a little of both. IMO, when there is severe risk to mother or baby's life by carrying the baby to term, it should be an option. If a girl is just out whoring around, and that's her form of BC, no. Maybe a few other situations where it's ok in my book to abort (cuz MY book is the one that matters, right?) but not many.

IDK--I used to agree with you, but have come to realize that it's not always as black and white as it seems. I tend to agree with you that it shouldn't just be used because someone wants to, but in the end, why is it my place to decide who should and who shouldn't be able to make that choice for themselves?

femmegem · April 2010

I absolutely consider myself pro-choice. Unless there were some extreme medical reason, I would never get an abortion myself. But I am 100% sure that that option shouldn't be taken away from any woman.

J+R, I'm also so sorry. I wish the best for you and your family.

J+R · April 2010

Heading to bed, but Im glad that I stopped over on this board and got involved in these conversations Abortion is still so taboo and support isn't always readily available...

Thank you for the thoughts & prayers ladies!

JenniC1135 · April 2010

I agree with most others. I can't see myself ever choosing one, but I also can't take away another woman's option. I do want to vomit at the thought of late term abortions, though. It seems so sick to me that my friend, who's a NICU nurse, can spend her life trying to save babies born earlier than the point where other women choose to abort.

ak071401 · April 2010

I am pro-choice, but I could never have an abortion myself unless there were dire health risks involved for either me or the unborn baby.

When ex-h came home last fall and said he wanted a divorce, I had just had a miscarriage and we were trying again. We tried the night before he came home and said he wanted a divorce and according to my chart, our timing was good. I went back and forth on what I would do if I got pg that cycle. At first I was 100% sure that I would ask my doc for the abortion pill. As the day of my period got closer and closer, and my parents helped me look at all the options (ex-h said it was up to me and he'd support whatever decision I made but I knew that he wouldn't have the means to help me much financially and that I'd pretty much be raising this child on my own), I realized that if I was pregnant there was no way I could go through with taking the pill and not regret it for the rest of my life. It would not have been the right choice for me. However, I am very grateful that I had the option to make that choice. Turned out I wasn't pg that cycle ... blessing in disguise!

TheQuietThings · April 2010

J+R, you are in my thoughts (as well other women who have been put in this situation).

I agree with bubbly. I don't think I could do it personally (well, I have never been faced with a situation to that caliber-- I don't know what I would do then). I just know that every woman has the right to decide for themselves.

karen6784 · April 2010

femmegem:

I absolutely consider myself pro-choice. Unless there were some extreme medical reason, I would never get an abortion myself. But I am 100% sure that that option shouldn't be taken away from any woman.

J+R, I'm also so sorry. I wish the best for you and your family.

This. J+R thoughts and prayers are heading your way!

cnybride2be · April 2010

just as i wouldn't want someone else to decide what i do with my body, i wouldn't want to decide for them. i certainly wouldn't follow the fashion, nutrition, education, religion, or what have you of say a somewhat crazed street person, so i guess i wouldn't follow their medical advice and, in turn, i would certainly not be qualified or enlightened enough to dispense it. little ol' me.i guess i'm pro choice

Angela814 · April 2010

DandelionMom:
SS, I feel strongly that abortion needs to be legal but am personally pro-life.

This. I can understand there are circumstances where abortion really is the only option.

JOEBunny · April 2010

J+R:
I've always been pro-choice but not to be used as a form of birth control. Unfortunately, my DH and I were faced with this last year. I was given the option: keep the baby and I would most likely have passed within a month or so after giving birth OR terminate the pregnancy, get healthy, and then try again.
I could not fathom bringing a baby into the world and then it not having it's mommy... Abortion was the right answer for me.

You get my standing O for the night.

shopgirl78 · April 2010

This question is really hard. I HATE abortion BUT in some cases its a necessary evil. I am stuck and can't answer either way. I can only imagine a handful of circumstances in which I would chose one and then even then, I think the psychological issues I'd have afterwards...it would be a hard life to live for me.

ChristyNCole1 · April 2010

I picked other - I think it's an option that some people need - for instances where the mom's health is at risk, baby at risk, rape, the list could go on and on.

But I also HATE trying to fit the SAME girl in every 6-8 months at our Dr. office to have a "pre-op clearnace" done so she can have another abortion. Dr. keeps talking to her about ALL types of birth control/condoms you name it. She will only try the pills - but forgets to take them regularly and won't use condom's because her boyfriend "doesn't like them." Do I think she needs a kid? No, not at all. Am I sick of having to spend hours on the phone to move other patients around so she can squeeze in the schedule within a week of her "surgery"? YES.

ToledoDeux · April 2010

JenniC1135:
I agree with most others. I can't see myself ever choosing one, but I also can't take away another woman's option. I do want to vomit at the thought of late term abortions, though. It seems so sick to me that my friend, who's a NICU nurse, can spend her life trying to save babies born earlier than the point where other women choose to abort.

You obviously have grave misconceptions about the circumstances in which late term abortions are performed. Most of the women having them would love to have their baby in the NICU instead.

jerseysunrays · April 2010

I am both. For myself personally, I know that I would never be able to have an abortion and am therefore pro life. However, I believe that every woman should be able to retain the right to make their own decisions about themselves and their body which makes me pro choice.

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