Abortion

[blushing_grace]

With the death of Dr. Tiller, I've seen a lot in the news and on blogs about abortion. About definitions and how people feel and think. And I have a question.

Are you pro-choice, pro-life, both, or neither and why?

*I'm leaving this an open post so people can post anonymously if they wish, but I'll lock it down to friends once the dialog is

Comments

[thewingsofisis]

I am pro-choice, as I am of the belief that what one does with their body is no one's business but their own.

[manlym1k3]

What I am is anti-fucked-up-people. ;)

[serista]

I wish abortions were never necessary, that people only became pregnant when they wanted to have a child and that these children were going to be born healthy and full of potential.

Since these are just wishes, I am pro-choice.

[museclio]

FWIW - while Tiller was one of the few who did past 20 week, pre-20 week there are still quite a few facilities. If you have spare change though - I might toss it at Medical Students for Choice to help with the making more docs.

[arashinomoui]

*Chuckle* Unless one of the random conservatives that frequent our social circles shows up, I'll chime in the zeitgeist of pro-choice.

I know that I, after a couple of mistakes of my youth, have decided that I'm not having intercourse with someone I'm not willing to spend the next 18-21 years dealing with, at least cordially, because honestly, that's where my ability to have a true effect on the decision ends.

I, personally, have the standard cultural qualms after the fetus gains potential viability outside the womb (and thus becomes a baby); however, I feel current general guidelines are fairly appropriate. I wish that it was more widely available, so that the only reason to have a late-term abortion was health & welfare issues.

Then again, I'm also pro-education, contraception and such, as to further eliminate the occurrence of abortions.

[museclio]

I have a rule. I will not sleep with someone who is anti-abortion. If I ever get pregnant, I don't feel that I could stay pregnant. I won't sleep with someone who has an objection to that. Sort of the flipside.

[kaylaraine]

I agree with everything you say here, although I think that the father should have a bit of a choice, too. Of course, that is all situational. If I got pregnant front a one night stand, I would probably not worry about giving him a choice, but if it was by a lover/friend/etc., I would give him the choice of having the baby if he'd like it, but there would have to be all kinds of legal paperwork separating me from having any responsibility for the child.

[arashinomoui]

I'd like to think that anyone I sleep with is going to respect me enough to get my input, but in the end it is her choice, and I gotta roll with that choice.