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I have to do a powerpoint for abortion and i dont know what to write about.

Here are some of my thoughts as a pro-choice individual that supports abortion rights.

It’s not hard to justify an abortion when you’re educated on pregnancy development and abortion procedures. Despite what many like to claim, a fetus or embryo is not a baby. And abortion is not murder, since you can’t kill something that has not been born. Sure, an embryo is alive, but so are my houseplants and so are the organisms in yogurt, but no one screams murder when I eat yogurt. An embryo is completely insignificant. It has no thought or feelings and definitely shouldn’t trump the rights of a living, breathing human being. It is insulting to women to say a ball of insignificant cells deserves more rights than we do.

I had an abortion at 5 weeks gestation. The embryo I aborted was about the size of a sesame seed and looked like a very tiny seahorse. I know what I did, and I know I didn’t do anything wrong. It was an unplanned pregnancy, and given my situation at the time it would not have been fair to me to continue the pregnancy and allow it to develop into an unwanted child I would not be capable of caring for. I did the responsible thing.

What I don’t understand is how anyone can oppose abortion, I have yet to hear a reasonable, factual supporting statement. I can only conclude people reach a pro-life stance through misinformation and/or ignorance. An embryo is not a child, and abortion is not murder, simple as that. To not support a woman’s choice is to not support women’s rights. A pro-life stance is offensive to women who would like to think you consider them a little more valuable than a blastocyst. Taking away a woman’s choice causes immense harm to women and children. Women either become forced to continue a pregnancy against their will, the equivalent of rape, or to acquire an abortion illegally putting their health and lives at risk. If they’re forced to continue an unwanted pregnancy you end out with an unwanted child who could very well face an unstable life of neglect and abuse. I value the lives of women and children, not those of embryos. I just see it as having my priorities straight.

You will need to know the difference between pro-choice and pro-abortion. Pro-choice is limited to the belief abortion is a woman’s choice, but doesn’t necessarily mean someone agrees with aboriton. A pro-abortion individual both supports abortion and women’s right to choose.

I have answered a few hundred questions about abortion on YA, feel free to look through them. Also feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Best of luck on your assignment!

okay well i have to write this essay about the title and to explain it a little here— well first im against abortion in it and im arguing with a pro-abortion uh person.. i am trying to say that abortion is not right. anyways that i could say that?

Are you sure you’re capable of writing an essay? Basic reading and writing first, then essays.

okay well i have to write this essay about the title and to explain it a little here— well first im against abortion in it and im arguing with a pro-abortion uh person.. i am trying to say that abortion is not right. anyways that i could say that?

Are you sure you’re capable of writing an essay? Basic reading and writing first, then essays.

1. Would it be okay to punch a pregnant woman in the the stomach, thus killing the fetus? Since the fetus is not a human, you could only be charged with assault and battery of the mother.

2. If you had the choice whether or not to have sex, the choice to use birth control, and the choice to use the "morning after pill," how can you justify having an abortion later? You had your chances to avoid pregnancy before.

3. If a fetus is not a human because it cannot survive without the mother, would it be okay to walk into a hospital and take people off of life-support, since they cannot survive without the life-support machine?

I am only in favor of abortion in the cases of rape, incest and the endangerment of the mother’s life.

1- Should be murder and assault and battery (altho our law doesn’t count the unborn as human people)
2- Because abortion-supporters believe in convenience and have no respect for the unborn, only for the woman -society should respect both woman and unborn child
3- Good point, yet many abortion supporters are ok with euthanasia and may relate that and take a big chip out of your excellent point

I personally hold the life of the child equally with the right of the mother. So if only one can live I think they should be given that chance despite whether it is the mother or not. I also believe in cases of rape and incest that it is not the child’s fault and so abortion should not be allowed. Although I may be criticized for my lack of respect for the mother, I believe that no matter how bad it is for the mother or how inconvieniant it is, the child still is not at fault and to punish it with abortion (murder) would be unfair.

I’m always amazed how history repeats itself. The first Pro-Choice movement in the southern United States in the 1840-1850’s. The argument was then about the issue of slavery was: I don’t own a slave but I don’t want to stop another one from owning one. That was exactly the argument by the speaker of the house…after all it was just a black. Same arugument today: I personally don’t want an abortion..but I don’t want to stop another..after all it’s just a fetus. Aboration like slavery is merly a lower of human value. I do believe one day in this country school children will look back in horror and disbelief that many years ago we allowed people to murder children within their mothers womb..as today we look back on slavery in almost disbelief. Some today are just as determined to allow this just as the first pro-choice movement was to allow slavery. Western expansion of slavery was called "PRO-CHOICE"
I’d like to hear your views!

I agree, I never looked at it that way. Also, as Black in America, it shames me to see that other black people don’t have the brain capacity to make a connection between two things (slavery/abortion) that are so congruent to one another …excellent perspective, man!

I’m always amazed how history repeats itself. The first Pro-Choice movement in the southern United States in the 1840-1850’s. The argument was then about the issue of slavery was: I don’t own a slave but I don’t want to stop another one from owning one. That was exactly the argument by the speaker of the house…after all it was just a black. Same arugument today: I personally don’t want an abortion..but I don’t want to stop another..after all it’s just a fetus. Aboration like slavery is merly a lower of human value. I do believe one day in this country school children will look back in horror and disbelief that many years ago we allowed people to murder children within their mothers womb..as today we look back on slavery in almost disbelief. Some today are just as determined to allow this just as the first pro-choice movement was to allow slavery. Western expansion of slavery was called "PRO-CHOICE"
I’d like to hear your views!

I agree, I never looked at it that way. Also, as Black in America, it shames me to see that other black people don’t have the brain capacity to make a connection between two things (slavery/abortion) that are so congruent to one another …excellent perspective, man!

It’s a sin and it goes against Gods laws. That is true in the Christian perspective, but God also granted us Free Will to either Obey him or not. A lot of people say just because we have Free Will doesn’t mean we can go around killing and raping. That is true, but there is a separation, a difference. God gave us Free Will and we will break his laws because of it, and God will be the only judge. You can use free will to rape someone, and when you die God will judge, but here on earth you will also be judged by the laws of man.

Therefore there is a difference when you talk about abortion and rape. With rape, it goes against the laws of God and Man, therefore you will be judged and punish accordingly. With abortion, it will only(if you believe) go against Gods laws because according to the laws of man, it is not against the law. Therefor a religious argument to ban abortion is irrelevant.
I don’t believe in abortions, but I am not going to judge a woman, nor will I stand between her and her choice.

Very true man only follows the laws of god when they are convenient.

is a moral argument against abortion (its murder). So what what is the moral argument for abortion?

That it saves children from being abused, resented, or murdered when they are born.

True conservatives want the Governmet to stay out of their bodies,dont they?

In that a clump of cells is the "Government’s job to protect" as if THATS conservative.

And if the technology to have abortions is available, is it not "conservatively" the citizens choice to use available technology as they see fit without interferece?

I can tell you that there are MANY conservatives believe in "killing" as long as you kill the right ones.

The rabbid anti-abortion argument has also been used many times by some conservatives who at times were capable of serious hatred.

Why all the confusion on this issue?

This has been my argument for some time now. They basically want economic freedom, but don’t want anyone else to have personal or religious freedom.

Alright, so I’m going to have an abortion debate (already started a few days ago, and finishing later this week) but I’m a bit stuck. Our team is Pro-Choice, but against abortion. We were embarrassingly frozen when the opposing team asked us if we seriously thought that "a fetus doesn’t have a life at the point where there is a beating heart and brain waves".

So we were made a fool out of because we couldn’t appropriately give an intellectual rebuttal after that statement. I have been browsing the internet for hours, but there just isn’t a thing that could be in our favor in a response to that question. I know that it is frowned upon to help someone with a school-related project on Yahoo Answers, but I’d very much appreciate it if someone would at least point me in the right direction.
Listen, I’m against abortion. I truly am. However, our debate topics and our positions were chosen for us, so we have no choice but to debate on the side we were given. All I’m asking is to be pointed in the right direction during a situation where the above question is raised by the opposing team, by which I have no answer to.

Argument against the heart beat.

Well, yes the heart is vital to a living being because it pumps blood through out the body. But without the lungs to oxygenate (not sure if that’s the right word) the blood the heart is useless. The lungs don’t fully develop until the very last weeks of pregnancy. Also, with out the liver to filter the blood the heart is useless. Furthermore, A fetus can have a healthily heart but without a complete developed brain the body is little more then a shell. Brain waves does not mean the brain is complete and functioning as it should. It takes 38 to 40 weeks to create a viable living creature with all of its working parts. Not 18 days. If it only took 18 days there would be a lot of children out there and a lot more happier parents.

Hope that helps.