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We might expect that this topic shall remain third-rail till such time as it no longer is.

The framing here in terms of "facts" is understandable yet no less takes us into the realm of humankind, of mass social consciousness: that is, facts are consensual, something got up by a consensus; one in which the many have agreed to agree. Universities and institutes, especially the Church and law centers the world over, are fitted with all manner of stripes and turns, replete with precedents founded on consensus, ay, with said facts. As to the truths, well — what can one offer to a mass consciousness whose consensus will likely concede the truths about much? Rather at best will they demur to little?

Ones beliefs are ingrained from childhood, for which all that follows thereafter, little matter how educated is the person, falls evermore to arguing on behalf of the dogma precisely imported to the child now the man or the woman. All that proceeds in the subjects such as abortion are riddled with someones dogmas but scarcely will these be truths; and whomever argues the best dialectic and held in the higher esteem beforehand tends to be the camp held in the highest favor — though this, only logically so, not truthfully. Even the most staunch atheist tends to defer to his earliest entreats and teachings given him by his earliest mentors. While he may dismiss the idea of there being a God, he nonetheless presents arguments with respect to some obverse of God, which result renders him no more detached from what is said is God than before, for he is arguing ‘ from ‘ the previous or popular position.

Below is a not dissimilar once-submitted question in the Philosophy category of Yahoo Answers, presented by a skilled philosopher, to which a subsequent thread of arguments by responders ensued immediately:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aqi2REkZ_DGSqRCEO9z0BuTty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070518182242AAJANWO

I need to know some facts about abortion, stuff like statistics, and what a baby is like at various stages of the pregnancy.

Just google it you will have all the answers you need there!

Can someone give me some links that give me good info on Abortion? I have a paper on it.

Hey it would help if someone would give me an outline for my paper.

Thanks alot!

First of all, it is very important to go to non bias sites. A lot of the pro life sites have false information to sway your thinking. If you go to a non bias site, you will most likely find correct information on them. Best of luck on your paper

Examples:
1. Crisis Pregnancy Center are NEVER going to tell a woman that abortion could be the best decision, yet aren’t upfront that they are anti abortion.
2. Only want "states rights" to ban abortion ONLY after they have learned that most people don’t want to amend the Constitution to outlaw abortion.
3. Express concern for ill health effects of RU-486 and morning after pill, but don’t complain about far more dangerous drugs on the market.
4. Refuse to acknowledge that it is far more healthy to get a 1st term abortion than to carry a pregnancy to term and give birth.
5. Act like a woman can ONLY have regret for an abortion, not the fact that most women DON"T regret having an abortion.

Anti abortion people who are forthcoming in the oposition to abortion aare at least honest, but there are so many who intend to deceive.

any time someone is trying to take personal rights from people they have to be sneaky. Personally I could never get an abortion it would not be good for me, the key words here are me, it is my decision and I support any womans choice to do it if it is right for her. We do not have the right to make that decision for her.

If a woman plans on having an abortion, should she tell the baby’s father (assuming he’s still in the picture)? In the end, it is the woman’s choice, but does the father have the right to know about it? What might be his feelings if he finds out about the abortion after the fact?

its he’s baby just as much as the womens, yes he should be told!
im against abortion, i think its killing the baby, but i think its the persons choice if they want to abort
but seriously, its just as much his baby so he should know

xxx

Dont need your opinions or views on abortion just the fact of the last year it was still considered illegal.

Abortion was always a state issue, not federal. Roe v. Wade only says that state laws that ban abortion were unconstitutional. This happened in 1973 (the case was argued in 1972, but their decision wasn’t reached until January, 1973).

Before this, most states, including Iowa, banned abortions. Only 4 states allowed it on request, and others allowed it in the case of rape, incest, or danger to the woman’s health.

please no stupid answers…

Fertility Rights…And Wrongs On Abortion

I would never be so presumptuous as to compare anything to the Holocaust – it is an evil that does and should stand alone.

There is nothing worse than the silly arguments heard over the years, especially from the animal rights lobby trying to compare the humane slaughter of livestock with the evils practiced at camps such as Auschwitz or Belson.

Not only does it defame the dead it is an insult to those who survived and to the intelligence of the rest of us that hold the Holocaust paramount as a way of saying never again.

But surely there is no denying that the 6.3 million foetuses aborted over the last 40 years is of an unimaginable scale and a loss of life that should be unacceptable to society. I am sure that when Lord (then David) Steele legalised abortion through a successful private members bill in 1967 his intentions were good but the results were anything but both to these unborn children… and the mothers themselves.

The abortion act was to prevent the dangerous backroom abortions done with coat hangers or lye that imperilled the lives of young women. But it also gave the act of abortion society’s stamp of approval and opened the gates to more-and-more terminations; a get out clause in the form of post-sexual contraception to the sexually irresponsible. In the first year after the act, there were 55,000 terminations in the UK.

Last year (2006) 193,700 terminations took place – up over 7,000 from the year before.There has been talk about lowering the time limit on abortion from 24 weeks as we learn that foetuses are more highly developed than originally thought and have a greater rate of viability due to advances in medical care, but this argument is on the periphery.

Sex education should be helpful in preventing unwanted pregnancies in the first place. But the way it is taught in schools is to present contraception as a way of abdicating any sense of responsibility to either partner. The more the government uses sex education to tackle teen pregnancies, the higher they rise. That should tell us that it is not being taught correctly. America has had some successes in teaching abstinence and that should not be ignored or ridiculed as it is here.

Lord Steel himself has said recently there have been “too many abortions,” and does not want abortion to be “regarded as a long-stop [back up] to contraception.” But his desire to make it…

Author: Charlie Wolf
Full article: http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/wolf/?content_id=7478

There are now over 200,000 abortions in England and Wales alone each year. It seems to have become a form of contraception for the irresponsible as the author says. I disagree with his opinion and believe abortion is wrong in all circumstancs however he does speak a lot of sense and his article has some of the background on abortion.

I’m writing a paper on abortion. I know, risky topic, but it’s an issue that sparks everyone’s interest and or nerve .. so I’m guaranteed at least 5 good responses. (I hope [crosses fingers]) Thanks in advance for all of your help.
wow… 14 amazing responses!!! thanks everyone!!!! [gotta love online debates!]

I have 5 children, about to have 6. I DO believe each woman should be able to choose what she wants to do. Adoption is a nice option, but, the woman still has to be pregnant. This could be a horrible alternative if she begins to have a complicated pregnancy. Pregnancy is beautiful and traumatic at the same time. If most women go through pregnancy and labor, they will keep the baby. We may never know why she didn’t want to have the child. The child may be a victim of her mistake. The can be hated, abused, mistreated because it may be different from the other children. Not only that, What if she is married and has another man’s baby? The husband’s reaction needs to be taken into account too. Life is life at any stage of creation, but life goes on beyond birth. That’s where the problem affects the whole globe. i would prefer I child be aborted, than born to be humiliated, tortured, abused or just plain unwanted. No one completely can fix the hearts of those children. No one can completely fix the problem of rapes, incests, affairs and good ol fashioned romps in the hay. No mother has the same reaction to the news of being pregnant. Personally, I think it’s a no win situation. Religions have their points of view. Men have their points of veiw and so on. I once heard " too many cooks spoil the pot". This statement is for those who would lose their own llife for the sake of a unborn one. Get realistic, if you have other children to care for, you honestly would sacrifce yourself for a baby who’s future is uncertain, because your future is uncertain? What about the children who are here? Forget about them? Well, like I said, NO ONE can COMPLETELY FIX the problem. Good luck on you paper.

please help me.
i need to know how many abortions are done a year, month, week, day, hour, minute in america
i need to know how many women have emotional complications after their abortions
i need to know how many women wish that they hadnt gotten an abortion
i need the websites or sources where you got the information please.
thankyou so much!

Number of abortions per year: 1.37 Million (1996)
Number of abortions per day: Approximately 3,700
Who’s having abortions (age)?
52% of women obtaining abortions in the U.S. are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 32% of all abortions; Teenagers obtain 20% and girls under 15 account for 1.2%.
Who’s having abortions (race)?
While white women obtain 60% of all abortions, their abortion rate is well below that of minority women. Black women are more than 3 times as likely as white women to have an abortion, and Hispanic women are roughly 2 times as likely.
Who’s having abortions (marital status)?
64.4% of all abortions are performed on never-married women; Married women account for 18.4% of all abortions and divorced women obtain 9.4%.
Who’s having abortions (religion)?
Women identifying themselves as Protestants obtain 37.4% of all abortions in the U.S.; Catholic women account for 31.3%, Jewish women account for 1.3%, and women with no religious affiliation obtain 23.7% of all abortions. 18% of all abortions are performed on women who identify themselves as "Born-again/ Evangelical
Likelihood of abortion:
An estimated 43% of all women will have at least 1 abortion by the time they are 45 years old. 47% of all abortions are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion.

I am doing a report on the topic abortion. I need facts. Does anybody have any good websites they no about. For your info, in a debate, im for abortion, not against it.

I found a webisite called PASS…its about Post Abortion Stress Syndrome. It helps people deal with the after effects. It has some pretty good links, and stories from women that have had abortions. Its a pro-choice website.

FYI…just to respond to an earlier post…not everyone in parenting is Pro-Life. I’m pro-choice myself.