Abortion

Oh, aside from therapeutic/rape reasons I don't think it should be free, otherwise it can produce the effect you said at some degree. And yes, improving the access, information and promotion of the use of contraception is the best solution so far now I think about it. Plus (and more like more important), less STDs.

Well, only condoms achieve that, but all the other methods of contraception don't.

Well, condoms should always be used (aside from a tested truthful partner, your choice there). Not like you cannot use a second contraceptive measure like a pill to be completely sure (and usually recommended if you drank a lot and blah), but I don't think it should replace the condom. I mean, even I carry a dental dam when I'm lesbian (and I'm tested, too). It isn't that troublesome.

You're basically pro-choice. Pro-choice just means you think women should have a choice. You can still try to convince people that abortion is wrong, but at the end of the day it's down to personal choice, which is how it should be imo.

I haven't given much thought to this issue simply because of the fact that I've never been in such a dilemma myself (never fucked a girlfriend without protection). Something does come to mind though, about this story where a woman aborted an unwanted child during her early adulthood. Though she was happy with her decision at the moment, due to some complications she was unable to bear children again. She said that she'd probably would have given birth to the child if she knew something like this would happen. Stories like that can be found here

http://www.gargaro.com/regrets.html

I understand that not all women want children, but at the same time, I just want them to make sure that they won't regret their decisions if they do get an abortion. Who knows, they might lose their only chance of experiencing the joys of motherhood. Pro-Choice for me.

It's easy for everyone to say "I'm pro-life" or "I'm all for abortion!" but in the end it is the choice of the would-be mother, and it is they who would have to live with their decision, whether or not they regret it, because what's done is done and it's useless to linger in the past. To take that choice away, is to take away freedom of choice. We can't force anyone to make a certain choice. No one can.

There are plenty of countries where abortions are illegal to do, or there might be some sort of regulations on them, like only if you were raped or the baby is already dead, birth is danger to the mother, etc. Meaning there are plenty of governments who are forcing the choice on women.

I personally think it should be legal, I see no reason why not. Some of the People that I know that have taken abortion was People that was unlucky, they had condoms and everything, but she still got pregnant, and my friends had no way to Financial support another mouth, so they decided that abortation was the best option for all of them.

[size=10]I go through that monthly.
It's called a menstrual cycle.[/h]

Only thing these laws show me is that in the land of the free, we are far from it. They tried to make it illegal here. I'm for it.

I never understood why this is controversial.

If you don't want the potential baby then abort it. Not that hard to understand.

If you are Catholic or Christian then keep the baby. You made a comintment by following that religion and it is your duty to conform to it 100%.

I'm going to disagree with this. Some people who are forced into religion or honestly don't know of anything else can become trapped within the constraints of the religious morals and upbringings. If they were to become pregnant, then that person is not just deciding for themselves what to do with the baby, the community has a certain degree of influence on that person depending on how old that person is when they got pregnant, how that person got pregnant, etc. Sure you could just leave if you didn't agree with the practices/morals, but some communities can exert a certain amount of influence or control (or just brainwash you at an early age depending on how the community practices).

I've seen cases such as young women being raped and were expected to keep the pregnancy as well as deliver the child due to religious morals or women with health conditions expected to give birth because it was a sin to get rid of their child even if it caused their death.... yes you make a commitment to whatever religion you wish to practice and uphold, but in the end the person's well-being should be valued as well as the child that could be brought into a hell hole of a situation.

Heck I even remember from the news a long time ago a mother suffered from postpartum depression, but the religious community believed she was possessed by demons and pretty much tortured the poor woman who ended up killing her family.

I forgot to take this in consideration. I totally agree.

Abortion legal? Yes. Absolutely, yes. Personal choice trumps all else.

Legal without a doubt.

There are too many stories of women denied abortions because it's illegal, who were then simply left to die due to complications they KNEW would result in their deaths because it was 'wrong' to terminate the child.

Abortion should be legal,

If protection failed to work or someone got pregnant by being raped it's not that persons fault/choice for becoming pregnant.

Honestly I guess it depends on where the fetus is in development; if the fetus isn't like a developing thing yet, I guess I'd be okay with it. However once its past a certain point I demand that one must keep it; you cant kill your baby.

I belive that if you have a penis, and i do, you are not entitled to an oppinion on this issue.

This, It always pisses me off to see a man speaking against abortion when you know he will not be confronted to it.
It's less infuriating than the bigotry that shows among anti-abortions in my country. Makes me remember that there is a long way to go before we have a civilised society.

My views on it are muddled,I support it because of the reasons people have already mentioned here. But that's not to say that if I went through one, I would probably die of guilt.
I think it should be avoided at all costs and used as a last resource.But certain cases are a must, like if the mother has a risk of death or the fetus is dead anyway,etc
Contraception is so important but I know a lot of places in the world lack the education and the resources. Also it's not always reliable but I still think it's a must.
I always think about how it could be a waste of life, that is if souls exist, but you're also not giving that fetus a chance.
Just wondering what people think of adoption as an alternative (if the pregnancy is successful) ? e.g rather than going ahead and getting rid of the pregnancy completely, go through with it and then put the child up to adoption