Pro-lifers propagate the myth that abortions are only obtained by women who are lazy, selfish, and/or underage.

They also claim that the majority of abortions are late term-- this isn't true. In fact, the United States has laws against late term abortions.

Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a fetus is not considered alive until it has taken its first breath of air and can live independently of the mother. If a man murders a pregnant woman, he is not charged with double-homicide. On a lighter note, lone pregnant women cannot drive in the carpool lane simply because they're "driving for two."

The real question about this is when does life begin? That's where line drawing comes in. Is the morning after pill as morally reprehensible as an abortion? If you say yes, then are you against contraceptives? Uninterrupted, the sperm would have hit the egg, and created a fetus, which would grow into a baby. Does that mean condoms, which prevent this from happening are wrong?

St Thomas Aquinas believed that God would not bestow a soul onto a vessel that had no use for it. This is why he did not believe a fetus had a soul until quickening-- when the brain and nervous system are developed enough for the fetus to kick in the womb.

Several Catholics believe that life begins at conception-- in which case, the morning after pill is wrong. The same Catholics believe that it's wrong for a woman who was raped to take the morning after pill proceeding her attack.

Abortion-- and regulating it-- has been a tool of political manipulation of women since the 1960s. I read an article in one of my classes detailing how if a woman wanted an abortion, she had to go up in front of a panel of doctors (all men in those days), who would decide for her if she could do it. More often than not, their answer would be no.

Personally, I cannot say what I would do if I was backed so far into a corner I thought I needed an abortion. Some cultures will kill a woman if she has sex out of wedlock (called honor killings), in which case pregnancy can literally be the death of a woman (and often her child) if she does not terminate. It should be noted that honor killings often occur even if the woman was raped.

In the play Mitzi's Abortion, a woman who did not initially want the child bonds with it during the first trimester only to find out later that her baby has suffered a severe birth defect known as anencephaly. Straight from Wikipedia, that means that "Children with this disorder are born without a forebrain, the largest part of the brain consisting mainly of the cerebral hemispheres (which include the isocortex, which is responsible for higher level cognition, i.e., thinking). The remaining brain tissue is often exposed—not covered by bone or skin... Most anencephalic babies do not survive birth, accounting for 55% of non-aborted cases. If the infant is not stillborn, then he or she will usually die within a few hours or days

Well, I really don't care about the politics. Whether it's legal or illegal. But I don't think abortion is right though. I just couldn't stand the fact of being a murderer. I just couldn't stand the fact that I took a person's life away who never had a chance to open their eyes and see the world. Who never had a chance at life.

I think it should be legal for one month pregnant women not more

I find abortion wrong in so many ways. What if your killing the next brad pitt or president of the united states just because you are afriad to tell your mom? Yes abortion may be legal but in my opinion it is wront to want to end a life before it has even had a chance to take its first step or big breat of fresh air. How would you feel killing a baby before you can look it in the eyes and say i love you? this is just my opinion and i hope i dont offend any one.

Personally I think that people have a right to choose whether they want to abort or not! It's up to them and we shouldn't make them feel bad for doing it (not accusing anyone, just saying)...
If someone decides that an abortion is the best for them then they should do it! Of it's a bad to end a life but it's a person's body, and people can do what they want with their body!


PS: just joined! LOVE debates! hope to meet people here and to have fun:P Portuguese so sorry for the mystakes!