Pro-choice. I believe people should practice safe sex and avoid having to go through an abortion. Accidents happen and some people just aren't ready to deal with them.

Pro Life! I find abortion morally wrong and completely disgusting. I also view it as nothing short of murder.

Por-choice. We liv ein a free country where people have died so we are able to make decsions at WE want. Having an abortion is not bad. Having a baby when you can barely support yourself on your income is bad.

Note~I tried to comment before the poll was fixed, so hopefully I don't end up with two posts. I think I wrote....

Talk about a loaded question! I would say I do struggle with this topic from time to time. At the risk of sounding too vague I will just say this...I believe women need to be made aware of all of their options, they need to have all of the information (good & bad)that goes with those options, and I would never have an abortion. Morally and spiritually, I couldn't do it.

I am pro-choice. I believe there are situations where an abortion is the most humane option. I don't believe, however, that abortions should be used as birth control. People should be safe and careful and try to prevent pregnancy if they're not ready for it.

I'm extremely pro-life.

That doesn't surprise me at all Greggie.

Pro-choice. Although I wouldn't do it (I don't think) I do not have a right to tell anyone to live by my code. I don't think it should serve as a contraceptive choice but if you get pregnant by accident and cannot raise the child,/don't want to raise the child etc, it is a better choice than bringing an unwanted child into this world. And I do not want to hear about adoption, most pro-lifers talk about it but won't take the children in. There are also plenty of kids out for adoption already. Don't even get me started on most pro-lifers being pro-death sentence....

*anyway, I smell a debate coming*

Pro-life all the way.......

Pro choice - i am pro life for myself. i couldnt have an abortion myself but i dont believe i can make that decision for myself. its between them and God. and i dont mean that God will punish them kind of way. I just mean its none of my business. one of my closest friends got an abortion as a teenager and still struggles with it. i never get people who say abortion shouldnt be made easy. its a traumatic event. some people say people should just be smarter and only have sex after marriage and if girls/boys didnt do stupid things then they wouldnt need to have abortions -- yeah i'd like to live in a world without sad realities.

My thing with pro-life is...what if the person was raped? Do we expect them to keep the child or even BIRTH the child?

I ask even though is too large an issue and we will never agree.

Pro-choice of course. Women have fought for this right. Whatever someone believes in should be the choice for themselves only, not their opinion of others. Those pro-life demonstrators got a real nerve pushing their opinions on other people, when they don't own those people. They should be locked up.

I am pro-choice. I recently read an article about how the rights of women is being put in danger by MEN in Washington. Thousands of men in the past 230 of our country's existence have sacrificed their lives to give their descendants the right to CHOOSE. The right to make their own decisions about their own lives, not be dictated to conform to what a handful of strangers believe. I'm sorry, but it is terrifying to think that a woman's right might be taken away by men who know nothing about women's bodies or emotions or situations.

Pro-choice!

It's a woman's choice to decide what she wants to do with her body.

i think abortion is wrong!!

Pro-choice all the way. I had to be on a jury recently where a woman had eleven kids by eight different fathers and couldn't support them. If that isn't a great reason to let women have access to safe, low-cost abortions, I don't know what is. Every woman should have the right to choose what is best for her.

People have always had abortions. I'd rather women have doctors than try it themselves with a coathanger.

I'm pro-choice. Pro-life seems old-fashioned and misogynistic. I mean, using pro-life logic, couldn't every period cycle be seen as murder? A baby that could have been brought into our over-populated world could have been born. I know I'm pushing it, but it's so out-dated. Your just asking women to go back to hangers.

Pro Choice all the way. I was a patient advocate at Planned Parenthood and abortion is never an easy decision. I have held the hands of many women that struggled with their decision. I was there for support. I am glad that we live in a country that we still have the right to choose and hope we never lose that right. I for one will fight to keep abortion safe and legal for all women.

im not a fan of abortion but it's not my place to make decisions about other people's bodies.

100 percent pro-choice.

I'm pro-choice. In my profession I see a lot of women who are faced with the choice to terminate a pregnancy, not because they didn't want the child, but because the child would be born with severe birth defects. Not all women who have an abortion are teenagers who made a mistake, some are women who have families and wanted the baby. I think these woman are often forgotten in the pro-life/pro-choice debate.

Haha, I was still hanging out in the "if you found out you were pregnant" comments section when this came up. Everyone who have been over there already knows I'm pro-choice.

couldn't every period cycle be seen as murder? A baby that could have been brought into our over-populated world could have been born.

Not to mention the massive genocides that happen in most guys' showers every day. Every sperm a sacred half of a human life. Half life, if you will.

I used to be rabidly pro-life and age and experience have made me politically pro-choice. (personally is a different matter.) even more so, though, I am pro-affordable and accessible birth control. abortion is so limited and difficult to get in most states in this country and I think it will be even more limited in the future.

I used to be rabidly pro-life and age and experience have made me politically pro-choice. (personally is a different matter.) even more so, though, I am pro-affordable and accessible birth control. abortion is so limited and difficult to get in most states in this country and I think it will be even more limited in the future.

I wouldn't myself get an abortion, but I support the right to do just that. While I wish abstinence-only education worked, it statistically does not, and those who are only privvy to this sort of sex ed contract STI's and become pregnant when they do decide to have sex.

And, a littl emore selfishly, it's a complete drain on tax dollars to have women giving birth to children they cannot financially care for, and these children are only suffering quality of life as they grow up in a society that looks down on the poor and working class.

I am pro choice. I believe that if one says that they are pro life, she has exercised her right to choice. If you are pro life, it is your choice. To force a woman to chose life without consideration for why a woman may chose to have an abortion, it is just as wrong as to force a woman to have an abortion when she is pro life. that is why I am pro choice.

I am 100% pro-life. I was a "mistake", and my parents couldn't keep me, but my mother still had me and gave me up for adoption. I think that EVERY unborn child has the right to life. Everyone talks about mothers not being able to support their children but they always forget about adoption. Millions of parents out in the world are dying to have children, and each time a woman has an abortion she is depriving them of that dream, and denying that baby the right to life. As for the suggestion that having your period or ejaculating is "murder", I think that it is ridiculous. An egg, or sperm is not the same as a fetus.

Pro-life.. If you're mature enough to be having sex, then you're mature enough to understand the possible consequences.

I dont think people have the right to take away a life.. Its not up to them.

Very Pro-choice. Body autonomy is key to me. It's not about considering it a human life/baby/moral dilemma to me, i'll take the necessary steps to do what i think is right.
If you don't believe in ones right to choice/abortions then please don't get one. But also do not berate a woman and tell her that she's wrong for her choices.

"An egg, or sperm is not the same as a fetus." Right but an egg AND a sperm are a fetus.

As someone who's been pro-choice forever (volunteered with planned parenthood in numerous support functions), I am fascinated by your "conversion" princess_eab. What made you decide to become pro-choice, after being "rabidly" pro-life? I personally don't want to change anyone's mind (I also believe that everyone has a right to their own opinions), but I would love to hear what changed your mind.

I am completely pro-choice! It is a very hard decision to make but if a woman is not at the right place in her life where she cannot afford to take care of a baby, emotionally, physically, financially, then she shouldn't have one.

Pro-choice here. I don't think women should be using it as birth control, that is wrong. Mistakes happen, even birth control fails from time to time. There are a lot of children in adoption agencies who DON'T get adopted (I would if the price wasn't so damn high) and the U.S.A is involved in a war where adults and children are dying every day (is that morally ok?).....so..yeah..pro-choice.

I personally could notand would not ever have an abortion. I do believe, however, that every woman's situation is different and under certain circumstances, an abortion may be the safest/most reasonable choice, (mother or baby's health is in danger, rape, etc.)

being pro-choice doesn't mean that you are automatically abortion happy. you're speaking to the right you have to make a choice with your body. the government allows us this right. i'm always dismayed at people in the US whose opinions are wound into their religious beliefs and consider it okay to tell someone what to do with their body. that this would supersede a religious rule to love others as they love god and not to judge something they consider sin in light of their own blemished lives of sin blows my mind.

I am pro-life. I myself could never have one i think it is murder. But i feel if other woman want one they should be able to have one, if you are raped or if there is something medically wrong i understand. I don't however think woman should be able to use it as a form of birth control. I know someone who had FOUR abortions and one of them was with twins! That is disgusting! That is what they make birth control and condoms for, double up!

in the case of a rape or if there is danger to the baby or the mother, i think abortion is okay.

but i also think that if we all take responsibility and use birth control properly and educate young women on how to use it and where to get it and make it readily available...that perhaps we won't have to fight over pro-choice or pro-life so much.

i dont know if i'd personally get one, but i'm not against a woman having the right to make a decision about her own body. i would never judge someone for gettin an abortion, but i'm not sure what i would do in a situation like that.

pro-life hands down!!

I'm pro choice.

Do some of you really think there is no difference between a 9 week old baby, and an egg that's released during a period cycle, or sperm that's let go in the shower? I'm amazed that people truly believe that a fetus is on the same level as that.

I believe in pro-choice as long as it isn't abused. By no means should abortion be used as a method of birth control and sometimes 'it was an accident' isn't an excuse.

But there are many situations where I fully support a woman making such a difficult decision and believe that ultimately abortion should be the woman's choice.

pro-life.

i'm extremely pro-choice. at my age, if i got pregnant, i would more than likely keep the baby, but if i had accidentally gotten pregnant at 20 (which wasn't likely b/c i've been on the pill forever), i most definitely would have. i respect the pro-life stance, as long as pro-lifers respect mine by not trying to take away a woman's right to choose. but then again, i also believe that men should have no say in it until they can give birth...

I have a hard time choosing a side. I lean more on the side of Pro-Life. But I also think under extreme circumstances should an abortion take place (i.e. rape, incest).

I agree with LaLaLaurie. I read an article somewhere the other day (sorry I can't remember where) about a woman in a Latin American country where all abortions of any kind for any reason were banned, and who found out she had an ectopic pregnancy. The doctors refused to abort, so she had two choices: attempt to carry the baby to term, and most likely die when her fallopian tube exploded, or try to get an amateur abortion, and most likely die from complications. She chose the latter course, and she died.

Even if you make abortion legal for cases like this, there's still the question of where to draw the line. Just how dangerous is a pregancy? What level of risk is acceptable, and what isn't? If there's only a 50% chance the mother will survive, do you abort, or keep the baby? What about doctors who have different opinions? Once you start putting legislative limits on something, the gray area involved in every decision makes things very complicated, and with pregnancy, while you're arguing in court about what the appropriate legal decision is, that mother is gestating. The safest, most effective way to deal with the issue is to keep abortion legal, and do our best to educate people about all their options, both before and after they get pregnant. I'd rather my laws be responsible for the death of a fetus than of a mother with health issues.

pro-choice.

a woman should have the right to choose what she wants to do with her own body.

I am Pro-life. The only way I am Pro-choice is if the woman was raped. Other than that, I believe if you're old enough to get down and dirty, you're old enough to take care of a baby, or atleast give it up for adoption.

I don't know if I would ever have an abortion, but even if I were against it, it is not my body nor my life, and I would have no right to tell any one else what they can and cannot do with theirs. Just because you don't agree with it doesn't mean you get to decide for everone else, if you don't like it don't get one!

I am pretty pro-choice, because there are a lot of situation where I just feel horrible for the children. I have lived near a low incoming housing area for most of my life, and some of the children there have such horrible condition and grow up with problems such as fetal alcohol syndrome, it is very saddening.
Statistics show that the crime rate went down drastically when abortions became legal. But that is a very sad thing to say...
I also think that there are many people who cant have babies who would love to have someones baby, but that implies that the mother is actually going to be attentive and take care of herself while she is pregnant, which is also not always true.

Well, I don't believe that life begins when a sperm and an egg meet, so I am pro-choice, and I would have an abortion if I somehow got pregnant.