An Abortion Blog. - Comments

I completely agree. I've seen the foster system. It's a lot more brutal than abortion. Besides, just giving birth can cost thousands of dollars (including insurance) that the parent(s) may not have

That is EXACTLY my opinion! Terminating a baby's development before it gains full awareness is much kinder than subjecting it to a life of potential emotional torture. Either way, it isn't exactly nice... but abortion is the lesser of two evils in my opinion.

I'm also pro-choice and I completely agree that woman should be in charge of their own bodies. Someone last year my state tried to pass a law that would make abortions pretty much illegal once a heartbeat could be detected, which is around 6 weeks or so. From a medical stand point, that's before must women know they're even pregnant. That really irritated me, like you want to take away a woman's right to an abortion before she even knows she's pregnant? That's a little bit insane.

However, I think adoption is a wonderful option, if it's what you want to do. And this is because not every woman who actually wants a baby can have a baby, and adoption provides an opportunity for that woman (and her partner) to have the child they want and it puts the possibly unwanted child in the care of a family who will love him or her. I'm not yettothe point in my life where I'm ready for kikids, but if someday I find out that I can't have children on my own, I'll definitely turn to adoption and so I think it's a wonderful alternative to abortion if that's what that particular woman wants.

@ mavis.
That's absolutely true. I hadn't thought of it that way.

@ Albluerose
I agree with the statements about adoption completely which is completely a reason I would say its a pathetic alternative. And on the topic of your abortion, you were clearly of a sound mind when you went through with it, and I assume you still are. There goes another excuse that pro-lifers have.

I can't say that I like abortions and I cant say that I dislike them, it's 50/50. Last year I had my one and only abortion, a lot of people were in shock that I went through with it seeing that I have a three year old. I have to say that I am glad that I did go through with it because the person I was with I ended up breaking up with and then he moved to California. Was I complete utter wreck a week after the procedure, yes. Would I ever do it again? No.

If someone feels that it's better for the unborn child then go for it, if I would have kept the baby; I would have loved it but my life would have gotten a whole lot harder.

I personally dont really go for adoption because I was in the system, I bounced around and it's just not the best for a child. Then you know that you have a child out there and you will soon want to get to know them, on top of that you have no idea what type of family you are really picking. You meet them but you don't know if there are underlying problems. so adoption isn't the best idea in my book.

Don't get me wrong, adoption is great. If a woman is willing to go through with the pregnancy and the baby goes to good parents then it's a good thing. The problem I have with the adoption argument is that so many pro-lifers throw it around like carrying an unwanted child and giving up your baby is the easiest thing in the world.

@ mavis.
I mostly agree, although in some ways/cases I do see it as a good alternative. For example, if a woman sees herself fit to carry the child, but not raise it, I think the adoption route is a good option, or if you know for a FACT you have two good, solid parents who want your baby more than anything, I think it would be unfair to abort the baby. But in general I think it's a ridiculous suggestion. My personal opinion is, if those who pushed adoption on women considering abortion would focus on actually getting kids out of the system, then I might be a little more considerate of their opinion.

I can't stand the adoption argument. I honestly don't see how people think it's a good alternative for those who want to get an abortion.

I don't think anyone has the right to police another person's body and ideas. So I think it shouldn't be illegal to terminate a pregnancy, and I don't think psychiatrists should be involved in the process at all, because they are better used in other fields that they're actually needed in. There is already an extreme shortage of them as it is. I also think that adoption shouldn't be an alternative to abortion because it's incredibly cruel. I think abortions should legally be allowed until 15 weeks into the pregnancy. Most people won't agree with that, but I think it's a fair time period. I was going to say twenty weeks, but I would probably get a lot of shit for that... Honestly I kind of feel like a baby isn't a baby until it comes out of the mother, and it's so unfair to inflict something so big on a human being, especially when they are young. My sister had a baby at sixteen, and even though I love my nephew so much and enjoy every minute I see him, I still think that it would have been better if she had aborted the fetus. Her life would be a lot easier, and she probably would have finished high school. She would be getting ready to go to university this year... but now she's planning on moving out and going on welfare in a different city. This shit isn't just hard on the mother, but it's also hard on the baby and everyone else in the family. Now my nephew will be forced into a hard life, living with an uneducated, abusive father and a poor, uneducated mother.