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@Nov '12 c 357 comments V 706 votes

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Smart3 voted

v Always
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Goose

v To save the mother's life only

You cannot make abortion safe. At least one person always dies.

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DrFunkenstein endorsed MrColbert

v Always
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RadAuthNat voted

v In exceptional cases
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DrSilicon voted

v In exceptional cases
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fantasyflygon endorsed BigD1391

v Always
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tortdog

v In exceptional cases

At some point that is a human with inalienable rights to be protected. Pretending it is just a mishmash of cells is inaccurate leading to improper and bad conduct.

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Bill2E endorsed MarkJM

v In exceptional cases
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Gatnos voted

v In exceptional cases
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Kacela voted

v Always
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AlexNWA endorsed VCP

v Always
May 14

busseja

v In exceptional cases

It is nothing more than a legal killing. A woman's right to choose death for her child. cheap available abortion has changed the culture from one of responsibility to one of don't think and fix it later. It is part of the path to slavery.

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Rpete endorsed FaFoxy

v Never
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skspls voted

v In exceptional cases
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warwil630 voted

v In exceptional cases
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Fyi1957 endorsed CanisCanemEdit

v In exceptional cases
May 12
PaulUK2901 endorsed BigD1391

v Always
May 12
Eady endorsed FaFoxy

v Never
May 11

harold_lloyd

v Always

Abortion services should be available to any woman who is pregnant and doesn't want to be. Anything other than that is beyond the ability of any individual or govt to decide.

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LGRepublican endorsed MarkJM

v In exceptional cases
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LilliB voted

v In exceptional cases
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Bill voted

v In exceptional cases
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looncraz endorsed BigD1391

v Always
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Brian567899 voted

v Always
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pmonteen voted

v Always
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farmer_bruce endorsed truthsayer

v In exceptional cases
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buckilaked voted

v Always
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DanielZ voted

v Always
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LibertyWolf voted

v In exceptional cases
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whatheheck endorsed BigD1391

v Always
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fraps endorsed BigD1391

v Always
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anc713 endorsed MarkJM

v In exceptional cases
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gitrdone8383 voted

v In exceptional cases
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May 6

stephen

v Always

to each is own. if a women wants an abortion she will get on . in a legal way or an non legal way. there should ways be done in a safe healthy way.

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May 5

JTHEM

v In exceptional cases

The Gosnell trial tells it like it really is. Purposeful death in utero while being delivered is an abortion and an abomination. Anyone who thinks that this is acceptable with the exception of the mother's life is truly evil or just plain irrational.. A late term abortion as a means of birth control is beyond humane treatment of a living organism that is seconds from breathing.. Call it what it is.....Infanticide or a fetal EXECUTION . We are no better than the People's Republic of China and its one-child policy. Hence, female babies.end up head down in slop buckets. We just kill them all.

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oldnavyguy88 voted

v In exceptional cases
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The_Bald_Guy voted

v In exceptional cases
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mxdirtdude endorsed BigD1391

v Always
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nagydonnac voted

v Never
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PWM voted

v To save the mother's life only
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Keystroke voted

v In exceptional cases
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kimmie99 voted

v In exceptional cases
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Deste66 voted

v Always
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DotsonB endorsed Fishbone345

v Always
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bleakoutlook endorsed BigD1391

v Always
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speedybill endorsed BigD1391

v Always
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URBS voted

v In exceptional cases
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PaulBartomioli endorsed TheLoneRanger

v In exceptional cases
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loganrollo endorsed MarkJM

v In exceptional cases
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Reidabsher voted

v To save the mother's life only

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Goose

v To save the mother's life only

You cannot make abortion safe. At least one person always dies.

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tortdog

v In exceptional cases

At some point that is a human with inalienable rights to be protected. Pretending it is just a mishmash of cells is inaccurate leading to improper and bad conduct.

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May 14

busseja

v In exceptional cases

It is nothing more than a legal killing. A woman's right to choose death for her child. cheap available abortion has changed the culture from one of responsibility to one of don't think and fix it later. It is part of the path to slavery.

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May 11

harold_lloyd

v Always

Abortion services should be available to any woman who is pregnant and doesn't want to be. Anything other than that is beyond the ability of any individual or govt to decide.

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tortdog

So the item in the womb is viable, heart beating, and can live without medical aid. Would you argue the mother has a right to abort at that stage?

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harold_lloyd

@tortdog Sorry, yes. I'm not saying that the woman who decides that doesn't bear the moral weight of that decision, just that no one else is better qualified, or has stronger standing to make the decision than she does.

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tortdog

@harold_lloyd so when do you recognize the liberty of the child?

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harold_lloyd

@tortdog Liberty? That term hardly applies to one who has no volition and it totally dependent. Maybe 'rights' is he word you need. And a baby has rights when it draws it's first breath. Until then, it's a fetus and it's part of the mother.

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tortdog

@harold_lloyd liberty is defined as a having rights and being free from oppression of others. Having no choice in staying alive is a pretty strong liberty interest, I would say. The child is not totally dependent once it is viable. It is unable to be free of the mother because of the situation. Once viable, and capable of living without the aid of the mother you still believe it just to kill it?

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May 6

stephen

v Always

to each is own. if a women wants an abortion she will get on . in a legal way or an non legal way. there should ways be done in a safe healthy way.

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May 5

JTHEM

v In exceptional cases

The Gosnell trial tells it like it really is. Purposeful death in utero while being delivered is an abortion and an abomination. Anyone who thinks that this is acceptable with the exception of the mother's life is truly evil or just plain irrational.. A late term abortion as a means of birth control is beyond humane treatment of a living organism that is seconds from breathing.. Call it what it is.....Infanticide or a fetal EXECUTION . We are no better than the People's Republic of China and its one-child policy. Hence, female babies.end up head down in slop buckets. We just kill them all.

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Apr 26

Rik

v Always

I'm certainly not fond of abortions, but I don't think they should be illegal either. I do think the time-window for abortions should probably be reduced however. 6 or 7 months is far too late. Except, of course, in special circumstances such as the mother's health being at risk.

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Apr 26

MarkColwell

v Always

No good answer in the group, they should be legal and available during the first trimester and available after that only to save the life of the mother.

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Apr '13

KelsLikesStuff

v To save the mother's life only

I think the mother has the right to make the decision if her and her baby will definitely die, but that is the only acceptable case.

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Feb '13

ZombieMedic

v In exceptional cases

That was an easy choice.

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Feb '13

Mike_Monacelli

v In exceptional cases

While abortion in the 1st & 2nd trimesters technically doesn't take human life, it extinguishes the potential for human life, a somewhat lesser offense, but still nothing to be proud of. However, in situations such as rape, incest & threat to the mothers life, I believe abortion to be a feasible option. Furthermore, as a young parent, I acknowledge the immense difficulties and implications of teenage pregnancy; such implications can drastically reduce a young adults chances of success in life. Therefore, I also believe abortion should be available to pregnancies under the age of 23. However, abortion should not be used as a substitute for birth control, and you should ...

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Feb '13

Justhearit

v Always

God's will is your will.

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Feb '13

Brent

v Always

A nicely dressed man walks up to a bar. He asks the bartender for a light beer on tap. The bartender goes into the next room, removes the "has the right to refuse service to anyone" sign and hands it to the man because he is gay. Is that right? Does anyone really know what is happening in his bedroom besides him and probably a select few other people? Is it any of the bartenders business? As far as i am concerned, a bartender is paid to serve drinks, not be a biggot. Similarly, a polotician is paid to steal our money and fuck us in every way possible, not take away a womans rights to her own body. JUST LIKE DOCTORS ARE PAID TO THEIR JOB!!!!! If you make abortions illeg...

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Jan '13

Galt288

v Never

Rape, incest and death of the mother make up LESS than 1% of all abortions. That is a poor, invalid argument to make. The only argument should be whether or not abortion is murder.

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Jan '13

Wrot-N-Gngrich

v Never

Baby murder is wrong. Period.

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Jan '13

AndrewEvans

I used to support abortion, until I compared my son's ultrasounds with his baby pictures.

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Feb '13

just1me

Amen

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Jan '13

Lolman1234

v Never

No matter what you say "Oh,its only a bundle of cells" No it isn't , it is a baby that won't get a chance to live life, because you didn't think in your action's. Never get an abortion.

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Jan '13

Hillbillyhunny

Its murder plain and simple!!!

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Dec '12

AlexMIA

v Always

I respect choice. Some women should not be mothers. Some couples are not ready. Just don't wait til you are in your second trimester to have an abortion unless your life is in danger please...or put it on the tax payer.

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Jan '13

Politicskid

Yeah, kill you're baby if you don't feel like you'd be a good parent. Great idea. What's wrong with adoption?

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Jan '13

AlexMIA

@Politicskid Nothing, that's always a viable option. But with all the red tape, people adopting foreign kids in other countries, caring more about neglected animals rather than people, how many people are scooping them up at the orphanages or foster care? Prevention is always best if not wanted, adoption is ok too, but choice is choice. And like I said, that choice should be made early.

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Jan '13

Politicskid

@AlexMIA So I'm assuming you'd support making it illegal after four months, except to save the mother's life?

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Jan '13

AlexMIA

@Politicskid After four? Before the end of the third! If would!

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Jan '13

Politicskid

@AlexMIA ?

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Dec '12

racemonkey

v In exceptional cases

I'm adopted. Hard for an adopted kid to be willing to give up the life of another child who isn't wanted by his mother. As a society we have to many birth control options to have resorted to abortion over 700,000 times last year. It's interesting to me that females are aborted worldwide more than males and yet women are generally more supportive of abortion than men. You're killing your own. I also find it odd that innocent unborn children have less value to many pro choice people than convicted murderers do. How can one be against the death penalty for taking a life and in favor of the death penalty for being conceived. It would require a major paradigm shift for me t...

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Dec '12

bman93

v In exceptional cases

Rape, incest and life of the mother account for 2% of abortions. Adoption is also a choice.

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Dec '12

Su3Q

v In exceptional cases

Only if its medicaly nessesary Or rape...But other then something nessary then just getting it done for wrong reasons is just awful killing a living human being is againts the law is this what were doing ...See faces of abortion and think again.

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Aug '12

BigD1391

v Always

If you don't like abortions THEN DON'T GET THEM. Mind your own business and stop trying to say it's gods will or something like that.

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Aug '12

MrColbert

v Always

George Carlin put it best when he said everyone was for the unborn until you're born, then they don't care what happens to you until you're old enough to vote or join the military. This isn't an issue that should be solved with banning. It is one that should be solved with education and giving young women the information and resources they need to make the decision they feel is right. *(I also find it hilarious people believe the government should have the right to put you to death, decide who you can marry, decide whether or not you can have an abortion, or the right to force you to join the military. But yet these same people believe there should be less involvement...

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Aug '12

truthsayer

v In exceptional cases

There are circumstances where there is no other solutions. But to use abortion as a form of birth control is premeditated murder. @TeresaJ Has the best explanation I've read on why is should be treated as such.

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Aug '12

FaFoxy

v Never

I don't believe in abortion at any time for any reason. Never have. Never will. That includes incest, rape, or the health of the mother. Many will disagree with me. But that's what i believe.

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Aug '12

MarkJM

v In exceptional cases

I can understand abortion in cases of rape/incest or when the mother's life is in jeopardy. But simply having getting an abortion just to get one and go out to the club the next night is ridiculous. I respect a woman's right to choose, but that choice should be a reasonable one. In the same respect, the men should be respectful enough to wrap it when getting it on. That way the conception doesn't happen in the first place.

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Aug '12

Fishbone345

v Always

The question should be "When should the Government be involved?" Never.

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Aug '12

Stratton

v To save the mother's life only

The key to resolving the debate on this issue is for the Left to acknowledge that abortion is taking a life, and for the Right to acknowledge that taking that life is the lesser of two evils if it comes down to a choice between the mother and the baby.

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Aug '12

TheLoneRanger

v In exceptional cases

I am pro-life and believe that all of us are Children of God including His pre-born children... Abortions should be rare... Even in the most difficult of circumstances of rape, incest, and to save the motherâs life, abortion should not be automatic... The gift of giving life is the greatest gift a woman can give. When their life is threatened some mothers will sacrifice their life for that of their pre-born child should she be able to bring the child to near term... In the other cases females should be gently counseled to consider bringing their child to term. Adoption is a reasonable option instead of raising the child herself... The female should be educated a...

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Aug '12

VCP

v Always

Her body, her choice. If you do not want one. Then do not get one. It's that simple.

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Aug '12

Jacobhannah18

v Never

I do not believe in abortion. This includes rape. I feel it is not the child fault you were raped so do not take his/her life. And if you do not want the child simply adopt them out. Many couples are unable to have kids and would love to be able to adopt

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