Would your opinion of abortion change IF...?

Instead of being a moral debate about what constitutes life, it was a debate about taking responsibility for your actions?

There are obvious exceptions to every rule - people are raped and have medical reasons for needing an abortion, but we all know the majority of abortions performed have no medical basis.
I personally feel that in life, whether you're talking about abortion, driving a car, doing drugs, whatever the case may be - you should be ready and willing to live with the consequences of your actions. Say you buy a brand new car, and you want to take it on the highway just to see what it can do. You wreck, injuring yourself or someone else possibly. Nobody would ever think to say it's okay for you to go forward without consequence because YOUR actions led to what happened. SO, I don't want to talk about the issue of life at all right now, only accepting responsibility for the choices you make.
What is your opinion on abortion as an issue of responsibility of actions?

So Mr. FDA researcher, making one bad decision after the first makes it alright? I'm just trying to understand, that's all. Seems easier and more pleasant to stop taking the easy way out to begin with.

Would my feeling on abortion change if... If people would actually take responsibilities for their actions that would be super!!! But unfortunately in this world that is few and far between. I have always always believed that good choices=good things to come! But no matter what a lot of people will always make the wrong decisions. I mean even with all the information out there about sex, drugs, alcohol, fast-food, vehicles and every other little thing that can cause harm people continue to do what feels good right away. Because of our culture I believe people will always look for immediate satisfaction and the quickest way to fix their wrecked car, or loose 10 lbs or just make "stuff go away" .
I don't know why but logically to me its easier to do it right the first time around. If people were just a little more honest with themselves and tried to be more AWARE of how their choices affect other people then things would be a lot better. In an ideal world everyone would take responsibility for their actions, but this is reality and unfortunately we do not live in a perfect world. This is why abortion is a choice rather than a matter of life and death... and for some a very real and necessary choice.

Who said that the women who've gotten abortions in their lives have NOT suffered the consequences of their actions? I think 99% do. It's not a pleasant procedure to go through to begin with, they think they'll be over the guilt soon, and it never ends. It haunts them the rest of their lives. The other 1%....well, they are just rotten and don't care about anyone or their actions.

I agree with you. I don't think people should take such a serious action so lightly. Actions have consequences and with most actions, you can't avoid your consequence. While I am against abortion for religious reasons I have others as well. Having an abortion isn't going to change the fact that you had sex and got pregnant. It just makes it easier to hide. No matter what you do, you'll ALWAYS have been pregnant and in my view, a parent. My mom had reproductive problems and almost wasn't able to have kids. My cousin wasn't able to have kids so her and her husband adopted. Ever since I was little I was worried about that happeneing to me. There are many couples out there who resort to going overseas to adopt their children. So many kids in foster homes can't be adopted because the law prefers kids to go with their natural parents if possible. If you're old enough to have sex you should be old enough to make the right decision concerning any possible child. If you aren't, then you aren't old enough to be having sex. Good question!

I agree with you that people do need to take responsibility, but in most cases it is the woman who is left responsible whilst her boyfriend or partner leaves them. I believe that both men and women should take 50% of the responsibility. However, if a woman does decide to have an abortion, she can have one, it is her body and she should have the right to do whatever she wants with it.

You made the choice to have sex so its not the babys fault if you really don't want it have it then give it to the hospital.

if you where raped still do the same thing.

Sometimes having an abortion IS the most responsible thing a woman can do. Yes, I fully believe that pregnancy SHOULD be a choice and not a "consequence" (though the more appropriate word would be "punishment", since pro-lifers tend to view that one should be punished for having sex, IMO). Would you deny medical care to the person who crashed on the highway just because they should've known the consequences of driving?

Am sorry I still think it is wrong if my life was in danger and it was my life or the baby's I would let my child live. I was never raped and god willing never will be. So I have no idea what that's like and i could not have one done either in that case. B/c its a part of me no matter who the dad is. If u really want to take care of ur action have ur baby and give ur child a good home with a mommy and daddy who can care 4 it Am sorry I just think abortion is selfish u have no idea what ur child could have been maybe the first female president or something