Would/have you ever? Abortion. Private poll.

This has already been addressed with you privately and here in the forum. As I said, expressing an opinion is one thing. Judging others is another. If you read my earlier posts, you'll see that I don't actually agree with abortion; however, I do not feel that anyone has the right to tell me what I can or cannot do with my body. I also have this thing. It's called COMPASSION. I understand that the women here who have had abortions struggled with the decision and may STILL struggle with that decision. To make people feel worse is rude, judgmental, and against Eden's policies (linked and quoted above).

And to whomever flagged me: I'm sorry that I offended you. I was very much in control of my emotions when I wrote that and tried to be objective and level-headed. less

I've never had an abortion, and my tubes are tied, so hopefully, I'll never be faced with the decision again.

I'm not sure how I feel about it on any level. I didn't know when I was 16, and pregnant with my son, either, so I had him.

What I do know is that when abortion wasn't legal, women got them anyway, and died from complications. And I'd rather they be legal than have those days back.

I know I'll never want another child. I know I probably won't ever be in a place where having an infant strapped to my hip for any period of time won't make me suicidal. I know I don't have the patience for a toddler. Teenagers make me crazy. So if you want to give me a kid who's all fully grown, I'm all for it. But another 18 years of kid, when my baby's 9? Yer buggin.

And I know that if I carry a baby to term, no matter how determined I am to give it a better life with someone who really wants but can't have children, the second I see that tiny little face on the monitor, I won't be able to. I did it four times.

So, yeah... I've considered it. Mostly what kept me from it was fear that the right-to-lifers are right, and there's a price. less

I've never been pregnant and have never been in the place to have to make that decision, but it scares me when I hear all over the news how states are trying to pass laws that take that option away. I do believe that woman have the right to choose, and that right should be protected not attacked. As an unplanned second child to a woman in the midst of a divorce and a man who was out of the picture before he even got a chance to know about the pregnancy, I was one of the very lucky ones. I was white, female, born to a non-drinking non-drug-using professional middle class woman. She had the ability(financially/em otionally/health-wise) and the desire to safely carry me to term. I was adopted immediately as an infant by a childless, affluent married couple. I know that I am not the norm the pro-life fanatics point to when they demonize abortion. I am a best case scenario. My birth did not harm my birth-mother physically/emotionally /mentally/financially, nor her previous son. I gained a family that had planned for me and had the means to love and support me. Many are not so fortunate. It is important that the option to choose abortion is there, if it is the right choice for a woman and her situation. less

I personally don't believe in abortion. I've struggled to have a baby and went through very difficult pregnancies but am so glad for the two wonderful children I have. I know that some people are in different circumstances and may chose to abort and that is their decision but it's not one that I would ever make. less

I never have had one and could only see myself having one if it was life threatening, the baby had no chance of being a productive human being ie was gonna be born eating thru a straw no arms no legs kinda thing or if I got pregnant due to rape. I do believe in woman having a choice up to a certain degree and am opposed to late term abortions unless medically necessary or it being used as a form of birth control I know a couple of woman who do that. I am more against adoption than abortion that is not to offend anyone who is adopted or has placed their child for adoption I am happy for you and know that you made a very hard choice. I feel that their are too many children out there without families and homes to add to that number.

We can never be truly sure as to what we would do unless we are put into that situation and we can never fully understand someones decisions without being in their shoes less

'I feel that their are too many children out there without families and homes to add to that number.'

Isn't this the definition of euthanasia?

"a deliberate intervention undertaken with the express intention of ending a life, to relieve suffering." less