Obviously i'm touching on some very tender areas here. Abortion has always been a very sensitive subject for Canadians. I'm not sure where I stand on the subject, and i'm certain that alone offends alot of people. Ironic that fence-sitting pisses more people off than actually taking a view on something. In any case we have our two sides: Pro-life, who believe that life begins at conception, and that any destruction of said life is murder therefore abortion is wrong. Pro-choice believe that until a certain peroid of time the fetus is just cells, and until that time in which the cells develop into a person, it is simply a removal of tissue from the body, the perception of the time that a fetus becomes a person probably varies according to each person you ask, but for the most part there is a limit for most people. In any case where do those concepts lead us?
Let's take a few scenarios and apply the two sides to them;
A 13 year old has been raped by her father, and becomes pregnant: With varying degrees of conservatism the following could happen A) She could keep the child B) She could carry the child to full term and put it up for adoption C) She could have an abortion. I can honestly say i don't know what i would do in that situation. But if she did have an abortion(option C) , i could probably understand, if for no other reason than the fact that she has suffered enough at the hands of her father, should she really have to be reminded for the next nine months(option A & B), and then potentially some distant day in the future when her child finds her and asks where he/she comes from (if she chose option B)(assuming the child isn't disfigured or developmentally challenged from the inbreeding)
A woman and her partner are having a child but her body can't support a child and she will die if she carries to full term. This scenario also covers ectopic pregancy, where the ege fertilises in the fallopian tube. In these cases the fetus has to be aborted in order to save the mother's life, does this mean she should feel guilty? I'm gonna have to go ahead and say no, I see no other means here, in order for the mother to survive.
A woman has had unprotected sex carelessly and becomes pregnant the sex was consentual, the woman is healthy. This is where it gets hazy for me. I don't see how using abortion as birth control is right, after all, anyone having intercourse should be responsible enough to use appropriate protection, and/or be ready to deal with any consequences, still accidents happen, and i guess a life shouldnt be ruined by that (i'm sure the pro lifers could eat me alive with that last sentence)But adoption might be a better option...I guess i'm not sure...still....
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