Abortion : Right or Wrong?

[Immenseman]

I hate things like this because there has to be a definite yes or no answer when really such an answer isn't practical. There are obviously pros and cons of both sides of the arguments, which one out weighs the other is mere opinion. I believe the current law for the UK is it's legal but you need permission from two different doctors. I believe this is the best policy we could possibly have.

What we really need is for the situation to be examined, every single one to be looked at. This is time consuming and it would then fall upon one doctors opinion, if the doctor in question had been brought up being told abortion was wrong he'd give a different answer to another equally qualified doctor who hadn't.

Leave the law like it is for this one!

[Kardan]

I agree with Sammeth. and that abortion should be allowed in extreme cases and that it fits within the law

[Immenseman]

Who determines what an extreme case is though?!

[Kardan]

Good point. I'd always say the mother and father; for example, if the embryo was screened and she knew the child would have a severe disability meaning it's quality of life would be severly reduced, then it should be put to the mother to see if she believes she's able to cope etc.
But if it's a really serious suituation, and the mother isn't able to make a decision (for example if her life is in danger) then surely it has to be made by a doctor unless the mother has made arrangements before with a doctor or her family.

I believe that if the mother and child's life is in danger, they should focus on the mother mainly and try to help the child if possible, unless the mother or her family has other prefrences that she's mentioned before hand (a bit like the woman who was dead but was kept alive so her child could be born).

[Immenseman]

It's just when you leave it down to professionals they're only human and some will be more lenient than others. One may enforce an abortion upon a women because her life was in danger against her wishes whereas another doctor might be willing to take the risk if she was comfortable with it.

[Kardan]

It's just when you leave it down to professionals they're only human and some will be more lenient than others. One may enforce an abortion upon a women because her life was in danger against her wishes whereas another doctor might be willing to take the risk if she was comfortable with it.

I'm sure it's law that a doctor has to follow a patient's wishes? Like I'm sure you can carry a card that will allow you to die if the doctors had to make a choice between saving your life or letting you die. But then there's another way you have to look at it. What if the mother has just been in something traumatic and isn't in the right state of mind to make a decision? It's a very difficult topic really.

[5,5]

I honsetly think that it is nobodys elses problem or business if someone wants to get an abortion. I think if the pregnant woman would like an abortion, they should be able to get one. Its nobodys job to worry about whether or not people have their baby or not so I dont care whether or not people have abortions, as long as the option is always open for the people that actually want to.

[Nixt]

But you can NEVER be certain, it could be common to have pain in a certain illness, but it has the slimmest chance that it won't and I would take that chance, it is the right thing to do.

No you can never be certain, but do you think that you should have the baby born to live a (probably) short life of pain and discomfort on the basis of a microscopically small chance of a miracle?

I personally believe that in cases of extreme circumstance, abortion should be permitted. For example in the event of the likelihood of maternal death abortion should be allowed. I admire the bravery of women who continue with birth after being told they will not survive, however I do not believe that a mother should have to end her own life in order to bring another life (which is in fact considerably underdeveloped and barely "life" as a general term) into the world. I think if a lot of people had to choose between their own life and the life of something that barely exists yet you would find the choice extremely difficult and I think I know what you would choose; regardless of what you may think now.

[DiscoPat]

I could'nt disagree more with the idea of abortion. Like many others have allready said above, there are a few wiser alternatives than to get rid of the baby before its born. I can understand that in extreme circumstances such as rape; there could be issues but still you could have the baby and place the baby in care, which means the baby in question is still born and lives a deserved life as no one has the right in my opinion to kill the baby before its born.

[leah]

Giving birth is really painful, so I don't see why someone should go through that pain if they have no intention of keeping the child. Especially if they were young with no support or job.