Plus if they are old enough to take part in sexual relations while not using contraceptives they should be held accountable for their actions.

I loved that you posted this. It makes me happy that someone is bold enough to talk about a hard subject like this, but it needed to be talked about. I believe in being pro-choice, because like everyone else, I have no right to say what another woman does with her body. And it's bad to say, but it's survival of the fittest.

Just for the very first reason of why abortion is ok is WRONG. You say the women doesn't need to love with 9 months with a living soul in her. First of all that is SO selfish to even think about! me me me me! what happened to the thought of give the baby a chance to love??? And what about when she has the abortion? She's going to have to live with the fact she killed her son/daughter for the rest of her life.

95% of abortions are healthy women with healthy babies. Nobody protects the child. I don't like abortion.

I believe that women who have become impregnated should never feel as if it is something terrible and devastating to deal with. Although to a teen, i know it can feel that way and all they are thinking is that they wish the baby was gone and dealt with, but honestly, most teens know in there mind that if they have sex without protection and they do it more than once without protection, the result with most likely end in pregnancy. They ignore that fact though because they are really only thinking that they wanna get it on, lol. But they do know the consequences that come with sex and that its not something for teens to do unless they are financial stable, married, or with someone that truly loves her and will do anything it takes for her and her baby to have the best life he can provide for them. In the back of the girl's mind, she knows what comes out of non-protected sex and there is no excuse for that one. And really think about when you get a cute new baby puppy and you just love it so much and you just wanna hold it,watch it grow, and care for it because it so innocent and precious. But a dog is nothing compared to an actually baby. The baby you do all the same things though, but really think about it. Carrying a baby in your stomach, everyday it grows, its organs and body begins to grow during the fifth week and the hearts starts beating on the sixth, and you start feeling movement in your tummy around 16-20 weeks, you and your child spend time together for 9 months and you help your baby grow until they're conceived. And think about holding your very own baby for the first time; and although it was a long 9 months, you made that baby and then in that moment, you hopefully feel so glad that you made the decision to not have an abortion. I think it horrible when people think of unborn children as a parasite living off a lady. That baby will obviously come out of the woman a human because the child was a human to begin with. And i think the mother giving birth to new life is so special and magical that its not something to view as something as a parasite because parasite weaken their host. It just simple logic. And i dont think that a baby with any birth defects should be treated any differently when it comes to choosing between life and death for the child, but not just death, it is the mother who is making the choice to kill her own child. Also if rape is the question, well think about the child if it were to grow up and they found out that they could have possibly been aborted. How would that make them feel? Because to a child or a teenager to realize that their mom was about to kill them could be devastating. because of the rape and the trauma that comes along with it all must be hard to deal with but if you dont think you could deal with it truly, then you can give it up for adoption. So at least give the child a chance to LIVE. Also when it comes to the mother health and shes very ill, i honestly don't have an opinion bc thats for the mother to decide and also the same case for a mother with addictions such as alcohol or drug, i dont have an opinion because you cant constantly keep watch on someone like that. When it comes to population control and you live somewhere where you can birth children freely then this is not an option or an excuse to have an abortion like in the US. But in cases where the mother is bodily-able, i absolutely never think is ok the abort a child. For the healthy women, you made the choice and now you must accept the consequences, because they know what they did and were fully aware of what could happen.

Abortion is murder therefore no reason at all is good. This should be deleted.

#3...some Jewish friends of mine have told me that, if the pregnancy puts the life of the mother at risk, they are advised to get an abortion. The idea is that life is to be preserved at any cost...my friends say they are taught that life begins at *birth*...the mother is a life, the fetus is a *potential* life. I just thought that was interesting.