Is anyone on here pro-life?

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Just wondering.

Pro-forced birth, you mean? I'm sure there are a few. Oddly enough they don't tend to stick their heads above the parapet very often, and when they do it doesn't go well.

Torn between the two but wouldn’t press my views onto anyone. My cousin was adopted and is my absolute person. She found out late in life that her mother was this close to having an abortion

Yes.

I don’t believe in ‘pro-life’ as an ideology. It’s called pro life but definitely isn’t.

As a question, What's achieved via forcing a person to carry to term a baby that the couple or single parent cannot afford to look after ?

For myself, yes. Not many circumstances where I could imagine having chosen to decide to have an abortion. For everyone else - the right decision will depend on circumstances. I wouldn't presume to think I would know what was best for other women making those decisions.

Depends.

for me- not at all costs. I’d terminate if there were serious issues/health risks. But generally for a healthy baby yes.

for everyone else- their body their choice.

The pro-life pro-choice debate doesn't seem to be as divisive in the UK as in the US. It's more about an individual's private business and not really discussed as much. I've therefore never given it any thought about which side I'm on.

People who want to force women into giving birth usually aren't too vocal on here if they exist, for good reason

Well if I were pregnant, I wouldn't want to abort.

But if I found out my unborn child wasn't compatible with life, or I found my life in danger would I change my mind.

If my daughter or younger sister found themselves pregnant as teenagers, would I want them to change their future. If I found out the baby would be extremely disabled would I change my mind then. If my daughter found herself pregnant and didn't want to keep the baby, would I force her.

And you don't force a person- you force a woman to carry.

I'm pro choice. And I hate the term pro life. Opinions will always change with circumstances

Yes. Sadly Mumsnet as a rule isn’t very prolife. And not even very civil to pro-life opinions

I prefer to leave women to make their own informed decisions about their bodies.

Everyone's opinion is valid to themselves
Forcing it on others is wrong
I'm pro choice

I don't think it's sad that the majority don't want to force a woman to carry a fetus she doesn't want.

I wouldn't ever have an abortion unless I would die
The baby would be born in pain
I was raped

I resent them being used as inconvenient moment contraception

I hate the idea of someone raising a child they didn't want and the baby therefore suffering

I'm very torn

I'm not pro life but I think it's a valid opinion...some people believe life begins at conception. I only object when they try to impose their views on others.

I found out I was pregnant at 19 and that very much was not how I saw my future. I seriously considered an abortion but decided I couldn’t do that. That pregnancy is now a wonderful 8yo.

If someone else was in my situation and decided to abort, would I judge them? Absolutely not.

Step forward pro forced birth crew, it’s your time to shine! read something on Instagram from a forced birth handmaiden the other day. It said ‘in 20 years time when the baby you almost aborted is out there changing the world, you’ll be glad you made the right choice’. I’d love to be that deluded. Do forced birthers believe in unicorns as well? Asking for a friend…

Yes. Sadly Mumsnet as a rule isn’t very prolife. And not even very civil to pro-life opinions
That will be because many of us believe that bodily autonomy should be sacrosanct.

I'm fine when people have the pro life opinion, for themselves only. It's when they start preaching to others or trying to take the choice away for others.

‘Happily, mumsnet isn’t very forced birth’. Fixed it for you lavender.

I think it’s important to be respectful of someone’s view, just as you’d expect them to be respectful or your pro choice view. It’s a complex situation actually if you have empathy for different people and their experiences.

Im Pro life for myself for religious reasons but I drove my mentally ill cousin to her abortion appointment and supported her through it. Best decision for her and her other child . Who am I to push my beliefs on anyone else? I'm pro women having full control of their own bodies and I also believe that men have no right to a voice in the debate. Not their bodies so they don't get to legislate on them.

Why would people be civil to people who advocate for forced births?

I doubt people would be civil to someone coming on here supporting FGM or forced marriage.

I’m pro woman