To ask if anybody on here is pro-life?

[Teeandee]

When it comes to the subject of abortion I've noticed a high number of people on here are very pro-choice and support abortion. Is there anybody else, like me, who doesn't?

Everybody is entitled to their opinion of course and I don't think badly of anybody who has had a termination and I don't judge. It's only my personal outlook and life experiences that shape my view and was wondering if I really am in the minority here?

Are you completely pro-life, ie anti abortion for any reason, or are you in a shade of gray (which, I suspect, is where most people are)?

Marking my place- am very pro choice and so am interested in hearing pro life arguments

If you don't agree with abortion then don't have one.

Very simple really.

So you’re asking if anti-choice is really the minority position? Good question, I wonder what the split is in general.

Nope. Firmly pro choice.

I'm always interested in whether pro lifers are always religious or can you be pro life and atheist?

Shades of grey here.

And atheist.

But surely if you don't think badly of anybody who has had a termination and don’t judge then you are pro choice. It’s just your personal choice that you wouldn’t have a termination.

Everybody is entitled to their opinion of course and I don't think badly of anybody who has had a termination and I don't judge. this sounds v pro choice to me.

I also am pro choice.

I have more respect for pro lifers if they are pro life in all circumstances.

I respect this stance far more than those who say 'I'm pro life unless a woman's pregnancy is the result of rape'.

I think a.lot of this site is pro choice but very anti abortion in their own circumstances, which is as it should be IMO. I've seen a lot of threads where posters have said that an abortion isn't an option and the conversation moved on to other options or dealing with issues.

So I think it's possible to be strongly against abortion but still be pro choice so that other women can make their own choices

If you don't agree with abortion then don't have one

This.

Because beyond that it really is nobody else's business. I remain baffled as to why people are so concerned with the bodies of other women.

If you don't agree with abortion then don't have one.

I agree with the above. I don't think you can be pro life if you don't judge others who have abortions for any reason.

I'm (very) lapsed RC, OP, and know quite a number of people from an early age who were and still are strongly pro-life. I see pro-choice banners/pictures appearing on my FB timeline from some of them.

I'm pro-choice, but not for abortion without any restrictions (i.e., for any stage up to birth).

I do think, however, that if men were the ones who went through pregnancy and birth, the issue of abortion being right/wrong would never have been a consideration.

I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.

I'd probably consider myself pro life in that I think abortion should be avoided except in the most extreme circumstances - it's how I felt when becoming pregnant with a subsequently miscarried child in less than ideal circumstances.

I'm pro-choice in that I think it should be up to every woman as an individual to make that decision and it is absolutely there right to do what they feel is best for them for whatever reason they choose to.

Well put Spiky. I always wondered by Pro Lifers didn't more accurately refer to themselves as Anti Choice because that essentially describes their position. Pro Choicers are not Anti Life though.
You can be Pro Choice and still take the stance that abortions are not an option for
you personally 🤔

I really wish we were kinder to each other about this.

I had a termination a long time ago and I think about it often and it was a painful time.

It wasn’t an easy decision but it was my body, my life and my choice which I am grateful for.

I have more respect for pro lifers if they are pro life in all circumstances.

I respect this stance far more than those who say 'I'm pro life unless a woman's pregnancy is the result of rape'.

Completely agree with this.

Your OP is confusing - do you actually think bortion should be banned?

You say you don't judge or think badly of anyone that has had a termination - so that suggests you are pro-choice?

You can support and understand the needs for bodily autonomy, and abortion without choosing it for yourself.

I don't think pro life is necessarily the opposite of pro choice, I think anti choice is the opposite. I suppose the opposite of pro life would more accurately be pro-compulsory abortion (semantically speaking)

I'm pro choice but not really pro abortion in reality

I don't believe it's my right to dictate what another woman should do with her body, but also have been unable to have a termination myself as also do not feel it's my right to end a life

I am not religious

I do, genuinely, believe that from the moment the sperm hits the egg you have a unique human being who is alive, and I do believe that terminating a pregnancy is effectively killing another human. BUT at the same time (especially since having kids myself) I realise the psychological, physical, financial and emotional costs that pregnancy and childbirth demand from the woman, and only the woman. I absolutely understand why women and girls feel they can't continue with a pregnancy, and I do actually believe that legal safe abortion ought to be available - because you can't ban abortion, only safe abortion.

My ideal world is one with safe and completely reliable contraception, excellent support for like mothers, and no male sexual violence. Then (with the exception of TFMR) there would be no need for abortion.

So I guess, yes, shades of grey.

@SantyClaws
That's a ridiculous argument- like saying if you don't agree with death penalty then don't kill someone.....Well yes, but in a so called progressive and democratic country surely you are still allowed to express an opinion when it comes to things like murder?

No, Im pro choice. Having lost a baby through miscarriage, I couldnt go through a termination myself, unless for medical reasons. But, my personal line in the sand has no baring on what other women should and shouldnt be allowed to do with their own bodies.