Are you anti-abortion? why?

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Reading another thread has made me keep thinking this question. I don't understand how anyone can be totally one way.
For me I think it is up to each person and I wouldn't judge anyones decision.
I personally think that whether to keep a child is complex. It changes your life forever when you have children! I don't see how it is beneficial to mother or child if their lives will be miserable.
You only get ONE LIFE and need to make the most of it.

Sorry that was a bit garbled.

QS really feel for you {{{hugs}}}

I had a nervous breakdown and had to take AD,s i was 17 i didnt want to terminate but i was so low i went along with what my parents wanted and the nurses just told me to get over it and to stop crying i felt like my word had ended. My baby would be 21 this year i will never forget but i cant let it destroy me either xx

you just cannot say the things some people have said on here! its all very well saying 'i am so against it' but you would be the very first people to criticise if the parent didnt feed or look after or treat their child properly, which i feeel is a common result of not wanting or being ready for a child.contraception does not always work, and thats how it is unfortunatly. i can happily dmit i had a termination 10 wks into a pregnancy after deciding i would rather have more time with just me and my partner. i was taking the pill accurately and deliberated over my decision, and yes it was awful. but i know what i did was the right thing to do.

eachtotheirown-its called freedom of speech,who are you to tell people what they can and cant say??

It's something i would never condone for myself, but I don't feel I am in a place to dictate such personal choices to toher eople. Abortion makes me sad, but I accept that inother peoples lives, things may look very different.

Which is a far more common view on here than I expected!

have had to work with / support a Mum making a choice to have an abortion and found that stressful, but respect for her was what carried me through.

i think i know what you mean eachtothereown, everything is not always black and white.you can't just say 'i am anti, full stop'. i know a lady who has 8 terminations and i think that is shocking. how she could go through with it all those times, i don't think i could cope with that! i personally think each situation has different circumstances and in some cases i think its wrong and in others i agree with the decision.

I am very much anti-abortion, and it shocks me to the core how late they are allowed to happen.I remember reaching 24 weeks of pregnancy, feeling my babies wriggling about inside of me, reading up what they could already do/hear/feel (aswell as seeing pictures of premature babies and reading their survival stories) and thinking how utterly disgusting it is to live in a world where someone could kill a baby at a similar stage without any repercussions, just because they aren't in the outside world yet.How any doctor can do that is beyond me.

If someone is that against becoming pregnant then they need to a) take the necessary precautions (doubling up contraception if need be) b) take the morning after pill if an accident has happened or c) get sterilised if they never want children at all.
People seem to forget that the primary purpose of sex is to reproduce, so if they don't want that to happen they need to take steps so it doesn't! 🤦‍♀️
It's not hard to prevent unwanted pregnancies when there are so many ways how to.

The only exception I think abortion IS acceptable is if someone is raped, because they have been forced into that pregnancy against their will.I do still think the cut off point should be much sooner though...most people would be able to know early on in that situation as they would be aware it could be a possibility after experiencing sexual assault.

@Mummyof287 lots of issues don't come up until the anomoly scan tho. And whilst I think it's disgraceful that people are practically pressured int abortions for some conditions (being constantly asked every visit literally up until baby is born, being guilted about the effect on other siblings etc) there are some conditions where the baby really doesn't have a chance (based on congenital defects not chromosomes). Do you think those parents should be forced to continue a pregnancy and birth a child who won't live but a minute outside their mother?

I think its dangerous ground when doctors get to 'pick and choose' which babies survive and which don't due to there being medical problems.There is a little girl locally to us (her sister is in DD's class) who has Apert syndrome. I'm not sure of the story as to whether they were aware before she was born that she would have it, but she has done so well- she has had ALOT of operations etc but is such a happy little girl and is talking, riding a scooter etc and I think they said she would probably never do any of those things.I doubt they would have given her much of a chance in the womb tbh, but she enjoys life to the full despite the challenges she faces.

So I believe in always giving life a chance.